Prodan Tartufi
Prodan Tartufi
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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For every explorer and truffle lover who wants to feel the real Istria,truffle hunting is the experience you can not skip on your Istrian holidays.Discover the story about our tradition in truffle hunting, enjoy in tasting of our truffle delicatessen and prepare yourself for hunting with dogs. Visit us, treat yourself with unforgetable experience and find ou the story of this treasure of nature.
Buzet, Croatia
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Sophia O
Frankfurt, Germany36 contributions
Sep 2022 • Couples
We got lucky and got squeezed in a group the next day. Max. approx. 12 people is their motto so that everyone gets an equal opportunity to participate in the experience (different to others who have many many people coming on the tour). It’s a family business and it seems like and everyone is taking their part and not only being amazingly well-experienced and professional at it, but also hospitable. You do not feel like being “cleared through/dispatched” like an everyday customer who pays the bill. They give you a very warm welcome, are open to chat with you about all your questions and are just so friendly and nice. Everyone! In the beginning you will learn a lot about the history of the truffle hunt in ISTRIA before you go on a hunt yourself. They do pay a lot of attention to their dogs, treat them as they are supposed to. It’s their “game” and they play along. They would never force their dogs to do anything which makes us guests accept the fact that you either do find some truffles or you don’t - always depending on the dogs who really do the job here. It’s nice to see this kind of respect. The food is amazingly good, the sister teaches you so much about truffles and the way to arrange them nicely in many different dishes. The brother takes you on the hunt on a very informative way paying attention to all your questions and the mother is involved in the kitchen making Greta tasting food. This really IS a family run business. The sister says jokingly how the dogs enjoy the best treats (they need to eat truffles to be able to find them in the woods) but also the best view in town. And she is true- here, you do have the best view on Buzet while enjoying A+ products and foods and wine. Everything is just so thoughtful and loving. We recommend this 1.000percent to anyone who would like to enjoy a real ISTRIAN truffle experience with amazing people who love what their land has to offer.
It is as good as it sounds.
It is as good as it sounds.
Written September 14, 2022
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Inspyro
Zagreb, Croatia44 contributions
May 2021 • Business
We went on truffle hunting experience during our team building and it was amazing!
Prodan tartufi is family owned and family run truffle business in Istria and they exceeded our expectations in every way!
We got to know more about truffles in general, differences between white and black ones, peculiarities about dog training and after short but sweet presentation and truffle liquer we went to their beautifull lush woods on our own little truffle hunting with an experienced “hunter” and his dog.
Afterwards we enjoyed delicious truffle lunch and had an opportunity to learn and see how truffle scrambled eggs were preapred.
After lunch we had an option to buy their products (I recommend white truffle spread and truffle honey to put on top of vanilla ice cream - thank me later).
Al in all, Prodan family went an extra mile and it was noticed and felt so once again thank you for everything!
Prodan tartufi is family owned and family run truffle business in Istria and they exceeded our expectations in every way!
We got to know more about truffles in general, differences between white and black ones, peculiarities about dog training and after short but sweet presentation and truffle liquer we went to their beautifull lush woods on our own little truffle hunting with an experienced “hunter” and his dog.
Afterwards we enjoyed delicious truffle lunch and had an opportunity to learn and see how truffle scrambled eggs were preapred.
After lunch we had an option to buy their products (I recommend white truffle spread and truffle honey to put on top of vanilla ice cream - thank me later).
Al in all, Prodan family went an extra mile and it was noticed and felt so once again thank you for everything!
Written July 3, 2021
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Dear Petar,
Thank you so much for your kind words and all the praises about our family and the experience that we provide.
We are so grateful to hear that we exceeded your expectations. 🙏
Honestly, it was so fun and joyful having your group of coleagues on a team building.
We are always happy to teach our guests everything and a bit more about truffles, show them our way of life, take them to our secret places where we hunt in our private woods and cook them some great food with truffles. The recipe is simple, but without our family love, nothing will be the same. We live and love our life with truffles, and we are so glad that you recognized that. It is our true passion, and when you do something with love, then you create a magic. ❤️🐾
Thank you so much for your visit, and we are sending you hugs and greetings from the whole Prodan family!
Višnja Prodan Jekić
Written July 13, 2021
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Clair B
Westport, CT11 contributions
Jul 2022 • Couples
From setting up the truffle hunting excursion to the last bite of vanilla ice cream drizzled with white truffle honey, this experience was certainly something to treasure. From a warm welcoming email and quick response, we knew we had something great to look forward to. Arriving at the property in comfortable clothes and good walking shoes, we were greeted by a lovely flower garden and followed a path that leads to what I would call a beautiful tasting terrace with a gorgeous view of the old city of Buzet in the distance. The guide, Mirko, was knowledgeable and answered all of our questions in a thorough and pleasant introduction about truffle hunting. The 2 dogs that guided us on the hunt, Brum and Stiv were friendly and successful in finding us a truffle. It really felt like a treasure hunt as they sniffed around, scratched at the ground and Mirko dug out the truffle with his special shovel. All that followed by a wonderful meal of truffles prepared by Višnja- eggs, salad, pear jam, salami, cheese and ice cream. The eggs were prepared table side so we could soak up all of the tips to make our own truffle base for eggs or pastas. After that meal a visit to the store is a must. Drizzling white truffle honey, mixing black truffle with cream cheese, enjoying truffle salami and pairing truffle pear jam with cheese are all things I can’t wait to to do stateside.
