Wine trip

About Tour

But both regions are linked by their famous and good wines! Come and meet the best Moldavian wines, visit the biggest wine cellar in Europe and may be in entire world, meet the wonderful Moldovan cuisine, music, culture and get acquainted with our traditions and way of life!

1 st Day

Arrival and first wine adventure

Included highlights:

  • Arrival in Bucharest.
  • Transfer to Focsani.
  • Dinner and wine tasting in one of the vineyards in the neighborhood.
  • Check-in at the hotel in Focsani.

Included meals:
  • Dinner
  • Wine tasting
2 nd Day

Between wine and religion

Included highlights:

  • Departure to Iasi.
  • Lunch and wine tasting in Vinia, the most important vineyard in the region of Iasi.
  • Check-in at the Hotel Traian 4*.
  • Enjoy a special dinner at the Bucium monastery, which produces high quality wines. You’ll be amazed by the quality of the blessed wine, and enjoy talking with monks about… wines.

Included meals:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Wine tasting
  • Dinner
  • Wine tasting
3 rd Day

Underground wine experience

Included highlights:

  • Depart to Republic of Moldova and around noon we arrive in Chisinau.
  • Lunch
  • City tour of Chișinău, the capital of the Republic of Moldova
  • Departure to Cricova winery, which is a real underground wine city with wide streets, warehouses, tasting rooms. The total length of its galleries is 120 km. Cricova is well known for brilliant sparkling-wines produced by the classic French method.
  • Check-in at the local hotel in Chisinau.

Included meals:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
4 th Day

A Guinness Records Book adventure

Included highlights:

  • Visit Orheiul Vechi (Cave Monastery) which is "arguably Moldova's most fantastic sight".
  • Have lunch with folk program in the Moldovan family’ pension located in the neighborhood village (optional).
  • Dinner and wine tasting at Milestii Mici, mentioned in the Guinness Records Book. The length of the winery is200 kmat a depth of 40-85 meters.

Optional highlights:

  • Folk program during the lunch

Included meals:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Wine tasting
5 th Day

Gypsies and the wine

Included highlights:

  • Check-out and departure to Romania,
  • Cross the border at Albita.
  • Interesting experience in Cozmesti village, where we’ll meet a Roma community. Here, a famous Roma band from Cozmesti will sing for us!
  • Visit to the vineyard of Bohotin, part of the VINIA wine company.
  • Wine tasting and picnic.
  • Late afternoon we’ll depart and check-in at the hotel in Focsani.

Included meals:
  • Breakfast
  • Wine tasting
  • Picnic
6 th Day

Dialog with a sommelier

Included highlights:

Departure to Bucharest over Ploiesti, Taste the wine from Tohani, Have lunch and arrive in the afternoon in Bucharest. Short city tour and after we check-in. Last wine tasting in Romania with the best sommelier that will answer all you questions. Dinner.

Included meals:
  • Breakfast
  • Wine tasting
  • Lunch
  • Wine tasting
  • Dinner
7 th Day

Departure home

Included highlights:

  • After breakfast, transfer to the airport with guide.

Included meals:
  • Breakfast

What People Say

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Dear Victoria!

There are not enough adjectives in the world to describe adeguately the experience of doing a visit with you! You certainly have enhanced my appreciation of your country. I learnt a lot from you on many different levels. Your organizational skills are extraordinary and Explore will definitely receive extremely positive feedback. We were very lucky to have you with us during this short trip.

Thank you once again for all you did so beautifully with grace, humor and smile. I wish you all and only the very best for now and for the future. 

I am very glad and thankful with the cooperation that we have had during these 3 years. All our tourists – groups and individuals – were satisfied with your work. One of the main things that I appreciate in you is the following: it does not matter what category clients are – tourists, VIP, government delegations or even international organizations (as OSCE) – you can find the best words, the best way, the best “direction” to each of them to make them interested in given information. 

In each review which we had from our clients there were words of thankfulness to your services. Some of our partners even in advance ask us to choose you as a guide for their groups. Thank you for your professionalism and waiting for the future cooperation!

During my recent holiday to Moldova, I was lucky enough to have Miss Victoria Odobescu as a guide and driver on two occasions.  One day we went to Orheiul Vechi, and another to Soroca, the XV fort guarding the Dnistre river crossing.  Miss Odobescu speaks very good colloquial English, her range is wide and is a confident and safe driver.  Victoria, was exceptionally well-informed about the history, culture, and people of Moldova. In addition, she was very sensitive to my needs and wants. I highly recommend the services provided by Victoria Odobescu. I am sure she will have success in her career in Tourism.