Milestii Mici wine tasting from Chisinau: Underground cellars

Travel through limestone tunnels lined with two million bottles

A private winery tour from Chisinau to Milestii Mici, the world's largest wine cellar, where you taste three wines while traveling through 55 km of underground storage galleries carved into limestone. The tour includes hotel pickup, a 40-minute drive each way, and snacks. You must be at least 18 to participate.

Step-by-step itinerary

Milestii Mici Winery tour and tasting

• Pick up at hotel or apartment
• Drive 40 minutes to Milestii Mici
• Tour winery and underground cellars
• Enjoy wine tasting session
• Drive 40 minutes back to Chisinau
• Arrive at hotel

The experience

Milestii Mici holds 1.5 million bottles across more than 200 km of limestone tunnels, earning its place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest wine collection. The winery's underground galleries are organized like city streets, each one named after a grape variety: Pinot, Cabernet Sauvignon and others. You travel through these passages by electric train, car or bicycle, moving past rows of bottles stored in the cool, stable conditions the cellars provide.

The tour runs about two hours total, with 40 minutes of driving from your hotel in Chisinau and another 40 minutes back. Once at the winery, you spend roughly 90 minutes underground, tasting three types of wine while your guide explains the collection and production methods. The pace is slow enough to take in the scale of what you're moving through: the sheer number of bottles, the depth of the tunnels, the organized chaos of a working cellar. Snacks come with the tasting.

A live English-speaking guide leads the tour, and your hotel pickup is included, so you don't arrange transport yourself. The minimum age is 18.

What’s included

• Private hotel pickup and drop-off in Chisinau.
• three types of wine tasting.
• snacks.
• guided tour through the underground galleries with a live English-speaking guide.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (18 to 85 years) · Under 18: can't be booked

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 4 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by Hi Moldova DMC

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're traveling solo or with a small group and want a private experience without sharing transport or tasting time with others. The two-hour length fits easily into a day in Chisinau, leaving your morning or afternoon free for other plans.

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Top questions

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What exactly do I taste at Milestii Mici?

You taste three types of wine during the 90-minute underground portion of the tour. The winery produces wines from grapes grown in Moldova, and the guide walks you through each tasting while you're in the cellars.

How do I move through the underground galleries?

Milestii Mici offers three ways to travel through the tunnels: by electric train, by car, or by bicycle. You'll move through 55 km of storage galleries carved into limestone, passing the rows of bottles that make up the world's largest wine collection.

What's included in the tour price?

Private transportation from your Chisinau hotel, the three wine tastings, snacks, and the guided tour through the cellars are all included. Hotel pickup and drop-off are part of the booking.

How long is the whole experience?

The tour takes about two hours from start to finish: 40 minutes to drive from Chisinau, roughly 90 minutes at the winery for the underground tour and tastings, then 40 minutes back to your hotel.

Is there a minimum age requirement?

Yes, you must be at least 18 years old to participate in the wine tasting.