Written July 9, 2022
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Mick I
Waalwijk, The Netherlands16 contributions
Sep 2021 • Couples
If you want to go truffel hunting you should definitely go with this family. We had the most incredible time and overreached our expectations. As it is a private property (not public) we experienced it as very warm, welcoming and personal. They really took the time to learn us more about truffel (hunting). Also the property looks very clean and de food & view were amazing. We absolutely would recommend our friends and family to go here. Enjoy!!
Written September 6, 2021
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Hey Mick,
Thanks a lot for all the wonderful words about our truffle hunting experience.🙏
We are really doing our best to make all our guest feel very welcome, so you can enjoy like a part of our small truffle family while learning and experiencing everything about truffles.
It is a pleasure to hear that you had the most incredible time and that the whole experience overreached your expectations. 🙌
Thank you so much for coming and for recommending us to all your friends and family members!
Sending greetings from the whole family Prodan,
Višnja & Mirko Prodan
Written September 22, 2021
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Skylar E
1 contribution
Jul 2023 • Family
Absolutely amazing experience! We began our experience hunting truffles with the expert dogs and a guide, and were lucky enough to find 5 truffles. The views were scenic and it was a lovely walk. Then we were met in the dining room with 5 courses of truffle infused meals. Each meal was more unique and decadent than the one before, including pasta, eggs and even truffle ice cream. We were also provided with a delightful wine paring with the meal. It really was an experience to remember, and we ended in the shop, buying more truffle than we knew what to do with. Grateful for the amazing experience and the lovely hospitality.
Written July 9, 2023
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Dear Skylare,
Thank you so so much for a beautiful review.🙏
We are so grateful to hear such a feedback from our guests. We really love what we do, it’s our passion and way of life and I guess you recognized it. ☺️
It’s great that you enjoyed hunting with our doggies as well as the meals that we preared for you afterwards.
Thank you for joining us on our truffle hunting experience and we are sending greetings to Singapore from Istria! ❤️
Višnja & Mirko Prodan
Written July 16, 2023
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Jeff K
Charlotte, NC10 contributions
Jun 2022
We had the pleasure of going on a truffle hunt, having a lunch, and visiting the gift shop. Simply put, it was outstanding! The hosts are extremely welcoming and pleasant and our guide during the truffle hunt explained how the dogs (Brum and Pico) find truffles, the history of truffle hunting, and the different types of truffles. After the hunt, we were served a delicious luncheon consisting of homemade wine and brandy, truffle tapenade and cheese, olive oil, and scrambled eggs with white truffles. Dessert consisted of decadent homemade ice cream with a drizzle of truffle honey on top. Afterward, we visited the gift shop and purchased some truffle-based olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and honey. We would go back tomorrow and highly recommend it.
Written June 22, 2022
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Dear Jeffrey,
Thank you very much for your beautiful review about the truffle hunting experience that you had with us. 🙏
We are glad that you enjoyed every minute of your stay, from the educational part and history about truffles, as well as the hunting with our dogs and the scrambled eggs with fresh truffles which we prepared for lunch.
We hope that you enjoy our truffle products at home and that they bring wonderful memories from the time spent in Istria with us.
Sending hugs from the Prodan family! 🫶
Višnja & Mirko Prodan
Written July 11, 2023
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Kate M
15 contributions
May 2022
What a fabulous surprise - truffle hunting hadn't been on our radar, and we'd never even tasted truffles before. We found a lovely little Prodan Tartufi leaflet at the Rovinj tourist office, emailed about a tour, and got a really speedy, informative and friendly response.
We hired a car to get from Rovinj over to Buzet (beautiful countryside) and are so pleased we did. Had a great hunt with the dogs, followed by an amazing tasting board of salami, honey, cheese, oil, bread, and truffle spread, and then THE most amazing scrambled eggs, all rounded off with vanilla ice cream and white truffle honey, washed down with elderflower cordial, and chardonnay.
We're converts, and the treats we bought taste just as good back home as they did on the morning! Thank you so much for such a wonderful experience!
We hired a car to get from Rovinj over to Buzet (beautiful countryside) and are so pleased we did. Had a great hunt with the dogs, followed by an amazing tasting board of salami, honey, cheese, oil, bread, and truffle spread, and then THE most amazing scrambled eggs, all rounded off with vanilla ice cream and white truffle honey, washed down with elderflower cordial, and chardonnay.
