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Piedmont

The Langhe is a landscape of hill villages with one town in the middle of it. Almost everyone plans a Langhe truffle trip around the Alba fair, and almost everyone therefore misses half the season.

Turin was the first capital of unified Italy, it has 18 kilometres of arcaded street, and outside Cairo it holds the most important collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. It receives a fraction of the visitors of Florence, Venice or Milan. Turin is the natural airport for the truffle country, and most visitors treat it as a transfer.

The Alba market runs 10 October to 6 December 2026, weekends only. The legal white truffle harvesting season runs 1 October to 31 January, set by regional decree. That leaves roughly eight weeks of legal season after the market has closed — in a region that has emptied of visitors.

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A hilltop village with a round castle tower above terraced vineyards in the Langhe, the snow-covered Alps on the horizon.

Langhe · Where to stay

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A wooden case lined with cloth, filled with white truffles at a market stall.

Alba · Truffle season

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Two white truffles on damp fallen leaves, one cut open to show the marbled flesh inside.

Alba · Prices

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Turin at dusk seen from above, lit streets and rooftops along the river, the Mole Antonelliana rising among them and the snow-covered Alps on the horizon.

Turin · City break

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Bare winter vineyards on the hills of the Langhe, a village strung along the ridge beyond.

Langhe · After the fair

Truffle Season After the Fair: December and January in the Langhe

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