Tours to Moldova
Tours to Moldova www.kosmostrip.net DAY I Arrival. Airport transfer + check-in at the hotel. Depending on the time of arrival - city tour and excursion to Milestii Mici cellarage with wine tasting. DAY II Breakfast. Trip to Orheiul Vechi Museum complex Orheiul Vechi is one of the most popular places of interest in Moldova. It is situated in the cliffy ravine of the Raut river, which measures up to 150-200 meters of depth. You’ll see the most beautiful natural landscapes, traditional Moldavian village and peasant holdings, you’ll take a lunch at a farmstead, you’ll get acquainted with the Moldavian cookery. total walking time en route: 3 hours, locality: varied, 150-200 m. DAY III Breakfast. Trip to Tipova. Tipova is a landscape conservancy area, where is situated the rock monastery of Tipova – the biggest and, according to some facts, the oldest rock monastery in Moldova and one of the most mysterious places of Moldova. After lunch and rest at one of the peasant holding on the Nistru riverside, we’ll move on, along the Nistru, and will visit one more rock monastery «The holy trinity «in the village of Saharna. total walking time en route: about 4 hours, locality: varied, 150 m. DAY IV Breakfast. Trip to Soroca. After excursion to the fortress of Soroca, we’ll go on to the North of Moldova. We will stop for a lunch at a pension, placed in the village of Old Believers, where you will get acquainted with ethnical medium of northern part of the country. After the lunch you’ll admire the hiking over the neighbourhood towards the village of Rudi. The village of Rudi is included into the list of monuments, which are in the custody of UNESCO, because here is situated one of the geodesy samples – Geodesy Arch of Struve. total walking time en route: about 4 hours, locality: varied, forest, 100 m. DAY V Breakfast. Trip to Vadul Rascov Three original Moldavian villages, away from civilization, located at the picturesque bank of Nistru. We will climb the scarp slope and will see the river bend and the amazing valley with chalets bosomed in trees, peacefully grazing horses and a special calm atmosphere of a place away from the urban fuss. After a picnic on the grass we will go down to the river and will go for a drive to the oldest and the biggest Jewish cemetery, where are remained intact antique grave-stones with ancient writings. total walking time en route: about 4 hours, locality: varied, forest, 200 m. DAY VI Breakfast. Trip to Purcari Estate. Here you’ll find legendary Purcari cellarage, remained flat since 1827 and keeping the part of country’s heritage – famous collection of old wines. Here you can see a subterranean cave, where the wines are kept in French oak casks and obtain the nobility, maturity, flavour, which enslave the hearts by their taste and win the high distinctions at the prestigious world competitions. But at first we will go there, where all of these begin: to the vineyards. We will go for a walk over the vineyards and will see how different grape varieties grow and will hear a story from a wine-maker about the way of creation of elite wines. After the walk we will have an elaborate lunch ahead of you with wine testing in one of the tasting rooms of the estate or at the summer terrace.
