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Transnistria: How to visit a country that doesn’t exist

July 19, 2019January 3, 2020 pdg 2 Comments Bendery, Kvint, Moldova, Pridnestrovie, Sheriff Corporation, Tiraspol, Transdniestria, Transnistria

A Soviet time warp and unrecognised breakaway state, Transnistria is one of the strangest places in Europe.

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Why you should visit Europe’s least touristy country

February 23, 2019April 11, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Chișinău, Kishinev, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Old Orhei, Orheiul Vecchi, San Marino, Transnistria

A lively capital, an ancient cave monastery, the world’s biggest wine cellars and a Soviet time warp await visitors to Europe’s least touristy country.

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Inside the world’s second biggest wine cellar

July 4, 2018June 30, 2019 pdg 2 Comments Chișinău, Cricova, Mileștii Mici, Moldova, wine, world's biggest wine cellar

The two biggest biggest wine cellars in the world are in … France? Italy? California’s Napa Valley? The former Soviet republic of Moldova? The answer might surprise you.