Most Moldovan wineries take you underground. Castel Mimi takes you into a castle. Located 40 kilometers from Chisinau in the village of Bulboaca, Castel Mimi is the only authentic wine castle in Moldova it is also one of the best wine tours in Moldova. — and it’s ranked among the top 15 most beautiful winery...Read More

Just 20 km south of Chisinau lies a wine cellar so vast it holds the Guinness World Record for the largest wine collection in the world. Milestii Mici is not just a winery — it’s an underground city with 200 kilometers of limestone tunnels, streets with traffic signs, and over two million bottles of wine...Read More

Just 15 km from Chisinau lies one of the most extraordinary wine experiences in the world — Cricova, a vast underground wine city carved from limestone, with more than 120 km of tunnels forming streets with names like “Cabernet Street” and “Champagne Street.” A Cricova winery tour is the single most popular excursion in Moldova,...Read More

Chișinău is not a city that wears its history on its sleeve. The Moldovan capital, with its leafy boulevards and Soviet-era apartment blocks, presents itself as a quiet administrative center rather than a treasure trove of cultural riches. But beneath this unassuming surface lies a network of museums that, taken together, tell the story of...Read More

Why the Best Way to Experience Europe’s Last Hidden Corner Is With a Local Who Knows the Doorways Moldova is not an easy country to travel independently. It lacks the dense tourist infrastructure of its neighbors—no trains connecting every village, few English signs outside Chișinău, and wineries that require advance reservations to visit. The country...Read More