Medieval town "Orheiul Vechi", "Curchi Monastery" and "Cricova cellars" - full day trip.
Ideal for short visits. Just in one day, you will have the opportunity to visit the most famous sights of Moldova like Curchi Monastery - the real pearl of religious life in Moldova, Old Orhei plus Cave Monastery - an open air museum, with ruins from 14th century and Cricova winery - 120 km. of underground galeries. A real underground city which dates from 1952.
Itinerary:
We will start the tour with 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.
After the monastery, we will continue with Orheiul Vechi region. 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. Christian churches provide magnificent scenery through the windows of the monastery which still functions today.
In the afternoon we will continue with Cricova underground galleries. You will see over seventy streets covering an area of nearly 53 hectares, each bearing Bacchic names: Sauvignon, Cabernet, etc. There is one story always told in this place about the Russian pilot Yuri Gagarin, who during a visit in 1966, after getting tipsy, got lost and missed the exit. He went out the next day, having spent the night in the tasting room, currently named after him. Here you can also admire the oldest bottle of wine, dating from 1902.
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Orheiul Vechi and Cricova