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Day trip to Khisinev (Chisinau) and Cricova Winery, Republic of Moldova

Tour ID: P1050

Khisinev (Chisinau) and Cricova Winery,

day-trip to the Republic of Moldova starting in Iasi
Iasi  --  Capriana  --  Chisinau  --  Cricova Winery  --  Iasi

Early morning,
meet your guide at your Iasi hotel and
begin your journey to Chisinau (Khisinev) – Republic of Moldova
Optional stop:
~ Monastery Capriana,
one of Republic of Moldova’s most beautiful monasteries that,
served, for many years as, headquarters of Moldova’s Ecumenical Patriarch.

Sightseeing in Chisinau - capital of Republic of Moldova,
a young state formed in 1991 after the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Chisinau was first documented in 1420, but most of the city was levelled in WWII
and rebuilt in Soviet style in the 1950s.
Sights:
~ Chisinau Arc de Triomphe,
~ the 1841 Holy Gates
~ Chisinau Central Park
~ cottage of Alexander Pushkin,
Did you know?
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era,
Pushkin lived in Chisinau from 1820 to 1823, during his exile from Moscow.
The cottage displays original furnishings and many of Puskin’s personal items.

Continue to Cricova Cellars,
(aka the "Wine City" or "Kingdom of Wine”)
a huge wine cellar located 250 ft. below the ground.
Since 1957, some of the 75-mile underground natural galleries
below the town of Cricova have been used for wine storage.
A part of Nazi leader’s Herman Goering private wine collection,
taken by the Red Army from Berlin in 1945, is now stored at Cricova cellars.
Wine tasting / lunch (optional) at Cricova.

Over 1.2 million of bottles of wine and several thousand oak barrels
(over 35 million quarts of wine) are stored at Cricova Cellars.
Cricova Wine collection contains over 200 varieties of wine, not available for sale / consumption.
The most expensive bottle of wine in collection is valued at over one million US Dollars.
The oldest item in Cricova Wine Collection is a bottle of “Easter in Jerusalem” – red);
the only “surviving” bottle of a lot of 400 produced in 1902. 

In the afternoon,
travel back from Cricova to Iasi.

Day in brief:
Distance traveled:  370 km (234 miles)
Approx. travel time: 5 hours and 45 minutes
(normal traffic, without stops plus border-crossing formalities & wait time, if any)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, Cricova wine cellars, wine tasting,
rural Romania and Republic of Moldova. 

 

This program does not include accommodations.

Total distance traveled:  370 km (235 miles)
Approx. travel time: 5 hours and 45 minutes
(normal traffic, without stops plus border-crossing wait time, if any)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, wine cellars, rural Romania and Republic of Moldova. 




Available
Year-Round

Price: 
from 26.00 Euros/ person (group of min. 40 travelers, bus transportation)

Inclusions:
~ domestic transportation with car, minibus or coach,
~ private guide,
~ sightseeing tour of Chisinau - capital city of Republic of Moldova,
~ wine tasting at Cricova winery.

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