ROUTES · EDITORIAL ITINERARIES
Thematic routes
Long roads with real stops - wine, monasteries, ceramics, historical traces. Each route is written as a human itinerary, with vendor cards embedded in the prose.
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THE WINE ROAD · FROM A WEEKEND TO A FULL WEEK · CODRU · ORHEI · ȘTEFAN VODĂ · VALUL LUI TRAIAN
The Moldova Wine Road
A weekend, three days, or a full week - the road bends to whatever time you have. Drink the wines other people only meet in shop windows and sleep inside their cellar.
Chișinău · urban warm-up · The world records · Cricova and Mileștii Mici · Codru · from rural retreat to little Tuscany · Orhei · the resort and the UNESCO landscape · Ștefan Vodă · vineyards toward the Black Sea · Valul lui Traian · the boutique south · Southeast · Gagauzia + Transnistria (split in two) · Author wines · extension for the deeply curious
THE MONASTERY ROAD · FROM A DAY TO A LONG WEEKEND · ORHEI · DNIESTER · CODRU · CHIȘINĂU
The Moldova Monastery Road
Monasteries carved into cliffs above the Dniester, princely foundations in the Codru forest, and the city cathedrals. A day or a whole weekend - you choose how many stops.
Orhei · the Răut cliff and the tallest cathedral · The Upper Dniester · monasteries carved in stone · Codru · the foundations in the forest · Chișinău · the city cathedrals
THE WILD SOUTH · THE LOWER PRUT · FROM A DAY TO A WEEKEND · CAHUL · VĂLENI · SLOBOZIA MARE · GIURGIULEȘTI
The Wild South · The Lower Prut
The water-lily carpet on Lake Beleu, thousands of migrating birds, a UNWTO-awarded village, and wine off the 45th parallel. The southern Moldova few travelers ever see.
The wetlands and the birds · Văleni · the UNWTO-awarded village · Craft, cheese, and honey · The wine of the south and Cahul
THE ROAD OF FORTRESSES AND MANORS · FROM A DAY TO A LONG WEEKEND · DNIESTER · CENTRE · NORTH
The Road of Fortresses and Manors
Two stone fortresses on the bank of the Dniester and the boyar manors hidden among hills and parks. A day or a whole weekend - you choose how many stops.
The Dniester · the two stone fortresses · The Centre · the manors near Chișinău · Orhei and the North · manors to discover
A WEEKEND ON THE PRUT · FRIDAY TO SUNDAY · 2 NIGHTS IN VĂLENI · ~210 KM FROM CHIȘINĂU
A Weekend on the Prut
Two nights in Văleni, a sunrise at Lake Beleu, a family winery and an apiary with reed hives. The full route, place by place, for anyone going on their own, by car.
The drive south and the first evening in Văleni · Sunrise at Beleu, the reserve and a family winery · Honey, embroidery and the road home