Mostra Mercato del Tartufo Bianco

The hills around San Miniato, between Florence and Pisa, produce white truffle of a quality that competes with Piedmont's, and the town holds its market across the last three weekends of November. The claim it rests on is a specimen of nearly two and a half kilos found nearby in 1954 and presented to the American president — still among the largest on record.

No attendance figure is published.

The event is frequently collapsed into Alba's in listings, which is a mistake: different region, different hills, different trade, and a later and shorter window.

San Miniato is a small hill town on the rail line between Florence and Pisa, which makes it unusually easy to reach without a car — a genuine rarity among truffle markets, most of which assume one.

PlanningAnchored to the last three weekends of November — later than Alba's opening, and a separate appellation.