weekend ESCAPE
- Availability: 1 Jan - 31 Dec
- Tour Duration: 4 days
- Transport: Toyota Camry / Mercedes V-class
- Entry Tickets (as per program)
- Wine Tasting: 2
- Lunch: 3
Tour itinerary
DAY 1
Welcome to Chisinau! Airport meeting, city tour and Cricova wine cellars
Welcome to Moldova. We invite you to discover our capital city “Chisinau”. The first reference to the city is from the year 1436. It has a rich and beautiful architecture of white stone earning it a nickname the “white stone flower”. During the tour you’ll get acquainted with Moldovan history, culture, architecture, political, commercial and social life. You will visit next sights: the Glory Memorial “Eternity”, old buildings of 19th century designed by A. Bernardazzi: the Water Tower, City Hall, and St. Teodora church, etc., the Cathedral and Arch of Triumph, the Central Park, and the Classics’ Alley.
Afte the city tour you are invitet to visit Cricova underground galleries. You will see over seventy streets covering an area of nearly 53 hectares, each bearing Bacchic names: Sauvignon, Cabernet, etc. Here you can also admire the oldest bottle of wine, dating from 1902. Tasting of 4 wine + lunch.
DAY 2
The Ancient City Of Orheiul Vechi And chateau vartely winery
We will start the day with Orheiul Vechi, the most visite sight in Moldova. Here you will have the opportunity to visit the most interesting archaeological site housing the ruins of two cities (14th -16th century). Tatars settled here on their expansion to Western Europe. Continue with a visit to the well-maintained Orthodox Cave Monastery, which was expanded and modified inside the cliffs by monks over the centuries.
After the tour of the Cave Monastery, you are invited to visit a great winery from Orhei region – “Chateau Vartely”. Tasting of 5 wines and lunch.
On the way back to Chisinau, we will stop to visit one of the most beautiful monastery in Moldova, “Curchi” Monastery. This is a real pearl of our religious life. Here you’ll visit some churches, and among them – the “Virgin’s Assumption” Cathedral, built by the drawings of genius architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
DAY 3
Tour of Transnistria
Hi, today we invite you to discover Transnistria – the place where the old USSR is still alive and flourishing. It is a breakaway territory within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova. The country’s national coat of arms still includes the traditional hammer and sickle and the Lenin is revered till today.
First stop – at Bender Fortress. In 1713, the fortress, the town, and the neighboring village Varniţa were the site of skirmishes (kalabalik) between Charles XII of Sweden, who had taken refuge there with the Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his defeat in the Battle of Poltava.
After Bender, we take you to Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria and the 2nd largest town of Moldova. We will take you to the major attractions of Tiraspol, such as: V. Lenin monument and house of soviets, Transnistrian Parliament (25 October Ave, Tiraspol), Afghanistan War Memorial, Monument-tank, and more.
At the end of the tour we invite you to “Kumanek”, the best local restaurant. Lunch and cognac
DAY 4
Departure from Moldova
what's included
- Guide services in English
- Entry tickets (as per program)
- Round trip transportation
- Cricova - Tasting of 4 wines & lunch
- Vartely - Tasting of 5 wines & lunch
- Kumanek - lunch and Cognac
what's excluded
- Souvenirs
- Medical Insurance
- Tips for Guide/Driver
- Accommodation
price
The cost of the tour may vary according with the group size, extensions, preferences, etc. Please contact US and get the best quote.