One of Europe's least-touristed countries rewards the curious with rolling vineyards, monasteries and warm village hospitality. Leafy, Soviet-tinged Chișinău is the laid-back capital, while the Codru hills hide wineries whose underground cellars stretch for kilometres. The Dniester river carves cliffs sheltering cave monasteries, and the breakaway region of Transnistria feels frozen in another era. Cheap, friendly and refreshingly unpolished, Moldova centres on its wine…
Moldova remains one of Europe's least visited countries — yet its Cricova and Mileștii Mici cellars draw connoisseurs from around the world.
Mileștii Mici holds the Guinness record for the world's largest wine collection: nearly two million bottles along 200 km of galleries.
The cellars are toured by car, underground: book your slot. An eSIM helps: app-hailed taxis in Chișinău, Romanian translation and offline maps to Orheiul Vechi.