Travel Agency Corina, having its representation in the hotel is happy to offer you various excursions and tours around Moldova. Our guests can benefit from special offers on wine tours and most popular tours around Moldova. The agency is open from 08:00 a.m. till 07:00p.m.
The archaeological complex Old Orhei is an open-air museum situated between the villages Trebujeni and Butuceni 60 km North East from Chisinau.
This territory was peopled from the early times. At this place were established many cities. The first city established here was called Orhei. The name Orhei means “fortification”. Then at the beginning of XIV century the Golden Horde conquered this territory. The oriental city called Shehr al-Cedid was built here. Shehr al-Cedid is translated as “New City”. At the middle of XIV century this town disappears. A new town Orhei appears at this place. At the middle of XVI century Orhei inhabitants moved 18 km to the North. Later there's established a new city with the name Orhei. The name of archaeological reservation derives from the name of that medieval city Orhei which became referred to as «Old Orhei».
The museum complex Old Orhei is a system of historical monuments and natural landscapes. If consists of few promontories. The central promontory in Old Orhei is called Pestere. Its name derives from the many caves carved in it ('Pestere' is translated from Romanian as 'caves'). The Butuceni headland contributes to the Old Orhei very well. Together with the Pestere promontory it forms complete complex harmonizing from all points of view. The Butuceni promontory is great from both geological view and the view point of unique scenery. It has tens of calcareous slates, spacious caves, small grottos. The wonderful view and ancient traces impress every guest of this place.
Prices: 1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
* Prices are indicated per person, and include transportation and guide service.
Castle MiMi Winery
Castel Mimi is a tourist complex that lays on a surface of 10 hectares. It features wine tasting rooms, a restaurant, an event hall, museum, accommodations, SPA, cellars, and other.
Castel Mimi preserves a rich wine collection that includes local varieties such as Feteasca Albă or Feteasca Neagră, and classic wines like Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. The winery also possesses reserves of high value that have spent more than 70 years in the historical cellars.
Castel Mimi is included in Top 15 most beautiful wineries of the world, where the past & future meet the present to offer a truly incomparable experience.
The winery went through an intense modernization process, being endowed with best advanced equipment for wine production, storage and bottling, that are unique in Moldova.
Today Castel Mimi is the guest card of Moldova, being visited by guests from 100 different states of the world. Thousands of people already discovered the story of the only chateau of country.
In 2011 one of the most ambitious restoration projects in Moldavian history begun, at the end of which Castle Mimi got back its charming appearance from the beginning of the last century.
Castel Mimi is a high quality wine producer with a long history. Our experts are creating incomparable wines, led by the example of Constantin Mimi, the greatest wine-maker of the XX-th century.
2. DISCOVERY – 90 min. TOURCastle's Gardens & InteriorsHistorical CellarsProduction AreaWINE TASTINGSauvignon Blanc 2016Pinot Gris 2016Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2017Merlot 2014Roșu de Bulboaca 2014 CuveéAPPETIZERSGranа Padano cheese with grapes and nutsHomemade terrine with toastDry salami, olivesSalmon tartarCapers, toastBrie cheese cubesApricots, almonds, mint
45 Euro./pers
50 Euro./pers
3.NATIONAL HERITAGE – 110 minTOURCastle's Gardens & InteriorsHistorical CellarsProduction AreaWINE TASTINGSauvignon Blanc 2016Pinot Gris 2016Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2017Merlot 2014Roșu de Bulboaca 2014 CuveéIce Wine Riesling 2015DISHESHomemade baked pate with toastApricot-Glazed Spare ribs with grilled vegetablesCabbage rolls with corn filling (Sarmale) OR Stuffed peppers, sour creamCheese/ potatoes Pies (Plăcintă)"Baba Neagră" cake garnished with vanilla (local dessert)Seasonal fruit
60 Euro./pers
65 Euro./pers
4. NATIONAL HERITAGE (Vegetarian)–110 min.TOURCastle's Gardens & InteriorsHistorical CellarsProduction AreaWINE TASTINGSauvignon Blanc 2016Pinot Gris 2016Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2017Merlot 2014Roșu de Bulboaca 2014 CuveéIce Wine Riesling 2015DISHESSeasonal Vegetable hotchpotch withhomemade breadBaked potatoes and vegetablesCabbage rolls with corn filling (Sarmale) OR Stuffed peppersCabbage/potato LoafsDessert – Poached Pear in wine with Blackberry sauce
60 Euro./pers
65 Euro./pers
The price includes: guided tour in Romanian, Russian, English, French
Extras: transport services (transfer) - 20 euro / person.
ASCONI Winery
The Winery was founded in 1994 and to this day remains a family business. Our aim is to make the best possible wine we can, using the best available technology, while maintaining the traditions of our people. We also want to share everything we have accomplished with our visitors, local or foreign!
