A misty autumn path through beech woods With your hands

Truffle hunting with a dog

Castelnuovo di Porto

The dog does the finding. You walk in behind it, wait for it to stop somewhere that looks like nowhere, and then get down and dig out what it smelled under the leaves.

How the day goes

  1. Meet at the station in the morning; the drive out to the wood is part of the booking.
  2. Off the path and in among the trees behind the dog, which reads the ground far faster than you can follow it.
  3. It stops, it scratches, and you dig — damp ground after rain is when the scent carries best.
  4. Back at the station the way you came, with the afternoon still yours.

The ground in a wood is uneven and the dog sets the pace — if you would rather stay in one place with your hands busy, the pasta day out at Tivoli does that instead.

Where it is

Castelnuovo di Porto at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Castelnuovo di Porto, and where it is from Rome Castelnuovo di Porto drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 42 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 42 min Rome Castelnuovo di Porto

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Castelnuovo di Porto — the town, not the meeting point. Check with the operator where exactly to turn up: their own page is linked further up.

Getting there

An easy run out of Rome — make it a comfortable one

  • 42 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 37 kmeach way
  • 5 honce you are there

  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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More with your hands

Two people picking grapes in a vineyard With your hands

Join the grape harvest

Cut the grapes yourself. The window opens 1 September and shuts 15 October.

€40 per person

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See the day

About getting back: The last town service from Montebello towards Rome leaves at 19:42 — before this activity finishes. Until we have checked the connection, treat the way back as unresolved and ask the operator before you book.

Checked 2026-08-19 · farmexperiencestours.com

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