“DESCOPERA” OPEN-AIR CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL TOUR

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FEEL THE PROVINCE ATMOSPHERE IN MOLDOVA AND ATTEND “DESCOPERA” OPEN-AIR CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL!

Discover Moldova on a trip from 18 to 22 June 2026 (including arrival and departure dates) and see its beautiful landscapes, natural reserves and vineyards. Explore the legendary underground wine galleries of Cricova Winery and the refined elegance of Castel Mimi Winery, then indulge in a unique blind dining experience at a stylish wine bar. Travel in time to Orheiul Vechi in Moldova, a 40 thousand year-old natural amphitheater and attend “DescOPERA” Open-air Classical Music Festival. The event organized at the foot of the cliffs from the Cultural, Natural and Landscape Reserve Orheiul Vechi, offers its visitors the unique opportunity to enjoy the beauty of classical music played live in a unique setting: an improvised scene in the nature, fresh air and amazing views.


Highlights

Chisinau city

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"Rustic Art" Crafts...

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Orheiul Vechi - a 40...

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"DESCOPERA" Festival

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Aquatir Sturgeon Farm

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Tighina Fortress

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"DESCOPERA" Festival

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Cricova Underground Wine...

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Curchi Monastery

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Château Vartely winery

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"DESCOPERA" Festival

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Central Market in...

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Castel Mimi winery

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Itinerary A day-by-day plan to guide your journey. Download PDF

Day 1: Arrival day

Chisinau

On arrival at Chisinau International Airport, you will be transferred to your accommodation in Chisinau. After settling in, you can have a walk through downtown and explore the city centre on your own.

In the evening, you will have enjoy a fabulous ”Blind dinner” at the Wine Bar. It is a sensory dinner with blindfolded wine tasting, during that you will taste 5 types of wine with 5 dishes. Your task will be to guess the individual types of wine and the ingredients from which the food is prepared.


HIGHLIGHTS: Chisinau city

Day 2:  Discovery of Cultural, Natural and Landscape Reserve “Orheiul Vechi” and attending “DescOPERA” Open-air Classical Music Festival

Chisinau – Clisova Noua – Orheiul Vechi – Butuceni


The first stop of this day will be at Rustic Art Handicraft Complex - a museum that holds the largest collection of the Bessarabian carpets, that are recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage. At the museum a brief tour of carpet collection showcase of carpets, traditional costumes, and other handicrafts objects will be organized. Each carpet has its own history, a very interesting past, which will be revealed to you there.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy your lunch at Rustic Art Guest House.

You will continue your journey to Orheiul Vechi (Old Orhei) - a natural amphitheater revealing a territory which was first inhabited 40 000 years ago. The Cultural, Natural and Landscape Reserve Orheiul Vechi includes a series of historical and cultural monuments as well as natural landscapes in the gorge of the Raut River. Ancient fortifications, cave monasteries, monks and hermits – here you can follow the history of this region. The originality of Orheiul Vechi landscape is due to the gorge of the Raut River, dug under the form of a canyon in the limestone layers of the former Sarmatian Sea, about 14 million years ago.

In the evening, you will enjoy a Moldovan traditional cuisine dinner at Butuceni Eco Resort.

After dinner, you will attend “DescOPERA” Open-air Classical Music Festival (first day of the festival) which is a unique musical event organized at the foot of the cliffs from the Cultural, Natural and Landscape Reserve Orheiul Vechi. The event offers its visitors the unique opportunity to enjoy the beauty of classical music played live in a unique setting: an improvised scene in the nature, fresh air and amazing views.

At the end of the first day of the festival, you will be transferred to Chișinău.



HIGHLIGHTS: "Rustic Art" Crafts Complex, Orheiul Vechi - a 40 thousand years-old natural amphitheater, "DESCOPERA" Festival

Day 3: Travel back in time in Tiraspol and attend the second day of the “DescOPERA” Festival

Chisinau – Tiraspol – Tighina – Branesti - Butuceni - Chisinau

After breakfast, you will travel to Tiraspol where you will have excursion and caviar tasting at Aquatir Sturgeon Farm - one of the largest fish hatcheries in Europe. The factory is equipped with the latest technologies and the fish can reach the size of a man. You will get the chance to see how is processed some of the most expensive culinary
delights – caviar. Moreover, you will taste 2 types of black caviar with a glass of sparkling wine.
In the afternoon, you will enjoy a soviet-style lunch at Old Bastion restaurant from Tighina.
The trip will continue with excursion at Tighina Fortress - the old medieval fort of Tighina Fortress, which was first built in the 15-16'th Centuries by the princes of Moldavia. Occupied by the Ottomans in 1538 (in a campaign lead by the Sultan Soliman the Magnificent), the fort was strengthened in 1541 and became the center of an Ottoman "raya" (in which were included the surrounding Moldavian villages). Its walls and rounded towers still stand today.

In the evening, you will enjoy a unique dinner at the Stone Age Restaurant, set in a rustic, cave-like atmosphere where traditional flavors meet a truly unforgettable ambiance.

After dinner, you will attend at the second day of DescOPERA Festival and have fun.

At the end of the second day of the festival, you will be transferred to Chișinău.


HIGHLIGHTS: Aquatir Sturgeon Farm, Tighina Fortress, "DESCOPERA" Festival

 

What's included

  • 4 nights accommodation in a double (DBL) or twin (TWN) room at a 4-star hotel of in Chisinau;
  • Breakfast at the hotel;
  • Tickets for DescOpera Festival all 3 days;
  • "Blind dinner” at the Wine Bar;
  • Lunch at Rustic Art guest house;
  • Traditional cuisine dinner at Butuceni Eco Resort;
  • 2 types of black caviar with a glass of sparkling wine.at Aquatir Sturgeon Farm;
  • Lunch at Old Bastion restaurant at Tighina Fortress;
  • Dinner at the Stone Age restaurant in Branesti;
  • 5 types of wine tasting at Cricova Cellars;
  • Dinner at Chateau Vartely winery;
  • 5 types of wine tasting at Castel Mimi winery;
  • Entry tickets at all attractions mentioned in the program;
  • Professional English speaking guide during all days;
  • Transportation during all the program.