Transnistria and the city of Odessa (excursion prices at the bottom of the page)

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The daily excursion, departing from your hotel or accommodation in Chisinau at 8:00 in the morning, lasts approximately fourteen hours.
As soon as we arrive in Transnistria, in the town of Bender, in addition to the center, we will visit the Fortress and the long Nistru, the place sadly famous for the armed conflict of 1992. In Tiraspol we will visit the large Suvorov Square with its many monuments and the Supreme Soviet dominated by the large statue of Lenin, the very central Bulevard 25 October, Victory Park as well as the liquor shop-museum of the famous KVINT distillery.
Around 12:00, break for lunch.
1.00 pm transfer to the city of Odessa in Ukraine passing through the Pervomaisk border
3.00pm/3.30pm arrival in Odessa, the largest city and port (1,010,298 inhabitants) in southern Ukraine
and complete visit of the historic center, the seafront with the Potemkin staircase and the maritime station.
5.30/6.00 pm departure for the return to Chisinau which will take place at 9.30/10.00 pm

Our agency allows you to know and visit in total safety the main destinations of the Moldovan territory east of the Nistru river (in Russian: Dnestr), namely the city of Bender (formerly known by the name of Tighina) and the "capital" of Transnistria , Tiraspol.
unilaterally its independence as the Moldavian Republic of Transnistria on 2 September 1990. From March to July 1992 the region was affected by a war which ended with a ceasefire guaranteed by a joint tripartite commission between Russia, Moldova and Transnistria, with the Establishment of a demilitarized buffer zone between Moldova and Transnistria comprising 20 locations on both sides of the Nistru River. The overall population does not exceed 750,000 inhabitants.
From a tourist point of view, the main places worth visiting are: Tiraspol (the regional capital), Tighina/Bender, Dubasari and the landscape area of Molovata which is located on the Nistru river.
Transnistria still retains the iconography of the times of the USSR on its official emblems, has its own flag and beats its own currency: the Pridnestrovie Ruble. There are three official languages spoken: Moldavian (Romanian written in Cyrillic script), Russian and Ukrainian.
Since the beginning of 2012, the procedures for entering and visiting Transnistria have been significantly simplified compared to the past and now all you need to do is fill out a so-called "immigration card" at the border crossing point to obtain a permit valid for 10 hours. If you wish to stay beyond this time limit, you must register with the local police authorities.
The most representative souvenir of a visit to Transnistria is undoubtedly the renowned "KVINT" cognac from Tiraspol, considered by lovers of this drink to be on par with the French one. The best denominations of "KVINT" cognac are "Siurprizny" (aged 10 years) and "Suvorov" (aged 20 years).
On the subject of curiosity, it is worth mentioning that the so-called "Transnistrian Republican Bank" has put into circulation new plastic coins with denominations of 1, 3, 5 and 10 rubles. This new special coinage which was struck to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the "bank" is most likely the first world experiment in plasticized coins (not banknotes) which apparently are very reminiscent of the chips used in casinos all over the world. the world.
Transnistria, Transdniestria or, according to the Russian expression, Pridnestrovie is a de facto independent state not recognized at the international level, being officially considered as part of the Republic of Moldova: it is governed by an autonomous administration based in the city of Tiraspol. The region, formerly part of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (one of the republics of the Soviet Union), declared


Odessa
Do you remember the famous staircase in the film "Battleship Potemkin" by S. Eisenstein?
Well, it is located in Odessa.
It was in this town in fact that in 1905 the popular uprising took place, supported by the mutinous crew of the battleship that gives its name to the famous film. Odessa (in Ukrainian Odesa) is the main center of southern Ukraine, it is an ancient city and is home to a large Jewish community. Today its inhabitants are over a million and with the surrounding areas over 2. Situated on an inlet of the Black Sea, between the mouths of the Dnestr and Dnepr rivers, once a port and colony of the Greeks (the ancient Odessos), during the 19th century it developed in an exceptional way from both a demographic and urbanistic point of view.
Today it is a large commercial port with a very pleasant urban structure, with a square plan and wide, regular streets that intersect at right angles. A city with a strong tourist vocation, it is truly fascinating, so much so that it has been the setting for many literary and cinematographic stories: such as the Battleship Potemkin and The Odessa Tales by IE Babel. The city centre is located a few metres from the sea and is made up of low, elegant buildings, among which the opera and ballet theatre (1884-87) stands out in eclectic style, the work of Viennese architects. The remains of the ancient fortress are preserved in the TG Sevcenko park. The old stock exchange, the Voroncov palace, the hospital and the Pushkin House are neoclassical. The archaeological museum preserves important Greek and Roman material from the Black Sea area; the art gallery is mainly dedicated to Russian and Ukrainian painting. Also worthy of mention are the museum of Western and Eastern art and the historical-ethnographic museum. Not far away is the Museum of Literature, where you can immerse yourself in the lives of Ukrainian artists such as Shevchenko and Franko, and Russian artists such as Chekov, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Gorky.

Excursion time: Every day departing at 08.00 from your hotel or accommodation in Chisinau.

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