Getting to Butuceni Eco Resort is part of the adventure, and the method you choose fundamentally shapes your experience of Moldova. The resort sits in the village of Butuceni, roughly 47 kilometers from Chișinău, nestled right in the heart of the Orheiul Vechi cultural and natural reserve . Because it is not a standard urban...Read More

Getting to Bender Castle from Chișinău: Every Option, and Why a Private Tour Wins Reaching Bender Castle (more accurately, the Bender Fortress in the city of Tighina/Bender) from Chișinău is not complicated in terms of distance—the two cities lie roughly 60 kilometers apart. What makes the journey interesting is the destination itself. Bender sits inside...Read More

The Soviet Canteen in Bender: A Journey to the USSR on a Plate In the breakaway region of Transnistria, where Lenin statues still stand and the hammer and sickle adorn public buildings, there is a small eatery that has become something of a pilgrimage site for travelers seeking an authentic taste of the Soviet past....Read More

From Chișinău to Țipova Monastery: A Complete Transport Guide Țipova Cave Monastery is one of Moldova’s most spectacular sights, a complex of monk cells and churches carved directly into limestone cliffs towering above the Dniester River. Yet getting there from the capital requires some planning: there is no direct public transport to the monastery itself,...Read More