🍇 1-Day Wine Tasting Tour: Milestii Mici & Cricova Wineries – The Best of Moldovan Wine 

Overview:
Discover Moldova’s world-renowned wine heritage on this full-day tour from Chisinau. Visit the two most famous wineries in the country — Milestii Mici, home to the world’s largest wine collection, and Cricova, the legendary underground wine city — and enjoy guided tours and tastings of premium wines and sparkling selections.

📍 Itinerary:

🚐 09:00 – Departure from Chisinau

Your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel or a central meeting point in Chisinau. Travel in comfort through Moldova’s picturesque countryside to your first destination.

🍷 10:00 – Milestii Mici Winery Tour & Tasting

Your first stop is Milestii Mici, officially recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest wine cellar in the world, with over 200 km of underground galleries.

• Explore the labyrinthine cellars and learn about their history and winemaking traditions.
  
  

• See the impressive collection of over 1.5 million bottles stored in perfect conditions.
  
  

• Enjoy a guided wine tasting of 4 selected wines, paired with light snacks.
  
  

📌 Duration: approx. 2 hours
🎟 Admission & tasting included

🚐 12:30 – Transfer to Cricova Winery

Continue your wine journey with a short drive to Moldova’s second wine treasure — Cricova Winery, known as the underground wine city.

🥂 13:30 – Cricova Winery Tour & Sparkling Wine Tasting

At Cricova, experience a magical tour of this subterranean wonder:

• Drive through the underground “streets” named after famous wine varieties.
  
  

• Visit the wine production halls and aging rooms.
  
  

• Learn about Cricova’s sparkling wine production, which uses the traditional “Méthode Champenoise”.
  
  

• Taste a selection of 4 wines, including their renowned sparkling wines, in an elegant tasting room, accompanied by light snacks.
  
  

📌 Duration: approx. 2 hours
🎟 Admission & tasting included

🚐 15:30 – Return to Chisinau

After an unforgettable day of tasting and exploring Moldova’s wine heritage, relax on the drive back to Chisinau. Drop-off at your hotel or another preferred location.

✅ What’s Included:

• Pickup and drop-off at your hotel in Chisinau
  
  

• Private transportation with driver
  
  

• Professional English-speaking guide
  
  

• Entry fees to Milestii Mici and Cricova
  
  

• Guided tours at both wineries
  
  

• Wine tastings (4 wines at each winery) and snacks
  
  

• Bottled water during transfers
  
  

❌ Not Included:

• Additional drinks or wine purchases
  
  

• Tips for guide/driver (optional)
  
  

🕒 Duration: approx. 7–8 hours

👟 What to Bring: Comfortable shoes, camera, and a taste for fine wine!