Moldova · Wine & Beer

CRICOVA Winery tour with tasting from Chisinau

3 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit the famous underground wine city of Cricova
  • 02 Travel from Chisinau with pickup and drop-off included
  • 03 Explore the underground streets, production areas, and tasting rooms
  • 04 See the National Collection and tasting complex
  • 05 Learn about Cricova’s history and winemaking heritage
  • 06 Enjoy a tasting of 4 wines with nuts and biscuits
  • 07 Discover the classic sparkling wine production section

Discover one of Moldova’s most iconic wine experiences with a visit to Cricova, an extraordinary underground winery just outside Chisinau. Known for its vast network of cellar streets and impressive National Collection, Cricova offers a fascinating look into the country’s winemaking heritage in a truly unique setting.

Your experience includes transport from Chisinau, a guided visit through key sections of the winery, and a tasting of wines served with light aperitifs such as nuts and biscuits. It’s a memorable introduction to Moldova’s wine culture, combining history, atmosphere, and flavour in a remarkable underground world.

Discover one of Moldova’s most iconic wine experiences with a visit to Cricova, an extraordinary underground winery just outside Chisinau.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access Yes
City Chisinau
Languages English, Romanian, Russian

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Pick up and drive to Cricova cellar

Meet your driver at your accommodation.,

be ready sometimes the way to Cricova winery could take from 30 to 40 minutes.

Cricova wine tour 1, 20 hour

Discover Cricova, the biggest and one of the most impressive wine cellars in Europe. Cricova cellars are truly unique in the world. The history, archaeology, and art of winemaking joined forces to form a genuine underground town.

Cricova Winery, Moldova with wine tasting. It is a real underground wine city with wide streets, warehouses, and tasting rooms. The total length of this enterprise is 120 km. The “Grand Cellars of Cricova” houses a varied collection of wines, The National Oenotec. The unique exhibits (“Jerusalem of Easter” vintage 1902, the liqueur “Jan Becher” vintage 1902) together with other 158 brands from Burgundy, Moselle, Tokay, and the Rhine, are in the collection of the establishment as well as of Moldova in general, comprising nowadays a total of about 1.3 million bottles. History of Cricova Legend has it that in 1966, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the cellars, re-emerging (with assistance) two days later. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 50th birthday there.

The winery visit includes

The underground streets

The wine maturation section

The sparkling wine production section

The National Collection and “Tasting Rooms”

The underground cinema

The winery tour is followed by a wine tasting (  the option you booked, including wine tasting))  that includes 4 types of wines and aperitifs like nuts and biscuits. Cricova is a real underground wine city with streets, warehouses, and tasting rooms. The total length of the passages is 120 km. The constant annual temperature is 12ºC and the average humidity is 97–98 %. These conditions are perfect for keeping about 30 mln liters of high-quality wine. Cricova cellars employ the strict classic French technology of sparkling wine production.

Cricova cellar with tasting 30-35 min

Classic sparkling wine production section

National Collection and Tasting Complex

Cinema

Wine and snack tasting

Dropp off

After the wine tour the driver will dropp you off.

time  to drive 30-40 min.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided. 1 city · 3 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • where 4 or 6 types of wines shall be tasted
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • wine tasting

What's Not Included

Lunch

Know before you go

  • INFANTS MUST SIT ON LAPS
  • INFANT SEATS AVAILABLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
  • PASSPORT REQUIRED
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • BeOurGuest, travelers will pick up from hotel, apartment.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided.
Tour start
Pickup service provided.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 3 hours finish where they began, in Pickup service provided..

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