Alexei Mateevici House
About 95 km to the south of Chisinau lies the village of Zaim where you'll find the Alexei Mateevici House and Museum. This museum in the Tighina district was the home of poet Alexei who wro

Capriana Monastery
About 40 km west of Chisinau is the Capriana Monastery, one of Moldova's oldest, and the erstwhile headquarters to the Bishop of Moldova. Built in 1429, this convent can be visited any day o

Ivancea village
Enroute to Orheiul Vechi, you will pass the Ivancea village (set 5 km off the main road). This idyllic village is set in the midst of the Codry forest reservation and has seven lakes in its

Hincu Monastery
The Hincu Monastery lies 55 km to the west of Chisinau and was set up by Mihai Hincu on the insistence of his daughter. The Soviet administration had the convent sealed between 1956 and 1990

Hirjeuca Monastery
Like several other monasteries, the Hirjeuca Monastery too was closed during the Soviet era and used instead as a sanatorium. First built in 1740, this monastery is 70 km from Chisinau and

History, Religion and Nature
The ancient settlement of Cosauti traces its origins to the Palaeolithic age and is a site to behold! The Cosauti Village take visitors back a thousand years and among other things, contain

History and Regional Lore Museum
A must-see museum is the Turkish inspired History and Regional Lore Museum. With over 165,000 heritage exhibits and over 15 exhibitions held here each year, the National History Museum of Mo

Japca Village
The Japca Village is famous for being the only location where a convent was allowed to continue to run during the Soviet era. In the 17th century, the convent was not too different from a fo

The underground wine cellars
For connoisseurs of fine wine, there is no better way to make the most of your holiday than by visiting the wine cellars of Milestii Mici and Cricova. These cellars form the world's largest

Ethnography and National History
Opened in 1905, the Museum of Ethnography and National History is architecturally unique in its oriental design. With vast collections on ethnography, geology, zoology, palaeontology, entom

Orheiul Vechi
Situated by the left bank of the Raut river, not far from the villages of Butuceni and Trebujeni, is the medieval settlement of Orheiul Vechi. It is often referred to as the historical cradl

Patria
Patria - The region's largest cinema house constructed by German POWs in 1947 is an imposing structure located near Pushkin Park.

Alexandr Pushkin House
The Alexandr Pushkin House and Museum was once home to the famous Russian poet during his days of exile. He lived here from 1820 to 1823 and is believed to have started work on his epic piec

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
The exact dates of the construction of The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church are unknown; however, it is believed to date back to 1455. This unusual church is half underground, and legend

The Fine Arts Museum
The Fine Arts Museum has a fabulous collection of sculptures and paintings in Moldovan, West European and Russian styles.

The Igor Vieru House and Museum
Currently in his native village house Cernoleuca Edinet district, about 210 km north of Chisinau, a national museum, where visitors can enter the work of Igor Neurotic. To organize visits he

The Monument of Stefan cel Mare
The Monument of Stefan cel Mare: This monument to the Moldovan king Stefan the Great is located at the entrance to Pushkin Park in Chisinau.

The Museum of Popular Art
The Museum of Popular Art is the site of a permanent exhibition of art from the region. Galleries include the pottery section where the traditional red and black pottery is exhibited, the di

National Archaeology and History
History buffs will be surprised by the treasures that The National Archaeology and History Museum holds within. This museum at Chisinau houses relics from Orheiul Vechi as well as World War

Tipova Monastery
Tipova Village - Amidst the rocks and caves on the banks of Nistru, 100 km north from Chisinau in Tipova, is Eastern Europe's largest orthodox monastery to be set in caves.

Soroca Fortress
Soroca Fortress is located in downtown Soroca on the Dniester river. In medieval Soroca fortress was part of a broader defensive system of Moldova, which comprised four fortresses...

Constantin Stamati House
House and Museum "Constantin Stamati "(1786-1869) opened at his mansion in Duck, where he died. Works: "Suceava and Alexander the Good in dry. XV,"...

Museum of Popular Art Ivancea
Museum operates in the mansion of an Armenian gentleman Karp Balioz village Ivancea from 1984. It is located at 35 km from Chisinau...

Memorial House of fabulist Alexander Donici
Donici family mansion is open and operating as a museum. Is in the village Donici (was Bezen) Orhei 40 km north of Chisinau, in the Codri...

Manuc Bei 's Castle
Manuc Bei is known as one who brokered the sale of Bessarabia to Russia in 1812. Peace of Bucharest (1812) between the Russian and Ottoman empires,...

Toltrels Prut
Prut Toltrels reefs have a unique value in Europe. The chain of reefs are in northwestern R. Moldova, the Prut River Basin, on the banks of tributaries Larga, Vilia, Lopatnic, Draghi??te, Ra

The Hundred Knolls
The Hundred Knollsis situated the Prut meadow, the estate village of the district Brani??te Riscani, 200 km from Chisinau. The name is improper because in reality mounds are more numerous -

Royal Forest
Scientific Reserve Royal Forest appeared on the map R. Moldova in 1993 and has the largest area (6032 ha) of all state protected areas. Represents a true national treasure...

Cave Emil Racovita
Cave in gypsum, Emil Racovita, near Criva Briceni, at border with Ukraine, is a true wonder of nature and a huge complex of underground galleries little known and studied...

Struve Geodetic Arc
Struve Geodetic Arc is one of the longest arc of meridian and extends from the icy North Ocean to the Black Sea. It was measured at mid-nineteenth century by a team led geodesists and direct

Thanksgiving candle
This monument erected on the cliff above the old river Dniester, on the outskirts of Soroca is one of the most important building in the history of Moldova. This great epic is dedicated to a

Memorial Complex Serpeni Bridgehead
This memorial, whose building started during the Soviet period, is situated on a piece of land which in 1944 was a front of only 8 km and a depth of 3 km, being composed of several basic ele