Renowned for its sprawling 74 miles (120km) of underground tunnels, the wine cellar at Cricova Winery is still only the second largest in Moldova. The complex just north of Chişinău is surrounded by picturesque vineyards and rolling hills. There are almost 1.3 million bottles of wine gathered from all eras and regions in its cellars, and legend has it that the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, famously the first man in space, got lost in them for two days in 1966.

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