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Transnistria - Back in the USSR

Duration: 7 hours
Destination: Moldova, Chisinau District, Chisinau
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  • 7 hours
  • Chisinau
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Eastern Europe has never been easy: cultural diversity, ethnic conflicts, political tensions and very complicated history.
If you are bored with typical fancy architecture and monuments - then you definitely have to come to the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. Don't search it on maps - it doesn't officially exist, but it really exists!
How is that possible? Read first sentence)))

Here you can find anything you want: Painted goldish Lenin statues, unique plastic money, Russian military bases, huge Turkish fortress or biggest vodka museum in Europe. Transnistria can easily amaze you!

Feel in Transnistria like at home because local people are very nice and friendly.

So, enough to read articles and somebody's reviews about Transnistria. It's time to go there!

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Tighina Military Cemetery, Strada Zoia Cosmodemianscaia, Bender Moldova

First, stop after crossing the border. Tighina Military Cemetery.. This cemetery contains the graves of soldiers of many countries. In front of the monumental entrance, there stands a magnificent statue of General Potemkin, the lover-some say the husband-of Catherine the Great, who captured Bender fortress from the Ottomans.



Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Tiraspol, Tiraspol, Transnistria

Tiraspol is the capital of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR). It is a beautiful, modern and hospitable city on the banks of the Dniester River. Every year it becomes more elegant and more comfortable as for the citizens as well as for the guests of the region. The city pays attention to improving the appearance of buildings and streets and infrastructure development, new places appeared recently for recreation for adults and children and for sports. Tiraspol is a city always open for tourism and travel.
Lunch in the atmospheric cafe "Stolovka USSR", in the Soviet style. Lunch is optional, at the request of the guests.


Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Bender, Bender, Transnistria

Bendery is an ancient marvelous city of Pridnestrovie on the right bank of the Dniester River (PMR. History of the city is closely intertwined with the modernity. The city center is very picturesque, where the quarters are primarily buildings of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. There are many historical and architectural monuments in the city, the pearl of the city is the Bendery Fortress.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bendery Fortress, Petra Panin 2, Bender 3200 Moldova

OPTIONAL
We will visit the Bender Fortress, located on the right bank of the Dniester in the city of Bender. The Fortress is an architectural monument of the XVI century. Its construction started in 1538 after the town became part of the Ottoman Empire.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: House of Soviets, 25 Oktyabrya St., 101, Tiraspol Moldova

Unlike many of the buildings of the Stalinist empire in the republics of the former USSR, this House of Soviets retained all its rich decoration and Soviet symbols. Today, the building keeps its original function and serves as a home for city authorities – the Council of People’s Deputies and local administration.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Green Market Center, Karla Liebknekhta St., 226, Tiraspol Moldova

Green Market is a landmark of the city, one of the most comfortable and well-equipped markets in Europe. It provides a wide range of food and industrial products. The vegetable market in Tiraspol has more than 220 years of history, during which its infrastructure has fundamentally changed. Today it is a modern shopping complex with air-conditioned rooms, elevators and travelators, ground and underground parking, an irrigation system in the hot summers and heated tents in the winter.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Tank Monument, 25th October St, Tiraspol 3300 Moldova

On the other side of the square is Memorial of Glory with a T-34 tank and a gold-domed chapel designed by Harry Fayfermaher (1942-2002). Buried here are liberators of Moldavia who fell in 1944 and the defenders of Pridnestrovie who protected from the troops of nationalistic Moldova in 1991-1992. Next to it is the monument to soldiers-internationalists who died in Afghanistan.
Near the bridge are Francois de Wollant’s public garden and the Pridnestrovian Alley of Glory with the monuments to Catherine II and Francois de Wollant.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Suvorov Monument, Constitution Square 25 October Street, Tiraspol Moldova

The hallmark of Tiraspol is the monument to Alexander Suvorov with which the grateful descendants immortalized the memory of their city founder.

The monument was inaugurated over 40 years ago, on November 23, 1979, on the eve of great commander’s birthday celebration. The authors of the 9-meter bronze statue were brothers Vladimir and Valentin Artamonov, while the monument design was performed by architects L. Druzhinin and Yu. Chistyakov.

Duration: 10 minutes

Inclusions
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Round-trip transfer

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks
  • Souvenir photos
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  • Stroller accessible
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Infant seats available
  • Most travelers can participate
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 3 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
We can pick you up where you will stay: hotel, motel, hostel, apartment. We will need just to know your exact address in Chisinau and we can pick you up directly from there.


Departure Time


Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
Transnistria - Back in the USSR
1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024

Monday - Sunday : 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

7 hours


User's Reviews

Dreamer54594968059

21 Apr, 2024

The best experience ever with Hi Moldova! Thanks for excellent job and Nick as a tour guide! Transnistria is definitely a must see destination in Republic of Moldova.

Daniel_H

12 Apr, 2024

It was a great tour with interesting stops. We had one of the best tour guides we have ever met - Ecatarina!

440oleb

14 Mar, 2024

We had a very nice daytrip with our very friendly and informative guide Nicolai. Picked up as agreed in Chisinau and taken through Bender and downtown Tiraspol as well as a quick visit to a smaller village. Nicolai informed about everything; not only the sights, but also about life in both places. We were in very good company all day long and had a delicious traditional meal all together in a timecapsule in Bender. Nicolai is a very talented guide and a huge source of knowledge about the area and its history as well as a very nice person. We can only recommend both the trip and our guide. Thank you, Nicolai!

unfugmail-trip

17 Dec, 2023

I really enjoyed this tour. My guide Nicolai was well organised and flexible regarding my interests. This tour is not so much about what you see, but more about the stories around it. If I would have visited the places without the explanations, it would have been a lot less impressive. Hearing why people are missing the good old times of the USSR gives you a different perspective on things, which was very interesting.

Sumika_K

24 May, 2023

Our guide Nicolai spoke excellent English, very attent and shared a lot of information with us. We felt we saw more than what we expected to see and he gave us explanation in each places. The route was very efficient and we got to tast "Soviet canteen" for lunch and some fruits from the local market. It was a memorable day. Thank you very much Nicolai!!

User's Picture Gallery

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Excellent opportunity to get some insights about the former USSR

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Back in the ussr

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A must do!

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