Services included in the package:
Monday-Friday: 9.00–15.00
Saturday-Sunday: 10.00–13.00
Tour and tasting 3 types of wines
We organize tours of the winery where you can see the whole process of winemaking. You can see how the harvested grapes are pressed, how the juice is fermented and transformed into wines, how the wines evolve after fermentation either by aging in oak barrels and/or in the bottle.
35 Euro/pers.
40 Euro/pers.
Tour and tasting 5 types of wines
We organize tours of the winery where you can see the whole process of winemaking. You can see how the harvested grapes are pressed, how the juice is fermented and transformed into wines, how the wines evolve after fermentation either by aging in oak barrels and/or in the bottle.
45 Euro/pers.
50 Euro/pers.
Tour and tasting 7 types of wines
We organize tours of the winery where you can see the whole process of winemaking. You can see how the harvested grapes are pressed, how the juice is fermented and transformed into wines, how the wines evolve after fermentation either by aging in oak barrels and/or in the bottle.
60 Euro/pers.
65 Euro/pers.
The price includes: guided tour in Romanian, Russian, English, French
Extras: transport services (transfer) - 20 euro / person.
"Milestii Mici" Winery
The biggest wine collection in the biggest underground wine town.
Welcome to our underground wine cellar! Once you have been here, you will be coming back again and again, looking for the wine of your dreams.
Services included in the package:
Monday-Friday: 9.00–15.00
Saturday-Sunday: 10.00–13.00
Tourist package „The Tour”/ 40 min
Excursion – galleries and wine collection.
35 Euro/pers.
40 Euro/pers.
Tourist package „Delicarne”/ 1 hour
Degustation of 3 wines: 2 high quality wines, white and red, and 1 sweet table wine (from the pitcher) - 0.2 liters of wine of each type per person * This amount of wine is calculated FOR A PERSON Snacks: assorted pies(cheese, potatoes, cabbage, apple) ,assorted meat(batog, panceta, coppa, tarabostes) sticks.
45 Euro/pers.
50 Euro/pers.
Tourist package „Moldova”/ 2 hours
Degustation of 5 wines: 2 high quality red and white wines and 1 white sweet table wine, 1 dry Rose table wine, 1 sparkling white wine * This amount of wine is calculated FOR A GROUP OF FIVE PERSONS Snacks: (chicken roll, pork, beef tongue, cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes), Moldavian chicken soup polenta with chicken/pork meat and sheep cheese
60 Euro/pers.
65 Euro/pers.
The price includes: guided tour in Romanian, Russian, English, French
Extras: transport services (transfer) - 20 euro / person.
"Cricova" Winery
Let me introduce you the elite products of Winery of “CRICOVA”. Connoisseurs from all over the world have preferred our wines for decades. And they are absolutely right, while Cricova sparkling and fine wines, produced with the best European traditions, fully deserve their fame. Winery of “CRICOVA” is a real pearl of Moldovan wine-making. In the famous Cricova lime-stone adits, under careful custody of wine-makers, the excellent Moldovan wines are aged and preserved. The white wines are fine, delicate and tender, the red ones are unobtrusively rough, somewhat pushing and traditionally unforgettable. Our wines are very tasty and quite peculiar. This fact is confirmed by a flood of international prizes and different awards. From year to year our skilful wine-makers fill the famous Cricova wine collection, in which ancient from all over the world are preserved. They are priceless. Visit to the Cricova Wine Tasting Halls is not only a trip to the wine country, but also a revel inevitable atmosphere of a mysterious Cricova underground. Our sparkling wine brings luck. Do not scare away the whimsical fortune and celebrate everyoccasion with the noble beverages from “CRICOVA”! Hoping for a fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation.
Services included in the package:
Monday-Friday: 9.00–15.00
Saturday-Sunday: 10.00–13.00
Package «Underground Town» /1 hour 20 min 1. Excursion – collection wine department with a stopover at the barrels. 2. Excursion – classic sparkling wine department. 3. Excursion – National Wine Collection.
40 Euro/pers.
50 Euro/pers.
Package «Business» /1 hour 50 min 1. Excursion – collection wine department with a stopover at the barrels. 2. Excursion – classic sparkling wine department. 3. Excursion – National Wine Collection. 4. Tasting 4 types of wines. 5. First class barrel wine tasting in the «Botul Calului» hall, from the clay pitcher and glassesin a national style. 6. Snacks: nuts,biscuits, water
55 Euro/pers.
65 Euro/pers.
Package „Professional“ / 2 hours 1. Excursion –collection wine department with a stopover at the barrels. 2. Tasting 7 types of wines 3. Snacks – Pressed cheese varieties, cheese sticks,mineral water.
