Biking a Guinness Book Winery
Chisinau, Moldova
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Moldova is most famous for its wine and features some of the largest underground wine cellars in the world. Join a private guide and head to the Milestii Mici Winery, home to over two million bottles of wine and was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records. Your tour involves riding a bike through the cellars, to experience its expansiveness, and ends with a guided wine tasting.
- Learn about Moldovan winemaking from your guide
- Sample wines paired with local pies and desserts
- Choose from a morning or afternoon tour time
- A private tour means a personalized experience
Sample Menu
Starter
Bruschetta with aubergine cream
Starter
Bruschetta with zacusca
Starter
Bruschetta with cream cheese and prosciutto crudo
What's Included
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Snacks
- Private transportation
- Bikes
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
What To Expect
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Milestii Mici
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infant seats available
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Sean_T
To be clear from the beginning, I booked the electric train/cart option not the cycling one, so please consider that in reading this review.
The tour was well paced and took us deep into the cellars. Our guide was excellent and told great stories and history of not just the wines and cellars, but the background of people with win in the cellars, and all kinds of interesting info.
Toward the end we were led to a wonderful room for a tasting of a few wines along with a small plate of food as palette cleansers.
This was one of the best winery tours I’ve been lucky enough to experience.
Reviews
4.5
based on 28 reviews
Sean_T, Apr 2026
To be clear from the beginning, I booked the electric train/cart option not the cycling one, so please consider that in reading this review.
The tour was well paced and took us deep into the cellars. Our guide was excellent and told great stories and history of not just the wines and cellars, but the background of people with win in the cellars, and all kinds of interesting info.
Toward the end we were led to a wonderful room for a tasting of a few wines along with a small plate of food as palette cleansers.
This was one of the best winery tours I’ve been lucky enough to experience.
Jessica_S, Jun 2025
It was actually quite fun cycling through the tunnels, even though my bike had very poor brakes. The wine cellar itself is very impressive, with vast spaces and an almost surreal atmosphere. During the wine tastings, however, the guide poured us three types of wine and then left without giving any further information. I met another tourist who had been there a day after me, and they got to try five different wines and were given information about them. I’m actually a bit disappointed. I had expected more of a wine tasting. In the shop on the way out, there was a very uninterested salesperson, and I had to go up to the counter myself to get any help. I asked for a red wine, but the salesperson handed me a bottle of dessert wine instead—and I didn’t realize it until I got home. Sure, they may have over 1.5 million bottles of wine there, but apart from that, it wasn’t exactly a quality experience.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Dear Jessica,
Thank you for your review. We are sorry you had a bad experience with the guide and salesperson. Indeed, Mileștii Mici is more about the impressive cellars and wine collection, rather then the tasting process itself. Due to the very large number of tourists, sometimes the guides may not give sufficient attention to each individual tourist. We will notify the winery about your experience to prevent such cases in the future.
Regarding the number of wines you tasted, our tasting package indeed includes 3 types of wine (the Hai Noroc package). The tourist you met probably had another tasting package, which is a bit more expensive.
However, if you would like to enjoy a truly authentic wine tasting with a winemaker, we would like to recommend the small wineries in Moldova such as Crama Mircesti, Et Cetera or Domeniile Pana. Please contact us for a trip to one of these wineries.
Again, we are sorry for your experience at Milesti Mici, but we hope you will come back to Moldova.
Best regards,
Andrei Rusu
Chelsea_W, Nov 2024
I booked the biking tour and was informed less than 24 hours before the activity that the bike guide was not available for my tour after all. I was offered a group tour in an electric cart instead. My driver stated that many of his passengers have also had the biking element of their tour stripped away at the last second for some reason or another. The activity seems like it would be fun, but the actual delivery is inconsistent.
matt_b, Sep 2024
At the last minute they informed us there were no bikes, and it was a tour in the back of a golf cart
Harold_H, Jun 2024
Very interesting visit to all the tunnels. Wine tasting was very good with 3 types of wine. Driver was on time fir scheduled pick up.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hi Harold,
Thank you for your review. We are happy you liked the cellars and wine tasting experience at Milestii Mici Winery.
Hope to see you and your friends on one of our tours again.
Best regards,
Andrei Rusu
Dawn_G, Jun 2024
The winery is very impressive, our guide was excellent and the food and wine tasting was fabulous. It was great value for money and the pick up and drop off back to the hotel worked really smoothly.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hi Dawn,
Thank you for your review. We are happy you liked the wine tasting experience at Milestii Mici Winery.
Hope to see you and your friends on one of our tours again.
Best regards,
Andrei Rusu
Sarah_C, Apr 2024
Driver was on time, he even picked me up at my hotel. It’s a short ride to the winery. The bike ride was a fun experience. You get to taste three wines and they gift you a bottle as a souvenir.
Lawrence_C, Oct 2023
Brilliant experience and a must do when in Moldova whether you are a wine lover or not. The wine caves are incredible and cycling through them is a unique experience. Our guide was fantastic and very knowledgeable on everything to do with Moldova. Highly recommend
orla_p, Apr 2023
Had a lovely experience. The driver was on Time and very pleasant. At the winery I had a great time on the bicycles. Which lasted maybe 30 mins and then we visited the wine room and then had some food and drinks and they gave us a free bottle of wine as a gift. Highly recommend this trip
Christopher_H, Aug 2022
Great experience visiting the underground winery on bikes! Alex was a great host, picking me up promptly from my hotel and driving me to the winery and sorting out the tickets for the bike tour. A host from the winery then took my and one other on a bike tour throughout the amazing tunnels, before having a wine tasting and some food afterwards. Then taken safely back to my accommodation. I haven't cycled in many years but the cycling was very easy, with plenty of stops for more information and photos.
Genuinely one of the best experiences I have had in the 30+ countries I have visited. Would absolutely recommend to anyone!
Quentin_J, Oct 2021
Highly recommend this tour, cycling the endless underground cellars is good fun, specially on the way back, after the tasting! But more importantly, Andrei, the organiser, is just exceptional! He will try everything he can to make your time in Moldova very special and memorable. The best!
Christian_R, Jun 2023
Andere haben private dancer. Ich hatte eine "private bicycle guide". Ein liebes Mädel, das allerdings auf ihrem Rädchen vor mir in der Dunkelheit und Kälte auf und davon fuhr und zart murmelnd alles abkommentierte, was ich ohnehin kaum sehen konnte. Da ich mich auf das Wenige, was man optisch erahnen konnte, konzentrieren musste, insbesondere um dem Mädchen nicht aus Versehen ins Hinterrad zu fahren, hatte der in immensem Tempo gehaltene Vortrag kaum sinnlichen Nährwert. Der klappernde Korb meines sechstklassigen Fahrrads rundete den Informationsgehalt von 15 Prozent herab auf 10 Prozent.
Aber wie gesagt - das Mädchen war schüchtern und lieb. Schade, dass sie nach der sehr oberflächlichen Weinprobe das Weite suchte. Ich hätte mich über ihre Gesellschaft beim besten, was diese Tour zu bieten hatte, sehr gefreut: nämlich beim Essen, wo ich auch eine Flasche Milestii Mici geschenkt bekam!
Wer auch klasse war, war mein Fahrer, der Andrej.
Liebe Grüße.
Aber wer die Wahl hat, der/die sollte eher nach Crikova gehen. Dort ist die Tour deutlich professioneller, länger, informativer und der Wein besser.
Und auch dort war die Führerin sehr lieb und sprach tolles Englisch.
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