October is Tuscany for connoisseurs. 12–20°C, autumn foliage on the Chianti vineyards, white truffle season opening, olio nuovo (new olive oil) arriving, and the tourist coaches gone until next spring.
Plan this trip →Truffle season: San Miniato white truffle fair (weekends in November, but truffle hunting starts October). Book a truffle hunt (€100–150 with trained dogs, includes lunch with shaved truffle). Olio nuovo: frantoi (oil mills) pressing the first olives of the season. Visit any frantoio in Chianti or near Spoleto for free tastings of the peppery, bright-green new oil. Mushrooms: porcini season. Every restaurant has funghi on the menu.
Low season. Agriturismo: €60–110/night. Florence: €80–140. Chianti: €70–120. Best value month for Tuscany.