We're converts, and the treats we bought taste just as good back home as they did on the morning! Thank you so much for such a wonderful experience!
Written May 30, 2022
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Thank you very much dear Kate!
It is always great to hear a wonderful feedback from our guests, and a fact that you enjoyed something that we love and live every day, this is what makes us the happiest!
Thank you and greetings from the Prodan family! 🥰
Višnja Prodan Jekić
Written July 11, 2023
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lyngn8
Los Angeles, CA41 contributions
Jun 2020
Booked this tour with my fiance and we loved the experience! It ended up being just the two of us due to the current circumstances, which made it even more special and we appreciated them still taking our booking, even though it was only us. The family took good care of us, explaining everything they could about the business. The dogs were very happy to go hunting and we found two black truffles. The food and wine afterwards was all super delicious. Not being pushy at all, they asked if we wanted to see their products and showed us all the goods and explained us the processes. We ended up going home with some souvenirs to take back with us :) It was truly an authentic and unique experience that I would definitely reccomend this to be added to your bucket list! Thank you guys for the amazing time!
Written June 22, 2020
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Wow! Thank YOU guys for so many beautiful words about us!
So happy to hear that we’ve been the best tour of your trip! 🙏⭐️
We really appreciate that you liked the whole experience - from the story about our family business, time with our dogs up to the truffle meals that we prepared for you.
And we like the most that you recoginzed our experience as authentic and unique!❤️
Thank you so so much!
Sending hugs from Prodan family!
Višnja & Mirko Prodan
Written April 29, 2021
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aopfell
Tustin, CA17 contributions
Oct 2020
This tour was a highlight of my trip to Croatia. I love truffles but just enjoying the dogs hunting for the truffles, they did find 2 on our tour, was wonderful. The Prodan family is very warm and welcoming being flexible with the time of my tour since I was driving from Pula and not sure how long it would take. I got sidetracked to a few other small towns. What a beautiful country and delightful people.
Written October 30, 2020
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Thank you so so much!!
We looove to hear that we’ve been the highlight of your whole Croatian trip! 🙌 Hey,that’s true honor!
It is hardly impossible not to fell inlove with our doggies and enjoy with them while they look for truffles. They are doing it with such an ease and the whole process is like a little adventure.
We are happy that you loved your stay in our beautiful country and that you will most importantly remember it as a coutry of great people! And we were one of them. 🥰
Thank you for your visit and sending hugs and greetings from the whole family Prodan, including Stiv and Brum!
Mirko Prodan
Written April 29, 2021
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Daniel
Torun, Poland1 contribution
Aug 2021
This was great time spend with Prodan family last Monday. Interesting story about truffles and truffle hunting, extraordinary food and incredible experience with truffle hunting in the forest. Thank you.
Worth mention that you can buy high quality products and take the taste home. We already had fantastic dinner with our friends at our place.
Worth mention that you can buy high quality products and take the taste home. We already had fantastic dinner with our friends at our place.
Written August 8, 2021
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Dear Daniel,
So happy to hear that you had a great time with our family and that you rated our experience as absolutely fabulous! 😍
We always love to share a bit of a truffle history and how it all started in our family many years ago with my grandfather, who was actually among the first people who discovered truffles in Istria.
We are so glad that you enjoyed our truffle meal, and by watching us cook, you actually learned how to recreate the truffle recipe at home. I guess you already nailed it and impressed your friends with a truffle dinner.,👏🤗
Thank you for coming and joining us on our truffle hunting experience! 🐾
Greetings from the whole family,
Višnja Prodan Jekić
Written August 22, 2021
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Dear Dina,
We sell our products online, you can contact us so we can send you more info.
Thank you very much!
Višnja Prodan Jekić
Written July 13, 2021
A. Lenzing
Reichshof, Germany
Hallo, ich würde gerne wissen, was eine solche tolle Trüffeltour pro Person ungefähr kostet. Vielen Dank im Voraus und liebe Grüße!
Written March 9, 2021
Hello!
My apologies for the late reply!
Please send us an e-mail at info@prodantartufi.hr if you are still interested to join us in truffle hunting.
Thanks a lot and greetings from the Prodan family!
Višnja Prodan Jekić
Written April 20, 2021
Karla O
Durham, North Carolina
We are planning to visit Buzet on October 14th and would like to go truffle hunting AND have lunch. Do we need to make a reservation? Is there a certain time? What is the cost? A friend visited your place this summer, raved about it to us, so we would like to come experience Prodan Tartufi. Thanks.
Karla Owen
Written October 1, 2016
Hello dear Karla!
Thank you for your interest! Send us an e-mail on info@prodantartufi.hr so we can tell you all the detailes. :)
Looking forward to your e-mail.
Greetings from Prodan family!
Višnja Prodan
Written October 2, 2016
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