65 Euro/pers.
75 Euro/pers.
Package "Traditional" / 2 hours Excursion: -on the underground streets -the maturing section -sparkling wine production section -national collection and “Tasting Rooms”
Degustation: 8 types of wine. Menu: -Moldovan snack – tomatoes / cucumber / pepper / cheese; -Meat platter; -Roasted vegetables; -Beef salad with sweet peppers; -Traditional Moldovan cabbage rolls; -Spiny pie with cheese; -Chicken fillet with grilled vegetables; -Roasted fish in corn flour served with cheese and cream; -Plums stuffed with nuts and chocolate; -Bread; -Water; -Tea/coffee.
100 Euro/pers.
110 Euro/pers.
Package "VIP" / 2 hours 30 min Excursion: -on the underground streets -the maturing section -sparkling wine production section -national collection and “Tasting Rooms”
Degustation: 9 types of wine. Menu: -Fresh vegetables platter; -Roasted vegetables platter; -Cheese platter; -Meat Platter; -Fish platter; -Shrimps; -Spiny pie with cheese; -Caprese snack; -Vegetable salad with Feta cheese; -Seafood sauté; -Beef mussel with baked potato; -Gilt-head bream with roasted vegetables; -Desert; -Bread; -Water; -Tea/coffee.
150 Euro/pers.
160 Euro/pers.
The price includes: guided tour in Romanian, Russian, English, French
Extras: transport services (transfer) - 20 euro / person.
Tourist Pack "Chateau Vartely"
Chateau Vartely is a modern Resort, situated in the city Orhei, only 65 km North from Chisinau. European standards, professional service, special programs – these are proposed by "Chateau Vartely” – which represents four hotel-type houses, 2 restaurant rooms, 3 tasting rooms, a huge inner yard, specially designed for you to feel free and relaxed within nature. You might choose between 3 tasting packages, High Quality, Selected Wines or World Collection or touristic packages with accommodation.
WORLD COLLECTION Excursion +Wine Tasting 6 samples+transport
90
95
80
90
80
90
EXCURSION- tour of the entire complex ”Chateau Vartely”, industrial facilities and the tourism facilities.
WINE TASTING takes place in one of the 3 tasting rooms and includes samples of wine depending on the chosen pack. As well are offered: sticks, walnuts, dried fruits, cheese, and still water.
CHATEAU RECOMMENDS Pack includes: Feteasca Select, Traminer Rezerva, Pinot Noir Rose Select, Merlot Rezerva, Cabernet-Sauvignon Rezerva, Muscat Desert.
WORLD COLLECTION Pack includes: 5 samples of wine from World Collection and one Chateau Vartely.
SOUVENIR-GIFT includes 2 bottles of wine “Chateau Vartely” * 0,75 l.
Trip to Transnistria: "Back to USSR"
Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldovaand is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria). The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of light industry, such as furniture and electrical goods production.
The modern city of Tiraspol was founded by the Russian generalissimo Alexander Suvorov in 1792, although the area had been inhabited for thousands of years by varying ethnic groups.The city celebrates its anniversary every year on October 14.
You will have the possibility to discover a country which does not exist.You will have a dip in the world of monuments of Lenin, Gagarin and Kotovskiy. During the tour you will feel the genuine atmosphere of cities of the former Soviet Union-Tiraspol and Bendery. You will see the broad streets, optimistic architecture mood, luxurious finish materials of culture houses, university and libraries, predominance of Red, national motives.
In Bender can see the fortress, under the same name, built by Stefan cel Mare against Tatar invasion supervision Turkish architect Koji Mimar Sinan.
Prices:
1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
Prices including transportation + guide
TIPOVA Monastery
Located in the area with the same name, Tipova Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Moldova. The monastery is carved in stone on a bank of the Nistru River.
The monastery is comprised of three monastic complexes. The first complex consists of a church named for the feast of the Holy Cross and some cells. It is far from the other two and hardly accessible. The foundation of the complex dates from XI – XV centuries. In the second monastic complex is the church of St. Nicholas. It was carved in rock the in XIV – XV centuries. The third complex dates from the XVI – XVIII centuries and encompasses 18 separate rooms joined via an interior passage.
Prices:
1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
Prices including transportation + guide
SAHARNA Monastery
The Saharna Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Saharna) is a monastery in Saharna, Moldova.
The "Holy Trinity" Monastery of Saharna, situated about 110 km north of Chișinău, on the right side of the Nistru River, is considered to be one of the biggest centres for religious pilgrimages in Moldova. Here can be found the unique relicts of St. Cuvios Macarie, and on the top of the high cliff, according to a legend, there is a footprint of St. Maria. The legend says that a monk from the monastery once saw the shining figure of Saint Maria on the top of a rock. When reaching that spot the monk saw a mark of a footstep on the ground.
