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Travel to Pridnestrovie with Anton Dendemarchenko - day tour
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Europe
$117.27
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Overview
I do postcards with my drawings and budget tours to top attractions and hidden gems of Transnistria. Transfer from Chishinau or start in Tiraspol. Honestly, I can’t make Maldives of my country, because it is not Maldives. But i can make an unforgettable journey through all contrasts of what it really is - beautiful panoramas and impressive soviet lost places, curious history and nowadays life in the country that doesn't exist, combining classic walk with forays for true explorers and adventurers.
Day tour takes 5-7 hours. It is not Stalinism, we are very volatile where to go and what to do, but default route covers must-see USSR era and modern bits of Tiraspol, Bendery and optionallly Kitskany, and my favorite nooks and crannies that I discovered doing my sketches. The trip won’t be exhausting, not boring at all, we will have time to talk about all peculiarities of past and present of Transnistria, you won’t be meeting a guide, you will be meeting a friend ☭
- Anton Dendemarchenko -
Day tour takes 5-7 hours. It is not Stalinism, we are very volatile where to go and what to do, but default route covers must-see USSR era and modern bits of Tiraspol, Bendery and optionallly Kitskany, and my favorite nooks and crannies that I discovered doing my sketches. The trip won’t be exhausting, not boring at all, we will have time to talk about all peculiarities of past and present of Transnistria, you won’t be meeting a guide, you will be meeting a friend ☭
- Anton Dendemarchenko -
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
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.
Day trip through Transnistria: This is a day journey starting from Tiraspol, Bendery or other settlement of Transnistria. End point will be in Transnistria.
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Postcard with my sketch of Transnistria
- Transport - walking and private car. There is an option to try authentic trolley bus, made in USSR.
- Soviet pins and badge so with Lenin, cosmos, WW2, Olympic 80 and more - 2€
- Transnistria art set. Prints of my drawings on craft paper and rare hq photos, under the cover - 50€
- More postcards from Transnistria 2€ per card
- Set of plastic roubles or Pridnestrovie, these are rare jobs to find - 10€
- Fridge magnet with my drawing 5€
- Menu depends on appetite so the lunch price is excluded. We pick the cafee upon agreement but I ll sketch best options
Meeting point
Soviet canteen -
https://g.co/kgs/eAgxtA
It is actually Lenin street near the crossroad with 25 October street - “Stolovka SSSR naprotiv NAR SUDA” but adress is strada rosa luxemburg 66
I highly recommend to stay overnight, now it is super easy, you can get up to 45 days permission right at the border, visa/registration paper is free - just provide address of hotel/hostel/Airbnb where you will stay. Transfer back to Odessa or Chishinau is possible too.
Another options to end the tour are Bus station in Tiraspol, your hotel reception, any restaurant. It isn’t Stalinism, we are completely free to agree on the starting and ending point, transfer from Moldova and Ukraine is possible!
Ending point depends on the route we pick for the day, one the options is Bendery bus station.
Contact directly to set actual venue point and starting time!
Return details
I highly recommend to stay overnight, now it is super easy, you can get up to 45 days permission right at the border, visa/registration paper is free - just provide address of hotel/hostel/Airbnb where you will stay. Transfer back to Chishinau is possible too.
Another options to end the tour are Bus station in Tiraspol, your hotel reception, any restaurant. It isn’t Stalinism, we are completely free to agree on the starting and ending point, transfer from Moldova and Ukraine is possible!
Ending point depends on the route we pick for the day, one the options is Bendery bus station.
- 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)
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The Christmas CathedralOptional loop through 100 rouble back side.
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The Suvorov MonumentDay 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.
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Green Market CenterSurprisingly modern veggie market. What they call eco products - for my country is just products.
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Eternal FlameEternal flame and memorial for fallen in Great Patriotic war.
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The Tank MonumentT-34 is one the most significant memorials in Transnistria. Real combat tank which krew was killed in Hungary when soviet troops were already going to Berlin.
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Palacio PresidencialPalace of pioneers, Supreme Soviet with comrade Lenin in front.
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Chitcani Monastery (Noul Neamt)Optional throw to Kitskany village and Noul Neamt Monastery.
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Bendery FortressBendery - 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 while reconstruction it got some significant bonuses.
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Mig-19 MonumentPridnestrovie 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.
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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
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KvintI 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!
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TiraspolOne 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
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TransnistriaEach 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!
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Travel to Pridnestrovie with Anton Dendemarchenko - day tour
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Europe
$117.27
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!