# Karlić tartufi

Guide en Paladini (Buzet)

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/karlic-tartufi

## Who they are

Karlić tartufi is a truffle-hunting family from Paladini, a hamlet next to Buzet, in northern inland Istria. The business was started by Ivan Rašpolić in 1966, with his wife Danica and his brother Lucijano. His daughter Radmila Karlić went out hunting truffles with him from the age of ten, and in 1994 she and her husband Goran founded the company GIR d.o.o., which buys, sells and processes fresh and frozen truffles for Croatia and abroad. Today the team is made up of Radmila, Ivan and Ivana Karlić and two other people, as well as the dogs. The family says that one of the area's best truffle grounds lies under the Butoniga reservoir, and that the Motovun forest used to be much larger.

## The dogs

They have twelve truffle dogs: seven trained and five in training. Some are mixed-breed, which according to the family withstand rain, cold and illness better, and others pedigree. Training begins at about three months old and is carried out by the person who will later go into the forest with that dog. They train daily, and anyone in the family can go out hunting with them.

## The visit

The experience lasts about two hours and is offered all year. It begins with an explanation about the truffle, the area's truffle tradition and the dogs, continues with the hunt through the oak woods surrounding the house and ends with a tasting of their products at the farm. At the end you can buy in their shop. What you find depends on the season: the white truffle is an autumn and winter one.

At the same address they have what they present as Croatia's first truffle museum, with old objects, stories and scents of the truffle and of Istria's truffle hunters. Entry costs €5 and under-18s enter free; it is bought in their online shop. Nearby they also rent an apartment and the Villa Maslina, with its own website.

The website does not publish the price of the truffle outing, group sizes or a minimum age; it is a plan of walking in the forest, suitable in principle for children. Wear footwear that can get muddy.

## Bookings, languages and how to get there

The outing is booked in the online booking system that the Book a tour button on their website leads to, or by email at info@karlictartufi.hr and by phone on +385 52 667 304. The website gives no cancellation terms; ask when booking. It is in Croatian, English, German, Italian, Russian and Chinese, although it does not say which languages the visit is guided in: confirm when booking.

The address is Paladini 14, 52420 Buzet. You need a car: inland Istria has almost no public transport. They also sell their products in their online shop, karlictartufi.shop. In the Buzet area another truffle family, Prodan Tartufi, receives visitors.

## What they run

- [Truffle Hunting with Dogs in the Buzet Woods](https://www.geocalia.com/en/croacia/istria/things-to-do/truffle-hunt), in Istria. Truffle hunting with dogs at Paladini. A truffle-hunting family since 1966. Book through their online booking system

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

## Practical details

- Phone: +385 52 667 304

## Contact

- Web: https://karlictartufi.hr/en/
- Coordenadas: 45.393, 13.915