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2 Excursions in One Day - Cricova Winery,Tiraspol City and Bender Fortress!
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2 Excursions in One Day - Cricova Winery,Tiraspol City and Bender Fortress!

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Ages 0-99, max of 7 per group
Duration: 8h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Wine tasting
  • Local Driver/guide
  • Business lunch
  • Entry/Admission - Cricova Winery
  • Entry/Admission - Pmr-tours
  • Entry/Admission - Bendery Fortress
What's not included
  • Food and drinks except indicated
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
    Hotel pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
      End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

        • Not wheelchair accessible
        • Near public transportation
        If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 24381P43

        • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
        • Children must be accompanied by an adult
        • Child rate applies only when sharing with 1 paying adult
        • You MUST have your passport with you to cross the Transnistria border
        • Most travellers can participate
        • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
        • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 7 travellers

        • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

        If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 24381P43

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        • BEST Travel
          76
          Chisinau, Moldova
          Joined in December 2015
        • Michi_foodblog
          0 contributions
          1.0 of 5 bubbles
          Unfortunately a rip-off
          Unfortunately a rip-off. Don’t get me wrong, the place is worth seeing as it is impressive, however the wine and the experience do not justify the incredible rip-off price of 1500 Lei (80 euro) per person. For 35-40 euro, it would have been alright, but 80 euro is stealing. We were all expecting a completely different kind of experience. Yesterday at the mircesti winery, for less than half the price, we had a much better experience. The food was ok, not bad.
          Written 6 October 2024
        • Global380948
          0 contributions
          1.0 of 5 bubbles
          Tour guide didn't show; walk didn't happen.
          I turned up as directed - but there was no guide and no tour. Waited over 30 minutes then gave it up as a bad job! I suspect the tour was cancelled due to lack of bookings, only no-one let me know (and I was still getting reminders from TripAdvisor 2 hours before it was due to start). Meet up point was over 30 minute walk from my hotel so all in all I lost a good hour and a half which I could have spent doing something else. Still waiting to see if the money will be debited from my account... Take note TripAdvisor, operators promoted by you should be validated as authentic and genuine - not time wasters or scams.
          Written 8 August 2023
        • JulesKalin
          0 contributions
          1.0 of 5 bubbles
          Don not recommend at all, will just ruin half of your day
          Tour didn’t happen. Because they didn’t even contacted me, I came to the meeting pick up. The phone they provided is not working, website is not working, there is no email. Worst experience ever.
          Written 1 August 2023
        • snejka
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          A mast for Moldova visit
          Simply amazing, is everything so Moldavian in this place. the guide explaines the story of the winery and caves and how the place became winery. Is also included in Guiness Book on length of the caves. The restaurant with traditional live music and delicious Moldavian food were perfect to wine tasting. in one world a paradise to vine lovers and reflect so so much Moldavian spirit.
          Written 14 April 2023
        • pompidoul
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Not to miss near Chisinau
          Excellent experience to see how to produce and keep in perfect condition so many good wines. It is an attractive point to visit alone or with your family. Nice guide, good explanations and finally a small shop to buy amazing wines.
          Written 26 April 2021
        • BackPacker691272
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          A wonderful day! Highly recommended!
          Our guide Elena made this day absolutely wonderful with her positivity and great knowledge about the country and the attractions! All three locations lived up to our expectations. This excursion is highly recommended!
          Written 8 December 2019
        • Susan N
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          I fell in love with Moldova!
          I planned two nights in Moldova on a whim after a trip to Romania, and it ended up being the highlight of my trip! This charming city has an interesting history, and my tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and spoke perfect English. I'm so happy that I booked a tour with Best Moldova!
          Written 10 November 2019
        • _john_sharp827
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Interesting experience
          The red and white wine fountains at the entrance are a novel introduction. Vehicles can drive down into the caves and view row upon row of bottles of wine. The wine tasting on our tour was 3 types of wine, red, white, and sweet red. All very good as were the accompanying snacks. The prices in the shop were a steal. A very enjoyable visit.
          Written 19 October 2019
        • mo-cabs
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Tiraspol
          Fantastic visit to this country, also visited the Memorial Park very interesting. Architecture great.
          Written 20 September 2019
        • ConstantTravelerNC
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Unusual and fun excursion
          I don't know whether Transnistria will become an independent country, but it's still fun to visit a place like this. It seemed to be lost in time, with a hammer and sickle on the flag. The tour guide was very nice and knowledgable. The driver somewhat less so, but overall the experience was good. Lunch was included and pretty tasty.
          Written 5 August 2019
        • mcpw1
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Well Worth I.
          I booked this trip in the office direct instead of online and saved myself €27. I shared this trip with 3 others and our guide Nicolai was friendly and informative. I would definitely recommend this trip but for the visit to the Monastery and Church I recommend hiking boots and not trainers.
          Written 12 July 2019
        • Soelvesborg
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          EXCELLENT!
          Very good organised, starting with email information prior to the booked tour, phone calls and with a high level of professionalism. Adapted to us, helped us in different situations such as making possible for us to join a later tour to winery due to our late flight. Very good and helpful guides, drivers. ALL IN ALL: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! THANK YOU ALL OF YOU!
          Written 27 May 2019
        • 369lisem
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Excellent guide!
          I took several tours with BESTMoldova, and was lucky enough to have the same guide each time. Nicolai is so knowledgeable and has a fantastic way of bringing history and culture alive. The office staff are also friendly and helpful. Good variety of tours offered. Thanks for helping me discover Moldova!
          Written 9 May 2019
        • arturopnavarro
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          Interesting visit and good wines
          The tour shows a lot of the winery, not only the place they store the wine in the barrels but the actual industrial production site, which is not something that is shown. It was interesting to see the difference between the Soviet era tanks and the new technology acquired from Italy. There’s also a lot of historical facts of what the castle was before Soviet times, how it was transformed and what they did to return it to its current beautiful status. The actual tasting was nice, 5 wines (2 white, 1 rose, 2 red) and they actually gave us a couple of their wines that have won prices abroad which were very good. It comes with 5 short pairing foods which were also good. Their plans for expansion are interesting and this might become a place were you can actually go and spend a couple of days there relaxing and drinking and eating nice wines.
          Written 28 April 2019
        • Gordon M
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          sharing the town
          We had a great little tour . We were the only Canadians, but the others provide interesting perspectives , especially those from the other side ( other for us ) of the iron curtain . there is the soviet era buildings but also lots of church architecture that is remarkably preserved or fixed up . All eastern orthodox churches which i am sad to say i was not fully aware of layouts. nice preserved icons , a super bell ringing at the Catedrala episcopală Sf. Teodor Tiron
          Written 19 March 2019
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        sebsk4
        Bs. As. Argentina77 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Jul 2019
        I took two trips. In both cases i was alone but i was not charged any extra and the Company respected the days what I found very professional.
        The only issue is the payment. If you pay by credit card, you will be charged in local currency plus a 3% mark up. That means that with another conversion to your currency and the foreign exchange fee of your card, you will be paying additional charges of 10% on top of the promoted prices.
        Written 21 August 2019
        This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
        Dear guest! Thank you very much for your review! We really sorry about this %, but we don't have any possibilities to change the situation in relation with bank commissions. But let us thank you about our company, it makes us more responsible in doing our job! With best regards, BESTMoldova.md team
        Written 22 August 2019
        This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

