Moldova Travel Guide

The park was built in the beginning of XIX century on the area of 7 hectares. There are few fountains, the main of which is situated in the center and all the alleys of the park meet there. In the park there is free Wi-Fi. Here is where the Pushkin monument is placed. This is a traditional place of rest, walks and meetings of the citizens. At the...

There are minibuses from Chernivtsi to Chisinau, according to the Chernivtsi bus terminal at 8 am, 10 am and 12 midday, according to a web site also one at 8.45 pm taking about 7.5 hours and 356 UAH (about € 15). The timetable is not always reliable, i bought at the station at 8 am a ticket for a bus to Chisinau at 10 am, it was not running, had...

Transnistria has its own currency, the ruble, and to pay for anything other than transport out (you can pay in Moldovan lei for this) you will need to get some rubles. As Transnistria is not recognised by any other country in the world (Abkhazia and South Ossetia don't count!), rubles are of absolutely no use outside Transnistria. There are...

For the short hop over to Bender, there are two choices; marshrutka or trolleybus. I'd never taken a trolleybus before, so hopped on the first one that passed through Suvorov Square. It was standing room only inside, and the conductor could barely reach all the passengers. I handed over a 10 ruble note and got a handful of change, being unable to...

Bender, Transnistria's second city, is just a few miles away on the west bank of the Dniester River, so technically not in Transnistria but still under their control. Bender (or Bendery or Tighina) is an easy day trip from Tiraspol, as regular trolleybuses rattle and shudder across the bridge in about half an hour, costing a few rubles, or you...

Soroca fortress – one of the many fortresses in Moldova who date back from the times of the legendary ruler of Moldova Stefan cel Mare (aka Stephen the Great), this is in fact the only fortress who remains within the borders of the former soviet republic of Moldova. The most impressive fortresses of Stefan (like Hotin) are currently in present-day...

One of the fortresses of Moldova situated along the river Nistru is SOROCA. Other fortresses: Hotin (in Ukraine after 'joining' USSR), Orhei, Tigina (right now 14th Occupational Russian Army is keeping tanks their) and Cetatea Alba (in Ukraine - see the upper comment). So the only one fortress left to see for tourists! The fortresses were built in...

Everything is allowed for a wedding to be successful and the married couple happy, even to cover the registration plates…..

Take bus to Orhei town, get off at Ivancea (road to the right) and take a cab from the bus stop. Buses or minibuses to Orhei depart from the Central bus station in Chisinau. Cost of the ride is 15 lei (about 1 Euro) and ride lasts about 30 minutes. A ride to Ivancea in a cab costs 5 lei, provided that the car is full or 20 lei if you go yourself.

Small bus (minibus or marshrutka as it is called) departs from the Central bus station in Chisinau, trip lasts about 30 minutes and costs about 1 Euro. 3 buses a day, all stops at Ivancea:Chisinau - Branesti at 10:45 amChisinau - Furceni at 12:45 amChisinau - Trebujeni at 2 pmMake sure you get 30 minutes before the departure in week days and 1 hour...

The museum is located inside of the house of the Armenian noble Karp Balioz (19th century heritage). It started its activity in Soviet times from 1984 and presents a permanent exhibition of national Moldavian art. One gallery represents samples of red and black pottery of different shapes from dishes to toys. Wooden objects had a wide and varied...

For trips to Orheiul Vechi take the direct minibus 10.30 from the busstation in Chisinau, going back 17.00, then you will have time to explore the valley and its villages as well, which in many ways are a bigger experience than the monastery itself

Orheiul Vechi is probably the great sight of Moldova although it's hard to define exactly why the place is so fascinating. A series of cave monasteries cut into a ridge of rocky cliffs overlooking the river is, however, rather unusual, (although not unique even in Moldova). The main rock monastery was an empty shell until a decade ago but now...

When coming first time to Saharna you will notice a big Rock that suddenly comes out of nowhere, and it's like a big castle. If you are coming in the evening you will defently belive that that's a castle... but this is the Grimidon Rock! Noone remember anymore the legend og Grimidon, it was forgoten... but the only thing that remains is the...

Inside the Monastery you will find the Holy Spring, which is believed that can cure with it's holy water!

On the top of the hill there is a Geto-Dacians Monument built on the place where the Geto-Dacian Fortress used to be.

Take a walk up the ridge near Butuceni. The monastry is beneath the belfry.The church room of the this monastry is still used for devotions. Walk downstairs to the cells where the monks lived.And enjoy the view from the little platform high up in the rock face outside the church room.

Visit the little village museum.Here they show a house in the typical architectural style of the region. In the house typical artefacts are shown; tools, clothes, etc..They also have a storage building, which is dug into the ground. Here you can see how the farm produce were, and still are (!), stored in the country side.

In the archeological museum some of the finds from the area are shown. It is mainly pieces from pottery.The finds date from the earliest time to medieval times.

here a web site with english verion about Balti : general info, history, foto, video, ....forum :http://balti.atspace.com

The best way to move in Balti is taxi. It's very cheap and efficient. There're about three or four major taxi companies with functioning fidelity program. No matter where you go inside of Balti, you pay a fixed tarif, about 1,5-2 €. This is great. Just call them and they'll be at your door in 5 minutes.

BZY, international airport code under IATA appears as you you want to make a booking until Balti. However, there are no regular flights from Leadoveni International Airport in Balti at this moment. All you can get is a charter plane.

in your journey to waterfalls.. you'll have to walk quite a bit, but in a marvelous canoin on a country road like this one...

No restaurants here! You'll have to cook for yourself or bring something to eat with you - you choose.Although cooking in such a place can be quite a fun... I remember (in the picture) we cooked some kind of potatoes with meat in that evening, and it was so delicious! We couldn't understand why!?We found out after eating. In the hot pot (I don't...

I heard some people felt down from the rock, and some of them are dead or invalides for life!So, if you walking on the small road, like the one from the picture (actually this one is big) you can fall down pretty easy, because the grass which grow near to the road is not on the land already - it's in the air! So before steping somewhere be sure...

There is a bus going from the village of Trebujeni to the town of Orhei. It arrives at 3:30 pm from the bus stop near the village hall (in Moldovian called Primaria). You need to walk from the Monastery from Orcheiul Vechi to the village of Trebujeni (about 30 - 40 minutes by the cliff), take a bus to the town of Orhei and there are lots of buses...

before you'll get to Trebujeni, or when coming back from Trebujeni!I would advice you to stop for a snack (which you will bring with you) at Ivancea Lake. Really worth stoping, there was a summer camp once (probably exist now too) and you can stay there to stop for a while before your new adventures!