Travel to Pridnestrovie with Anton Dendemarchenko - day tour

What's included

What you'll see and do

1. House of Soviets

   This is a day journey with a volatile route that combines classic walk and forays for true adventurers. No moving between monuments with boring lectures. - “Look to the left, there is a building, look to the right, there is a monument”…. My ideology is to show real country and hidden gems that travelers wouldn’t find themselves. That’s why most places where we may actually go are not listed here. I can’t reveal them without risk that tourist industry will take them and spoil them. Anyway, first step - we will definitely stop by DOM SOVIETOV to say hello to comrade Lenin, what can be a better start?

   Pass by without stopping

2. The Christmas Cathedral

   Optional loop through 100 rouble back side.

   5 minutes here

3. The Suvorov Monument

   Day trip will include highlights, top attractions and my favorite hidden gems that I won’t display here. But probably it will be exactly them making the journey unique and unforgettable. One the known attractions will be Alexander Suvorov monument on the central square.

   5 minutes here

4. Green Market Center

   Surprisingly modern veggie market. What they call eco products - for my country is just products.

   10 minutes here

5. Eternal Flame

   Eternal flame and memorial for fallen in Great Patriotic war.

   5 minutes here

6. The Tank Monument

   T-34 is one the most significant memorials in Transnistria. Real combat tank which crew was killed in Hungary when soviet troops were already going to Berlin.

   5 minutes here

7. Palacio Presidencial

   Palace of pioneers, Supreme Soviet with comrade Lenin in front.

   5 minutes here

8. Chitcani Monastery (Noul Neamt)

   Optional throw to Kitskany village and Noul Neamt Monastery. To see a bit of a city, a bit of rural, the contrast.

   90 minutes here

9. Mig-19 Monument

   Pridnestrovie is rumored to be “back to USSR” but actually it is more complicated than that, you need to be at the right time, at the right place and frame your look to get that impression. One of my favorite gems to catch that is Aviators memorial at Balka dst. commemorating 30 years of victory in the Great Patriotic war.

   5 minutes here

10. The journey will be multi-sided and contrast, curiously history and nowadays life, picturesque panoramas and impressive soviet lost places. We are very volatile where to go, what to see, some parts are planned, some parts are optional or spontaneous, let’s be open to the outside world and all probable adventures. I will be not only storyteller, but a conductor to the real country and its people. In summer time they start to sell kvas in the streets, cool refreshing drink made of water, bread, yeast and sugar. You may like it or not, but that’s a chance to try something authentic, the recipe is same as back in communist times. My favorite lunch place is Soviet canteen - Stolovka USSR. Super tasty, super atmospheric, authentic place with nice interior - perfect lunchbox stop

    60 minutes here · Admission not included

11. Kvint

    Cognac distillery is optional and can be arranged only upon agreement a few days before the tour. But many countries have wineries, monasteries, castles. On the other hand, I discovered many curious nooks and crannies doing my drawings, they are not listed in trip advisor but will make the day unforgettable and the tour unique. We will have time to talk about all peculiarities of life in the country that doesn’t exist, this is my native land and I lived in Pridnestrovie from the foundation of the state. It is totally safe, intriguing and hospitable, mount up, comrades! You won’t be meeting a guide, you will be meeting a friend!

    45 minutes here · Admission included

12. Tiraspol

    One of the options where to get lunch is reincarnated Soviet canteen, the place is amazing and still awfully underrated. Well, maybe it’s even better that it’s not discovered and overfilled by tourists

    30 minutes here

13. Bendery Fortress

    Bendery - second largest town of nowhereland has soviet and medieval sightseeings, on demand we may visit old Turkish fortress on the bank of Dniester river. I loved it when it was abandoned but now it still has one positive feature - the view from the main tower, a challenge to climb, but feast for the eyes. Each tour is tailored so we may explore Soviet gems of Bendery instead, it’s my hometown and hides many places you wouldn’t find alone - where time stood still.

    60 minutes here · Admission included

14. Transnistria

    Each day is not like other, in case you decide to entrust your time to me - it’s not a tour, it’s life. Beyond borders and propaganda. Horse blinders off, come and see for real. Welcome to Pridnestrovie, we make cognac, not war!

    180 minutes here

Where it starts and ends

Options you can book

• Transnistria from Odessa

  Pickup included

• Transnistria travel

  Day trip through Transnistria: This is a day journey starting from Tiraspol, Bendery or other settlement of Transnistria. End point will be in Transnistria.

• Transnistria from Chishinau

  Transnistria day trip with local guide + transfer from Chishinau or airport pick Pickup included

• Transnistria all inclusive

  Duration: 7 hours Coffee, snacks and lunch: Coffee or kvas to take and go, placinte for a snack and lunch at authentic place with local cuisine, wine or beer optional Classic/hidden gems: Everything can be customized, it depends how brutal and deep you want to go. We will see top attractions and ussr lost places Transfer from Moldova and back: Private car from Chishinau itself or airport and back. The road takes 1,5-2 hours. Memorable souvenirs: I do postcards with my drawings, magnets and maps and anti-propaganda arts. Bonuses - soviet pin and plastic roubles set. Pickup included

Before you book

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Languages

ru, en

Ticket

Mobile Only

Runs on

Every day

Group size

Up to 15 travelers per booking

Operated by

Anton Dendemarchenko

Know before you go

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• There will be minimum restrictions. Some parts might be a challenge - climbing the tank or going up bell tower of the monastery but it is not obligatory

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