TRUFFLE HUNTING IN GREECE
http://meteoramuseum.gr/en/exhibitions-and-events/truffle-hunting/
Fascinatingly this Greek web site organizes local truffle hunts near the ancient Monastery and checking on Google Maps it looks right in the middle of the country, near a river and at the bottom of a small mountain range.
The Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom special effort to create alternative touristic activities, now also hosts truffle-hunting activities.
Specially trained truffle dogs with their trainers are search for this unique fruit of Greek nature and they offer an original experience that can be enjoyed by visitors from all over.
Participants are provided with information about this special fruit and they learn about kinds of truffles and how they can be used, enriching their knowledge about the “black diamond” that is “hiding” in the ground.
They then have the opportunity to taste an exceptional truffle pasta dish in the forest with some local wine.
This truffle pasta dish is cooked in an impressive cooking pan that can feed 50 people by a special chef.
After truffle hunting, the participants visit the unique mushroom museum and they can enjoy a mushroom product tasting with 5-6 kinds of mushrooms and traditional mushroom desert accompanied by a glass of local wine.
This is a unique experience for passionate truffle enthusiast.
The program of truffle hunting is:
10.00: Leaving from the Museum
10.30: The truffle hunting begins
11.15: Truffle pasta dish cooking
12.15: End of the truffle hunting
12.45: Visit to the Museum, guided tour, mushroom product tasting
13.30: End of program.
Every Sunday there is a special truffle-hunting offer: 25 euros per person
For more information, you may contact the Museum at: 00302432024959 or at info@meteoramuseum.gr
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