Prices:
1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
Prices including transportation + guide
CURCHI Monastery
Curchi monastery is a monk monastery from Moldova, one of the most important architectural monuments of Basarabia. It is located in Forest Orhei near the village Curchi, Orhei. As architectural ensemble was founded in XVIII - XIX. It is composed of five churches, two buildings with cells, the abbot, several auxiliary rooms, orchard, a hermitage with xenodochium Monastery located at 500 m and a stone basin.
Curchi monastery, dedicated to "Naşterea Domnului", is located southwest from Orhei, 14 km from the city. Situated in the valley Vatici, surrounded by a rich natural environment, the monastery has a religious and cultural past of two centuries. This monastery is considered to be the most beautiful and most famous monastery in Bessarabia.
Prices:
1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
Prices including transportation + guide
HINCU Monastery
The Hincu Monastery is situated on the river Coghilnic, 70 km from the capital of Moldova, in a valley, surrounded by hills and secular forest. Founded in 1678, the Convent was one of the richest monasteries on the south of Moldova from the XVIIth century. People come to the Convent in great number and, especially, in the name-day of Saint Paraschiva, celebrated on October 27 (according to the church calendar). The legend about the foundation of convent says that once, one of the eminent courtiers of the XVIIth century, Mihalcea Hincu with his daughter Paraschiva, escaping the Tatar foray, on the one clearing of Codri forest swore to built a monastery at that place if they survive. Mihalcea Hincu kept his word. During the XVIIth c., the wooden churches and cells were many times destroyed by the Tatars' invasions. In hard times the Saint Paraschiva Monastery remained uninhabited. In 1835 a stone summer church was built in Russian- Byzantine style. Later, in 1841, there came a church for the winter season. From 1956 to 1990 the convent was closed by the Soviet authorities, and it functioned as a sanatorium for the Ministry of Health instead. In 1990, at the request of the local population, the Hincu Monastery was reopened, becoming one of the most well arranged and most visited religious communities. A lot of water springs surround the convent, one of them is mineralized. To our days, the Convent pleases the eyes and hearts of believers and visitors.
Prices:
1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
Prices including transportation + guide
CAPRIANA Monastery
Capriana Monastery is one of the oldest in Moldova, located 35 km northwest of Chisinau, in the Isnovat locality, on a bank of the river Isnavat. The first official document to contain information about Capriana Monastery is Alexandru cel Bun's royal charter dated April 25, 1420. A royal legacy charter dated February 10, 1429 is the second document to mention the monastery.
Initially, the monastery was named after Vasnavet, which is a river flowing near the monastery. Later it was renamed Capriana, in honor of Chiprian, who was the first Superior of the monastery. The Grigore Ureche (the chronicler) papers say that Petru Rares, the ruler of Moldova (1527–1538, 1541-1546) built Capriana’s first stone church, the Church of the Virgin's Assumption.
On June 29, 1940, a day after the conquest of Bessarabia by Soviet troops, the whole estate of the monastery was confiscated. The last abbot of the monastery was the Superior Eugeniu (1952—1962). The last church service was held on October 25, 1962. The monks took refuge in other parishes. The monastery was desecrated and pillaged. In 1962, it was transformed into a sanatorium for sick children. The monastery refectory (dining room) was transformed into a club where dancing and drinking parties and weddings were organized.
In 1989, at the decision of the Republic of Moldova Council of Ministers, Capriana Monastery once again became a place for religious services. The first abbot of the monastery was Archimandrite Iosif Gargalac, who was the former abbot of the Soruceni Monastery. After the departure of the Abbot Iosif, the monastery was lead by the monk Serafim, who continued the reconstruction of the monastery. From 1994–1997 the refectory of the monastery was restored and transformed into a church for winter services. Reconstruction of the monastery continued until 2007.
Today, the monastery complex consists out of three churches: Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1545, medieval Moldovan style), St. Nicholas (1840), St. George (1907, late baroque style). The complex also includes the abbot's house, refectory, and monk's cells. The summer church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is the oldest one preserved on the territory of Moldova. Metropolitan G. Banulescu-Bodoni is buried here. The monastery also holds the biggest religious library in Moldova, preserved in the monastery along with gifts from different kings.
Not far from the monastery in the forest there is an oak tree name the Oak of Stephen cel Mare, where he is said to have taken a rest after one of his battles.
Prices:
1 person - EUR 80/pers Group 2-4 pers. (car) - EUR 45/pers Group 5-15 pers. (minibus) - EUR 35/pers Group 16-40 pers. (bus) - EUR 20/pers