        Ferran L
        8 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        They are the best option to know Transnistria. Nikolai is totally a professional gukde who knows the best places to stop to buy souvenirs etc. It is really funny to travel with him and the driver
        Written 1 August 2018
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        Dear Guest! Thank you much for your review! We try to do our best! With best regards, BESTMoldova.md team
        Written 4 September 2018
        This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

        OswaldoMobray
        Karlsruhe, Germany1 contribution
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Mar 2018 • Friends
        I visited Moldova with a friend recently, and we used BEST Travel to organise our trips, including having a local guide. The Cricova Winery was beautiful and its wine was very good. The trip to Transnistria was absolutely problem-free, and the region itself was quite interesting.
        Written 2 April 2018
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        Thank you for your kind review! BESTMoldova.md really appreciate this! Hope your stay in Moldova left good memories! With best wishes, BESTTravel BESTMoldova's team!
        Written 8 May 2018
        This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

        TheLush101
        Cardiff, UK2,467 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sept 2019
        I loved this tour, however my friend loved it more.

        We'd really wanted to visit Transnistria and had seen some mixed messages about doing it on your own - you really need to speak Russian or Romanian when you get to the border if you go on your own by bus, so we decided to opt for a tour which also included a winery stop and booked this one through TripAdvisor.

        In the end, it was just the two of us in a car for the tour. Gheorge, our driver, was outside our hotel as planned and whisked us out of the city to Cricova. We got there before it opened, so had to wait a bit, but it meant we were on the first English language tour - I've written a separate review of Cricova.

        We were then driven back in to Chisinau and picked up our guide Anna, who was a lot more talkative. We drove to the border as Anna explained the history of Transnistria and answered all of our questions brilliantly. We beat the bus to the border crossing, which was good as it meant that we didn't have to wait - Anna arranged everything and Gheorge kept safe hold of our immigration cards which we needed to exit again.

        We then headed to Bender Fortress and had a local guide there, also called Anna, who showed us around - again I've reviewed this separately.

        We then headed into Tiraspol to lunch, which was in a traditional restaurant and had a selection of different dishes (all included in the price). Anna also showed us some Transnistrian money so that we could see what it looked like.

        We were then driven a bit further into Tiraspol and Anna took us on a walking tour around some of the different sights which was great. We were picked up at the Lenin Statue and then driven back to the border post (much quicker leaving) and then back to our hotel in Chisinau.

        Overall, Gheorge and Anna were both fantastic. One thing struck me at lunch as one of the other tour groups in the restaurant were using Google translate to communicate with their guide, but Anna's English was fantastic.

        If you want to visit Transnistria, I'd really recommend this tour as you get to the see the capital, as well as a visit to a really interesting winery.
        Written 8 August 2020
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        Linda S
        Lisbon, Portugal32 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        May 2019 • Solo
        Had a wonderful day with BEST Travel on tour to Transnistria, Bender and the winery. The guide and driver were both lovely and with a lot of interesting stories to tell. The guide also helped out with the money exchange, because you don't really need much money in Transnistria and you couldn't use your bankcard. I actually didn't use/change any money at all, but the tour guide had a few coins left and gave them as a souvenir to take home. Thank you so much! I considered saving the pennies and taking a bus by myself, but I am glad I didn't because it is really good value with all the stops I would never have seen otherwise, the yummy traditional lunch included (thanks for offering veggie options!) and the wine tour and of course... free tasters!
        Written 26 May 2019
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        Dear Niltasariel, Thank your for your kind review! We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay in Moldova. You should come back, there are much more to see and explore! Wish you all the best! BESTMoldova.md team!
        Written 27 May 2019
        This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

        MiriamB722
        London, UK13 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sept 2018 • Solo
        I recently visited Moldova for a weekend and had a very nice time with Corneliu and Maria. They were great driver/guide team. Very professional. I'd highly recommend them.
        Written 8 October 2018
        This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
        Dear Miriam, thank you for your kind review! We really appreciate this! With best regard, BESTMoldova.md team
        Written 9 October 2018
        This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

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