Cricova
Cricova is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the capital.

Cricova is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the capital. It is best known for its vast underground wine cellars, among the largest in the world, which have made Cricova one of Moldova’s leading tourist destinations.
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Getting to Cricova
- Airports
- Chişinău (RMO), 23 km · Iaşi (IAS), 94 km · Bacău George Enescu International (BCM), 164 km
- Iaşi → Cricova95 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · lei34–46
- Bacău → Cricova161 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · lei55–75
- Suceava → Cricova204 km · quickest by road, 6h 11m · lei65–90
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cricova
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cricova. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom specific destinations: Transnistria – From Tiraspol (leaving from the train/bus station: gara) and Bendery there are semi-hourly marshrutkas taking 90 min and 40 rubles.
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Next door to Cricova
Cricova is 14 km from Chisinau, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.