Milestii Mici Underground Winery Tour INCLUDING Wine tasting
Description
Enjoy a tour of the Milestii Mici underground winery. This excursion begins when you are picked-up from your hotel and your private driver takes you to the biggest winery in Europe At hilly and vast shores of beautiful Moldavian land there is an old and wonderful tradition of gathering people at a jar of wine, having a cup of divine drink, and wishing to each other Good Luck – ‘Hai, Noroc!’. We invite you and your friends to experience all of these emotions of local folk heritage at the depth of 60 meters in an exceptional atmosphere of Mileștii Mici underground galleries! The tour includes the visit of the winery’s fabulous wine cellars and the world-famous wine collection that counts more than 1.5 million wine bottles. Tasting of 3 amazing Mileștii Mici wines White Dry PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) Wine Red Dry PGI Wine Dessert Vintage wine Appetizers: Bruschetta with aubergine cream, bruschetta with zacusca, bruschetta with cream cheese and prosciutto crudo
Tour Options
Itinerary
Meet and greet in Chisinau. We will pick you up from your hotel and then we will drive to the winery
Mileștii Mici tunnels, are the largest underground cave network with the biggest collection of wine in the world. These are situated at a depth of about 85m under the ground. This has been officially documented by the Guiness Book of World Records! Mileștii Mici has over 200 km of underground streets, over 50 km of wine galleries, over 2 million bottles of wine, some which date back to 1968. Visitors have the unique opportunity to walk along the cool, dark galleries and avenues where big barrels are placed. The wine bottles, covered with noble dust are expecting for the day to be enjoyed.
End of the trip. Transfer to Chisinau back to your hotel
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
for the meeting we will just need to know your exact address in Chisinau. And we will pick you up direct from there
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(31)
Natalia was an amazing guide! We had a fantastic time, milestii mici is absolutely beautiful
When visiting Chisinau, it is a given that you must visit the largest wine cellar in the world (as per Guiness Book of Records)., which is located about 10km from the city.The cavernous cellar lies 65m below ground and the length of the galleries is about 200km, There are over 1.5 million bottles of wine stored here together with numerous oak wine casks. Prior to taking the tour, it is possible to enjoy a coffee in the super clean cafe and to use the facilities. The four hour tour takes place on electric golf buggies towing a trailer and they are individually divided by language ie Romanian, Russian and English. English being the dominant language of Western Europe creates a tour of mixed nationalities. You learn about the history of wine making in the Chisinau area, in particular, and its unique characteristics. We saw the sealed racks belonging to private wine investors and also the wine room used by sommeliers who curate the wines for their restaurants. At the end of the tour, you are seated for wine tasting and provided with glasses of red, white and dessert wines together with individual plates of local meats, nuts and fruits. This is accompanied by two gentlemen playing an accordion and a fiddle. Following the tasting, you can proceed to the shop and purchase a variety of local wines and chocolates. Wine from Moldova is exported primarily to China and Japan and rarely to the UK!! As you are underground, where the temperature is a constant 12C, it is recommended that you wear warm clothing!!
Easy and smooth experience visiting Milestii Mici. Everything was well coordinated, and I appreciated the flexibility, friendliness, and kindness shown by the driver/guide throughout the trip. Just note that this is more of a transport service than a guided tour—the winery itself provides the tasting and explanations, but there isn’t additional storytelling or guiding during the drive. Overall, a very convenient way to visit the winery.
Fascinating tunnel travel with explanations of the various wine collections. Not your standard wine tour of “how we make it”. Lovely wine tasting of three wines with nice snacks and Moldavian music. Nathalie a lovely articulate guide. Recommend this tour to others!
The underground winery tour at Milesti Michi was truly amazing! The sight of countless wine barrels lined up in an underground tunnel over 200km long is like being lost in the wine kingdom. The guides were also attentive and enjoyed explaining the history of winemaking and the unique characteristics of Moldova. At the final tasting, you can enjoy white, red and dessert wines. If you're visiting Moldova, this is a must-see spot.
Natalie was a very good guide, she tells many information, drive good and save. So she is 100% a good guide
Natalie is a very good guide and a very save driver, tells many things about the wine tour, so everything is perfect. Also the car is good
Unique place and surely worth visiting when in Moldova. Local guide Natalia was very helpful with the visit logistics.
a few kilometers from the capital. Touristic character but impressive how large the underground deposit for wine is. a trip with denm electric bus is recommended afterwards you can eat in the restaurant
Pickup was very prompt and easy. Our driver knew a lot about Chișinău and the winery, giving us information and pointing out interesting things on the drive. Once we arrived and hopped on the electric trains to drive through the tunnels, the guide was very interesting and knowledgable about both the wine and the history. When we stopped for the wine tasting only 4 from our group stayed, the rest went to the gift shop and the exit. The 4 of us that remained were taken through to an underground restaurant where the wine and nibbles were waiting for us. They are very generous with the pours so don’t do this on an empty stomach! After we finished, our driver took us back into Chișinău, but stopped on the way to show us the oldest Church in Moldova, which is definitely also worth a visit!
