CRICOVA Winery tour with tasting from Chisinau

Overview

Available languages

Russian

English

Romanian

4 hours

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Discover the Best of Moldova: Private Tour of the Cricova Winery

Embark on a premium wine experience with a private tour to the legendary Cricova Winery, one of Moldova’s national treasures. This unique underground wine city stretches over 120 km of tunnels and offers an unforgettable blend of history, elegance, and flavor.

With private transportation and expert guidance, your journey begins stress-free and ends with an enriched appreciation for Moldova’s winemaking legacy.

Explore an underground network of wine cellars, wide tunnels, and tasting halls

See rare wines like the “Jerusalem of Easter” (1902) and “Jan Becher” (1902)

Learn about Cricova’s rich history, including visits by Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Putin

Take home unforgettable memories—and maybe a bottle or two

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Private transportation

where 3 types of wines shall be tasted

wine tasting

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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What To Expect

“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. In the underground streets like “Cabernet”, “Feteasca”, “Pinot”, buses of tourists find their way to the cellars. In Moldova only Cricova cellars employ the strict classic French technology of champagne wine production. So Cricova is a highlight of any visit to Moldova. 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.

Sample Menu

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Business Package- lasts for 90 minutes

The winery visit includes The winery tour is followed by a wine tasting that includes 4 types of wines and aperitives like nuts and biscuits

Options

PROFESSIONAL food &wine

NATIONAL with food : Visiting the underground streets Wine aging section Classic sparkling wine production section National Collection and Tasting
Duration: 3 hours
Food : Platter with fresh vegetables, cheese, and assorted meats, cheese pie, potatoes and cabbage, polenta with pork stew, sour cre
Pickup included

CRICOVA Winery tour with tasting from Chisinau

Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

3 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Wine testing from a sober
Jeyjey940603,
Mar 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Cricova winery tour is one you must definitely do when you are in Chisinau. The whole experience itself was perfect, i got the opportunity to taste different kinds of wine as well which i did for first time in mu life and it was great. and our guide Liliyana was too nice to take us through the important highlights of the city and history overall and showed us the ancient monarchy in Moldova. It was a pleasant experience overall.
An essential place to visit while in Moldova
Juha M,
Jun 19, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00
I was visiting Moldova for the first time and wanted to see a lot in a relatively short period of time. Therefore it was very convenient to book guided tours including this one to the Cricova Winery which is one of the essential places to experience. I found the tour very interesting as the place has a rich history and I also got to taste several types of wine together with people from other tours. I also enjoyed talking about current day life in Moldova with Liliya who drove me there.
Cricova with Lily
bwM9264PJ,
Sep 5, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had a wonderfull experience. Our tourguide Lily did everything she could to make it a great day. We can recommand her to everybody.