Pensiunea Casa Bunicului
Restored 1923 holiday home in Cantemir, near Vinia vineyard
Stay in a 1923 house + traditional cellar dinner with house wine
Worth it if you're exploring southern Moldova (Cahul, Cantemir, the Prut) and want a restored grandparents' house with a traditional dinner and homemade wine in the cellar.
Casa Bunicului pension occupies a 1923 peasant house restored with original wood, tiled stoves and inherited furniture — exactly as "grandfather" lived. The 4 rooms open onto a traditional courtyard with verandah, earth cellar, live-fire oven and a small wine cellar with house wines (Fetească, Cabernet, Rara Neagră). The kitchen reproduces southern Bessarabian recipes: noodle zeamă, Gagauz pies with pumpkin, cauldron lamb with mămăligă, quince jam. Strategic location for southern Moldova: Cahul wineries (45 min), Lower Prut Reserve (1 h), Manuc Bey (30 min) and the Romanian border (15 min — ideal for a combined holiday).
- bread workshop is the highlight
- wine surprisingly good
- great for group trips
- hands shaping dough at dawn
- lamb on the spit
- wine cellar barrels
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“Hi is very good please.”
“Cozy place. Wonderful traditional dishes and very polite hosts. A must place to visit in Moldova, create dependence from first minutes.”
“Nice place to organize the event. Good food, friendly personnel. They have their own wine to taste also.”
- 3-hour drive from Chișinău
- rooms basic
- no English on staff