Transnistria Travel Journal

Restaurant Love Pizza in Tiraspol

The first night I stayed in Tiraspol I was hungry for pizza so I was wondering where the best pizza, after asking around all the young people were pointing “Love Pizza” direction Lenina Street towards the River. The pizza was good and the waitress gave me a small piece of paper with her phone number [...]

Video Holidays in the Danger Zone: Transnistria

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Photos of Tiraspol in Transnistria

Bus from Tiraspol to Chisinau, Bus from Transnistria to Moldova

It was nearly 2:30 pm and I was in front of the train station in Tiraspol looking for a Marshukta to take me up to Chisinau the capital of Moldova. it is here in the station that buses to various destinations including marshutkas leave to Chisinau in Moldova and Odessa in Ukraine for example. After [...]

Photos of the central market in Tiraspol in Pridnestróvia

About Tiraspol in Transnistria

Tiraspol is an intriguing destination as for some, it represents the capital city of a country called Pridnestrovie aka Transnistria, for others, just a normal city eastern Moldova. I visited Tiraspol during the summer of 2009 and had a great time. Tiraspol is a unique city in Europe that takes you back a few decades [...]

Video of a street musician in Tiraspol

About Transnistria

The Pridnestrovie (Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublic) is a de facto independent constitutional Republic that lies between Ukraine and Moldova. The capital Tiraspol, is a fascinating city where huge post-Soviet propaganda and Russian invade the streets and are part of day-to-day – the people of mainly ethnic Russian and Ukrainian (Moldovan ethnicity is only 15% of the [...]

Restaurant Kroton Coffee Bar in Tiraspol

I went to this restaurant before catching the bus to Chisinau in Moldova. I was really starving, I arrived around 11 am and only got out of there by 14 o’clock. The restaurant offers free WiFi access so I could check my emails from the phone. The waitresses were gorgeous and one who served had [...]

Photos of Communist Propaganda in Tiraspol

Maps of Transnistria

As you can notice Pridnestrovie is a piece of territory on the right side of Moldova and on the left side of the southern Ukraine near Odessa. Although this country is not recognized, there is actually land borders with police and passport control.

Hotel AIST in Tiraspo, hotel in Transnistria

This seems to be one of the few hotels in Tiraspol so there is really not great choice. The hotel AIST is as big as old and out of our time. But it is central and the rooms on the upper floors have good views over the city. The employees in this hotel are friendly. [...]

Photos of the square of the monuments in the center of Tiraspol

Videos of arms trafficking in Transnistria

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Bus from Chisinau to Tiraspol, Bus from Moldova to Pridnestrovie

I got to go to Tiraspol on a Marshutka bus from Comrat in Gagauzia, so I did not use this transport which I now give information on this page, but I give the information for those who want to do so. These mini-bus pick up people from the Central Bus Station near the city’s central [...]

Photos of the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Tiraspol

Minibus from Comrat in Gagauzia to Tiraspol in Transnistria

From the central bus station in Comrat Gagauzia, there are several daily Marshrutka’s departing to Tiraspol in Transnistria. The trip is fine, and the border with Trans-Dniester is calm. The trip is made on a secondary road in really bad conditions in the south of Moldova. On the border with Transnistria you must leave the [...]

Map of what to see and where to go in Tiraspol

You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull the sides and choose how you wish to view the map: Land, Map or Satellite (buttons on the right).

Transnistria Visa, Pridnestrovie Temporary Emigration

All tourists who stay more than 24 hours in Pridnestrovie have to make a tourist registration – temporary emigration. This paper gives the right to stay longer in the country. This page teaches you how to make the Tourist Registration in Tiraspol. What many people call “visa to Transnistria” is just the registration process is [...]