Moldova is considered one of the most promising tourism destinations today. Excursions here, first of all, are based on visiting famous wineries and monuments of history and culture.
White stork
The emblem and brand of famous Moldovan alcoholic beverages, well-known in the USSR, are several hundred types of wines and cognacs. Therefore, in Moldova, the famous wine tours in villages and cities are extremely widespread and popular among tourists. Wine tours can be one day and last two to three days. You can spend a weekend near Chisinau, or you can go on a trip to distant villages. On a regular tour, for example, there is a visit to a wine factory in Malye Milesti, where huge cellars 200 kilometers long are still preserved, which are listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Or you can visit a wine sightseeing tour in Chisinau, enjoy dinner in a good restaurant with national cuisine.
If you get carried away with the world of wine and cognac production in Moldova, then on the map of the country you can study the territories of cultivation of different varieties of grapes and their processing. For example, cognac is produced in the north, and champagne is produced in the south. Meanwhile, wine is not only a drink, but also a medicine. So say the doctors of the sanatoriums, where they practice massage procedures with wine, wraps, baths and ingestion - of course, in therapeutic doses.
Sightseeing and thematic tours
Sightseeing tours are organized to the largest cities in Moldova, including Rybnitsa, Tiraspol and, of course, to the capital of the country, Chisinau. Tours include visits to memorial sites, concert halls, exhibitions, and various museums. In addition, the complex of routes includes the so-called thematic excursions dedicated to individual sights of the capital. Popular tourist routes include trips to open-air museums. These museums include museums in Soroka, Tsipova, Orheyul Vechi.
Tours of historical sites
You can discover unique evidence of the past on tours of historical sites, for example, if you go to the ancient city of Bender, located on the right bank of the Dniester. There is a unique monument of antiquity and medieval architecture called Bendery Fortress. Tourists who find themselves in the local torture museum, where the horrific instruments of medieval torture are presented, are indescribable impressions. There is also a museum of the Bendery Fortress itself.
A developed area of recreation for guests is excursions to various ancient monasteries. There are many of them, and the most popular are Capriana, Saharna, Knowle Neamt, Hancu. Travelers show no less interest in trips to Pushkin places, Bessarabia, which the poet glorified in his works.
An interesting place, which is certainly invited when visiting Moldova, is the village of Ivancha, where the National Museum of Folk Crafts is located. It was opened in 1984 in the estate of the boyar Balioz, exists as an ethnographic museum, but gained great fame as a museum of Moldovan crafts. There are permanent exhibitions of ceramics, ancient tableware, stone processing. There is also a hall dedicated to the history of the national costume of different groups of the ethnic group of Moldova.
In gypsy places
Another feature of Moldova can be called the presence of many places, one way or another associated with two peoples - Gypsies and Jews. The unofficial capital of the Roma population in Moldova is the village of Soroca, where thematic and ethnic excursions are often organized.
Of great interest are the peculiar walks to the sights associated with the Jewish people. These sights are associated here with the names of the Kabbalists of the Middle Ages.
Winter walks
Seasonality is typical for Moldovan excursions. Thus, winemaking tours are usually organized with visits to plantations only in summer, during the warm season. In winter, the object of interest of tourists can be Chisinau, which in winter is especially good as a place to meet the New Year and the Christmas holiday.
