Truffle Festival: Alba, Italy

The cute and rather petite town of Piedmontese in Alba is the epicenter of foodie heaven come October. The opening of the white truffle season is enough to make any epicure begin to salivate.

There’s an invitation-only truffle auction, which only the who’s who of the food world can attend.





There’s the Truffle Market and visitors can buy a truffle and ask local cafés or restaurants to put the finishing touches on their meal for the evening.

Clientele with deep pockets also get chance to purchase rare types of truffles -- at around US$2,000 a kilo.