Moldova Wine Tours Worldwide: the 5 We Rate

1.Best of Moldova: Cricova Winery & Old Orhei Tour including Curchi Monastery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 176 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $160Our pick

Spend a full day beyond Chisinau with a guide such as Slava, Nicolai, or Ecaterina. Visit Curchi Monastery, Old Orhei’s cave monastery and village museum, then tour Cricova’s underground wine city with three tastings. Pickup is available across Chisinau, but confirm group size and winery language before booking.

“Slava, our guide, was very good. He knew a lot of interesting things about the place and the country in general. The trip was well organised and we enjoyed everything. We would recommend this tour to others.”

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2.Curchi Monastery, Old Orhei and Cricova Winery (Optional)

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 117 reviews · 8 hours · from $117Best value

Travel from Chisinau with an English-speaking guide such as Oleg, Eleonora, or Natalia to Curchi Monastery, Old Orhei, Butuceni, and Cricova Winery. Expect a small group of up to eight, a traditional lunch stop, about 70 steps to the Cave Monastery, and an optional wine tour and tasting for an extra 25 or 37 euros.

“Lilja was our guide and driver. We enjoyed save driving and smooth and interesting stories about places we visited. the weather was also good. It was a good day 😀”

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3.Chisinau: Cricova Winery, Curchi Monastery, & Old Orhei Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 51 reviews · 6.5 - 7.5 hours · from $194

Travel from Chisinau with a small group of up to 12 people to Curchi Monastery, Old Orhei, Butuceni, and Cricova Winery. Guides including Liliya, Alex, Vasilii, and Ecaterina lead the day in English, Romanian, or Russian. Expect countryside views, 200 steps to a cave monastery, an optional village lunch, and four-wine tasting when selected.

“Amazing tour with Lilya She was kind, had so much knowlege and was very fun everything went well and very organized looking forward to my next visit and to scheduke another tour with her Thanks”

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4.From Chisinau: Old Orhei complex and Cricova Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 50 reviews · 7 hours · from $177

Travel from Chisinau to Old Orhei and Cricova with a small group of up to eight people. You’ll see cave monasteries, village traditions, and limestone scenery, then go 75 meters underground for four wines, a sparkling wine, and snacks. Guides such as Marcel, Slava, Eleonora, and Nicolai have led this well-paced day.

“Excellent guide Christina et good driver Alexandre Perfect tour, excellent explication Very good restaurant”

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5.Moldova: Wine Tour to Mileștii Mici Cellar with Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 34 reviews · 4 hours · from $153

Travel from Chișinău with a guide and driver to Mileștii Mici, where an electric train carries you through limestone galleries holding more than 1.5 million bottles. Taste a white, red, and dessert wine with local snacks, then take home a bottle of Univers. Guides may include Lilia, Darina, or Alex.

“Ho partecipato a questo tour in cantina e l’esperienza è stata davvero molto piacevole. Fin dall’inizio mi sono trovato benissimo: Lilia è venuta a prendermi direttamente in hotel con grande puntualità e precisione. Si è dimostrata una persona empatica, cordiale e capace di coinvolgermi fin da subito nel percorso, sempre molto disponibile a rispondere con attenzione e chiarezza a ogni domanda durante il tragitto verso la cantina. Una volta arrivati, anche la visita in cantina è stata eccellente: la guida si è rivelata estremamente competente, preparata e coinvolgente, riuscendo a rendere l’intero tour interessante e piacevole dall’inizio alla fine. Un’esperienza ben organizzata e curata, che...”

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