I do postcards with my drawings and budget tours to top attractions and hidden gems of Pridnestrovie. Transfer from Chishinau or start in Tiraspol. Honestly, I can’t make Maldives of my country, because it is not Maldives. But i can make an unforgettable journey through all contrasts of what it really is - beautiful panoramas and impressive soviet relics, curious history and nowadays life in the country that doesn't exist, combining classic walk with forays for true explorers and adventurers.
Tour takes ~ 2,5 hours. It is not Stalinism, we are very volatile where to go and what to do, but default route covers must-see USSR era and modern bits of Tiraspol, plus my favorite nooks and crannies that I discovered doing my sketches. The trip won’t be exhausting, not boring at all, we will have time to talk about all peculiarities of past and present of Transnistria, real name is Pridnestrovie ☭
You won’t be meeting a guide, you will be meeting a friend!
- Anton Dendemarchenko -
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes<br/>Must-see city tour: Top attractions and hidden gems<br/>Walking + Trolley bus: Authentic public transport is the priority - trolley bus or marshrutka <br/>Meeting / pickup in Tiraspol : Minimalistic version of the tour has no transfer included - airport pickup / chisinău transfer is extra : 30€ one way <br/>Starting points:<br/>Strada 25 Octombrie 101, MD-3300, Tiraspol, Moldova<br/>USSR Cantine, Strada Rosa Luxemburg 66, MD-3300, Tiraspol, Moldova
Watch from your couch: Anyplace, anytime, anywhere. Everything can be customized. Check available dates or request specific time and date, Spasibo!<br/>Volatile route: Top sightseeings and my favorite nooks and crannies of two main towns of Transnistria - Tiraspol and Bendery<br/>Do you have nostalgia?: I include locations where I never took real tours before, it will amaze even previous guests of the country <br/>Duration: 2 hours: I have enough material for series of tours because two hours can’t be enough to tell and see everything <br/>Tiraspol + Bendery: First part will be top attractions and hidden gems, second part will be urbex, lost places from soviet era<br/>online streaming website: You will watch the tour in web browser of your notebook/smartphone/smartTV, there will be chat to send questions and comments<br/>Sneak peek/teaser tour: This tour can’t take place of real travel but it is a lifeboat for my family and I made it as close to real tour as possible<br/>Pickup included
Transfer from Chishinau by car: Transfer from Chishinau by car and transfer back <br/>Pickup included
Soviet brutalism: Socialist modernism and brutalist architecture <br/>Monumental art: Soviet mosaics and murals
Default route covers best modern bits and soviet relics of Tiraspol. It is not strict consumerist kind of deal, we are free to decide where to go and what to do. There is enough to see for a two day tour so you can imagine - no matter how much I will tell and no matter how fast I speak - it will be just top of an iceberg. But we will dive as deep as possible. Take a look behind the iron curtain, discover Pridnestrovie- the most epic remnant among USSR debris.
Optional loop to the back of 100 rouble note
Since 1972 generalissimo Alexander Suvorov is standing at the central square of Tiraspol, he is considered to be the founder of the city. No spoilers, more curious history during the tour itself!
and veggie market, surprisingly modern!
Government building from soviet era with comrade Lenin in front. You can find it on the back of fifty rouble note. Transnistrian roubles, of course.
Real combat tank that reminds of many important things, war and peace, darkness and sunshine. It is famous T-34. We will also walk out to the river bank, there is a nice view from the bridge.
Optional walk inside kvint factory, no tasting.
Aviator memorial can be found at Balka dst. It commemorates thirty years of victory in the Great Patriotic war. I didn’t add all hidden gems in between these listed attractions, but they are great to make the tour really unforgettable and contrast! Highly recommend brutal tour - some lost places we have here are more impressive than Chernobyl. My wife says no one should go to Chernobyl, but every other traveler I meet either just came from there or is heading there next. Luckily there was no radiation here, it was ussr collapse. Finally we have an option to go to some eerie lost places from gone era that will satisfy lovers of Tarkovsky cinematography or post-apocalyptic movies, it is a way to explore “exclusion zone” without radiation risk or crowds of people you definitely see around in actual Chernobyl exclusion zone. I also can’t reveal these places here, just make notice, adventurers, it’s also tour of a lifetime!
Are you heading to Transnistria, the country that doesn’t exist? Spoiler alert! Transnistria really doesn’t exist! Because the real name of the country is Pridnestrovie. Or, if you have enough breath, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic! Read between the lines, dig up history and and you will know, or much better, come for real! Beyond borders, restrictions and propaganda! Welcome to Pridnestrovie, we make cognac not war!
Airport or hotel transfer is an option too. Anyplace in Moldova. Chishinau transfer is 30€ one way.
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A monument dedicated to Stephen the Great, a famous Moldovan ruler.
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