6-Hour Transnistria Tour from Chișinău with Bender and Tiraspol

Transnistria tour from Chișinău City.

• It is our great pleasure to offer you a new tour in Moldova, with a transfer from Chișinău to Transnistria.
• Become one of the few travellers to visit Transnistria, a breakaway republic in eastern Moldova, where Soviet values are still upheld and locals continue their fight for independence, with Tiraspol and Bender as its main cities.
• Tiraspol is the biggest city in Transnistria. It is located on the eastern bank of the Nistru River. In the morning, you will discover Tighina Fortress, located in Tighina town and built in the 15th century by the Prince of Moldova, Stephen the Great. Originally a small wooden fort, it was later fortified in stone by the Prince of Moldova, Petru Rareș.
• The Ottomans occupied the fort in 1538, during a campaign led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and strengthened it in 1541. Bender Fortress is an architectural ensemble with an irregular quadrilateral plan, surrounded by wide walls 2-3 meters thick and made of limestone and brick.
• Because Tiraspol has a high population density in the south and virtually no borderlines with adjacent localities, the concept of the Tiraspol-Bender agglomeration has appeared. Together, these two cities account for approximately 350,000 inhabitants.
• Bender is located on the right side of the Nistru River, and since 1992 it has been under the governance of Tiraspol. These two neighbouring towns are linked to each other through trolleybus lines and minibuses. The cultural life and heritage in Tiraspol and elsewhere in Transnistria have strong Slavic characteristics.
• This is reflected in theatre, literature, and other domains. In most cases, the language is Russian, and many references are made to Russian culture in general.
• At the same time, the region's administration tries to promote cultural diversity and features Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan cultures. Soviet and socialist elements can often be found in the Transnistrian cultural environment.
• Tiraspol - back in the USSR. In the afternoon, you will have lunch at a restaurant in Tiraspol (pay yourself).
• After lunch, you will set off on a journey back in time in Tiraspol. The guide will lead a city tour, during which you will discover Vladimir Lenin's monument and the tank left from the Second World War.
• The city seems to be a vestige of the Soviet past. Nevertheless, you will be amazed by the contrasts, one of which is the "Sheriff" football complex, a pearl of contemporary architecture.