About this experience
This tour is the best opportunity to visit spectacular Alba Iulia Citadel and to complete it with a tour and wine tasting at citadel cellar: Vinoteca Hugo.
The Alba Iulia bastion fortification is the largest fortress in Romania, which has been standing for more than 300 years. Is the place where you can travel over two millennia back in time, strolling, among vestiges of three fortifications, dating back to as many different epochs. In other words, every fortress built here has embraced a previous one: the Roman castrum, the medieval fortress and the Alba Carolina Citadel.
For more than 70 years, the Catacombs of the Citadel, hosts a wine cellar with a collection of over 5,000 wine bottles, produced between 1952-1972. For several decades, visits to the citadel cellar were restricted.The cellar was renovated in 2018, and was open to visitors. Now you can take a tour in this spectacular cellar and taste the wines from collection, that includes over 12,000 bottles of premium wines.
At a glance
- Duration: 4 hr
- Private experience
Plan your experience
Set aside 4 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.
Before you go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What is included
- Wine tasting includes: croutons, walnuts.
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting includes: sparkling classic method, white wine, rose wine and red wine produced from Romanian grape, croutons, walnuts and water.
Not included
- Transportation
Itinerary and highlights
You will visit The Alba Iulia bastion fortification - the largest fortress in Romania with thousands of years of history. You will visit 25 tourist attractions. including: elements of defense (bastions, city gates, ravelins and defense ditches), Principia (Command of the XIII Roman Legion Gemina), Via Principalis (a part of old roman fortress), Prince Palace, Romano-Catholic Cathedral, Union Museum and Union Hall, Coronation Cathedral, Centenary Monument.
After citadel visit you will have a premium wine tasting, at citadel old cellar - Vinoteca Hugo, with oenologist who has over 16 years of experience in winemaking. After the cellar tour, we will taste 4 wines produced in Romania (classic sparkling wine, white wine, rose and red).
Meeting and pickup information
- Our guide, Daniel, will wait for the guests in front of Hotel Cetate, and will have next to him a banner inscribed "GUIDE ALBA"
Languages and tickets
- ru — Guide
- English — Guide
- ro — Guide
- Mobile Only
Tour operator
- Vinoteca HUGO
Accessibility and practical details
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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