Transnistria. long soviet weekend
Day 1 - Friday
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Meeting our guide at Chisinau international airport
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Hour drive to Tiraspol in a comfortable minibus and check-in to the biggest Transnistrian hotel "Russia"
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General acquaintance with Tiraspol Soviet-looking city centre taking the Lenin street to the KVINT distillery - one of the oldest and most famous in the Soviet Union
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Guided visit to the KVINT distillery to see the process and taste the product - a variety of different brandy vintages appropriate to the courses of a traditional buffet followed by the visit to the KVINT signature store to optionally buy the well-loved products
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Dinner in one of the best Tiraspol restaurants to try the local gastronomy
Overnight: "Russia" hotel
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Breakfast in "Russia" hotel
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Minibus drive to Bendery - a town of the true Transnistrian spirit - acquaintance with the general history of the region by visiting the Bendery Fortress - built by Ottomans in the XVI century and captured by Russians several times in the XVIII-XIX centuries.
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Lunch in a Soviet-style Canteen - Soviet menu in a Soviet ambiance
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Driving/walking guided excursion in Bendery - Soviet heritage in architecture and culture
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Guided visit to the High-tech Sturgeon farm "Aquatir" - tasting of black caviar with Champagne/Vodka - "have it like an oligarch"
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Visit to a Soviet village household to participate in a "Soviet Pioneers Initiation Ceremony" followed by a delicious homemade three-course meal with a homemade wine
Overnight: "Russia" hotel
Day 2 - Saturday
Day 3 - Sunday
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Breakfast in "Russia" hotel
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Driving/Walking excursion in Tiraspol centre and visit to Zelinsky Museum to see the first ever Gas-mask (invented in 1915 by Tiraspol-born Russian chemist Zelinsky)
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Visit to the Green Food Market - biggest in the region to taste and optionally buy the freshest bryndza (salted sheep milk cheese) and cottage cheese, local honey, homemade charcuterie and other gastronomic specialties
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Dinner in one of the best Tiraspol restaurants
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Visit to the geographical centre of Transnistria (1-hour drive) with the picturesque views over the Dniester river, green hills, water dam and vast plains to be followed by a welcoming folkloric performance in the rural Palace of Culture - ended by a genuinely central Transnistrian dinner and drinks
Overnight: "Russia" hotel
Day 4 - Monday
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Breakfast in "Russia" hotel
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Check-out from the hotel
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Minibus drive to Kitskany crossing the Dniester on the old Ferry - the wonder of the Soviet engineering thought
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Guided excursion to Kitskany village - Military Glory Obelisk (35-metres Monument at the Height which was one of the Major Battlefields in the Second World War in 1944), as well as the Kistkany Monastery with its fifty Orthodox monks and the tallest Bell Tower (70 metres) in Moldova and Transnistria
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Dinner in farmer's house or in Moldavian food restaurant in Bendery
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Minibus drive to Chisinau international airport or Chisinau
End of tour
TOUR PRICING & CONDITIONS
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Wine & brandy
Transportation
price includes
Accomodation
Guides
Meals
Entry tickets
Black caviar tasting
TOUR PRICE
FROM 379 EUROS*
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*Tour price includes:
- transportation after your arrival to Chisinau International airport;
- accommodation in Transnistria top hotel;
- our savvy guides services;
- all meals on our carefully selected menu with local wine or beer;
- entry tickets to museums and attractions;
- guided visits to KVINT brandy distillery and Aquatir sturgeon farm with brandy and black caviar tastings.
long soviet weekend IN IMAGES
 Tiraspol theatre aerial view |  Tiraspol House of Soviets |  Russia hotel |
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 Russia hotel lobby |  Tasting at Kvint distillery |  Kvint distillery cellars |
 Kvint distillery cellars |  Love cafe |  Tiraspol House of Soviets at night |
 Bendery fortress |  Bendery fortress |  Bendery bus station |
 Soviet canteen |  Soviet canteen |  Soviet canteen |
 Soviet canteen |  GoTransnistria after Soviet meal |  Railway workers monument |
 Railway museum |  Lenin monument |  Tkachenko monument & Palace of Culture |
 Bendery Uprising monument |  Glory to Labour |  Cable plant entrance |
 Cable plant entrance mosaic |  Aquatir sturgeon farm |  Aquatir black caviar tasting |
 Rural Soviet house |  Ethnic village celebration |  Rural Soviet house |
 Pioneer initiation ceremony |  Pioneer initiation ceremony |  Pioneer initiation ceremony |
 Pioneer initiation ceremony |  Drinks on open fire |  Rural pastry |
 Rural pastry (placinte) |  Rural BBQ |  Gagarin statue |
 Suvorov square |  Suvorov monument |  Glory Memorial tank & Chapel |
 Tiraspol glory memorial |  Bridge over Dniester |  Old boats |
 Old stone fences |  Lenin statue & Parliament |  Tiraspol Christ Nativity Сathedral |
 Christ Nativity Cathedral |  Zelinsky-invented gas-mask |  Tiraspol Green market |
 Honey |  Peaches |  Tiraspol flea market |
 Tiraspol flea market |  Dubossary hydropower plant |  Goyany ethnic village |
 Goiany ethnic village welcome |  Goiany ethnic village |  Goiany ethnic village |
 Homemade wine |  Local homemade food |  Tiraspol Pontoon Ferry |
 Kitskany military glory obelisk |  Kitskany cart |  Kitskany House of Culture & Lenin |
 Kitskany farmer grapes |  Kitskany Assumption Cathedral |  Kitskany Dormition Cathedral |
 Kitskany Dormition Cathedral |  Kitskany Belltower |  Dniester |
