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Things to do in Moldova

Europe's least-visited wine country holding some of the largest underground cellars on Earth, a breakaway territory frozen in Soviet time, and a genuinely under-the-radar countryside.

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What's worth your time in Moldova

Tour the underground wine tunnels of Mileștii Mici

Food

A Guinness World Record holder for the largest wine collection on Earth, with roughly 200 kilometres of tunnels driven through by car during the tour.

Visit the breakaway territory of Transnistria

Culture

An unrecognized state still displaying Soviet symbols and Lenin statues, offering a strange and genuine glimpse of frozen Cold War-era atmosphere.

Wander Chișinău's Cathedral Park and central promenade

Culture

Moldova's compact, green capital centers on a 19th-century cathedral and bell tower, with tree-lined boulevards inviting an easy walking pace.

Explore Cricova's underground wine city

Food

Another vast underground cellar network, with street names and traffic signs inside its tunnels, home to bottles reportedly including Nazi-looted wine recovered after WWII.