The smell of truffles lingered in the air as I wandered up the steep cobbled streets toward the ramparts that lined the edges of Motovun, a fortified medieval hill town on the Istria peninsula in ...

The trail into the forest was muddy from recent rains. But that didn’t bother the three boisterous dogs leading a truffle ...

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Porec is a good base for an exploration of the hill towns of central Istria, such as Motovun, which overlooks Istria’s prime truffle-hunting forests; Hum, which claims to be the smallest town in ...

found the world's largest truffle in Istria, weighing 1.31kg and making it into The Guinness Book of World Records. A skip to the left is a captivating little town called Motovun, perched on a ...

“You’re always on the good road in Istria,” says San Canzian’s manager Sonja Jelaca. “You can’t get lost.” A 20-minute drive away, the hilltop village of Motovun is Istria’s best ...

With its rugged coastline and green rolling hills, Istria is the perfect destination ... Expert truffle hunters take visitors to the forests in Motovun and the Mirna River Valley to search for ...