1 DAY: Wine tour Cricova Cellar & Old Orhei Cave monasteries

“Be our Guest” you have the opportunity to visit the most beautiful and famous winery Cricova from Europe. The biggest cellars in the whole world are, with no doubt, situated in Cricova, Moldova, only a few kilometers north of Chisinau. Here, underground lies a real city of wine – with wide streets, warehouses, tasting-rooms and so on. Cricova - the famous underground wine city Being placed under the town Cricova, the cellars form a true underground city with avenues, streets, and broadways. Only their names seem to be so old: Cabernet, Feteasca, Riesling, Aligote, Sauvignon … Every street’s name corresponds to the wine brand preserved right there, in the adjacent niches. The most startling sight in the Orheiul Vechi (Old Orhei) open-air historical complex is this monastery dug into a cave, dating from as far back as the 13th century and possibly earlier. Orheiul Vechi is home to Ethnographical musical festival Gustart that takes place at the end of August Visit rural Moldova Old Orhei Open Air Museum and Orheiul Vechi Cave Monasteries.