Acqui & Sapori — Mostra Regionale del Tartufo
Acqui's big late-November truffle weekend: the regional white-truffle exhibition fills the historic centre with truffle hunters, some forty producer stalls and the territory's excellences — Brachetto d'Acqui, Robiola di Roccaverano, honey, hazelnuts and Monferrato cheeses.
Why it's special
The Mostra Regionale del Tartufo is Acqui's flagship autumn food event, over twenty editions in — a two-day showcase where local trifolao show and sell the white truffle of Monferrato alongside the town's best wine and cheese, with tastings, a truffle-dog hunting demonstration and the 'Trifola d'Aich' competition.
Programme · 2026
22nd edition (XXII Mostra Regionale del Tartufo), both days hosted at the Hotel La Meridiana – ex Seminario Maggiore (Piazza Duomo / Salita Duomo); restaurants and bars in town add truffle dishes to their menus for the weekend.
- Come hungry and early — the good truffles and the best producer stalls go fast.
- The central hub is around the Seminario Maggiore / Centro Congressi in the old town; combine it with a soak of atmosphere at La Bollente a few minutes' walk away.
Late November is truffle time in Acqui, and the Mostra Regionale del Tartufo — everyone calls it Acqui & Sapori — is the town's biggest food weekend of the autumn. For two days the historic centre fills with local trifolao showing and selling the white truffle of Monferrato, around forty producer stalls, and a roll-call of the territory's excellences: Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG, Robiola di Roccaverano, honey, hazelnuts, Monferrato cheeses and cured meats.
It isn't just a market. Recent editions have run an olfactory truffle experience at the Archaeological Museum, a truffle-hunting competition with dogs in the Castello dei Paleologi park, and the "Trifola d'Aich" prize for the finest truffle brought in. The 2025 edition — the 21st — was held on 22–23 November around the Seminario Maggiore; the 22nd runs on 21–22 November 2026, with a Saturday preview (a literary prize on food culture, a bagna càuda challenge and the switch-on of the Christmas lights in Piazza Italia) and the Mostra itself on the Sunday in the courtyard of the old Seminario, now the Hotel La Meridiana. Check the comune calendar for times. Pair it with a walk to La Bollente and the arcades, and see Acqui Terme for the rest of the town.
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Past editions
| Year | Dates | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21–22 November 2026 | 22nd edition (XXII Mostra Regionale del Tartufo), both days hosted at the Hotel La Meridiana – ex Seminario Maggiore (Piazza Duomo / Salita Duomo); restaurants and bars in town add truffle dishes to their menus for the weekend. Sat 21 November – the anteprima: the 'L'Oro della Bollente' national literary prize on food culture (with the Pro Loco Ovrano) and a 'Sfida della Bagna Caôda'; at 18:00 in Piazza Italia the Christmas tree and street lights are switched on, handing over to Christmas in Acqui. Sun 22 November – the Mostra itself in the Meridiana courtyard: morning 'Trifula d'Aich' best-truffle competition (jury from the Centro Nazionale Studi Tartufo di Alba), truffle-hunting talks, family activities and a photo exhibition, an Alexala mobile tourist office and a free guided tour of the old town. Sun 22 November afternoon – the traditional truffle-hunting contest, trifulau and their dogs competing for cash prizes. |
| 2025 | 22–23 November 2025 | 21st edition — two days across the historic centre (hub at the Chiostro del Seminario Maggiore, Salita Duomo). Sat 22 November – opening; ~40 producer stalls (wines, cheeses, honey, cured meats, hazelnuts, biscuits); olfactory truffle experience at the Archaeological Museum (10:00–13:00 / 15:00–19:00, free), children's activities at 17:00 and a photo exhibition inauguration. Sun 23 November – producer market continues; 14:00 truffle-hunting competition with dogs in the Castello dei Paleologi park; 'Trifola d'Aich' best-truffle competition. |