Kvint Factory
Since 1897, Kvint has been making some of Moldovas finest brandies. Purchase a bottle of some of Europes best-value cognac (starting at under 30 rubles) near the entrance to the plant or at one of several Kvint shops around town. Tasting tours, starting at around 180 rubles per per
Tiraspol National United Museum
The closest thing to a local history museum, it features an exhibit focusing on poet Nikolay Zelinsky, who founded the first Soviet school of chemistry. Opposite is the Presidential Palace , from where President Yevgeny Shevchuk rules the region. Loitering and/or photography here i
National Ethnographic & Nature Museum
The highlight of this massive and wonderful exhibition is a life-sized reconstruction of a dinothere (an elephantlike mammal that lived during the Pliocene Epoch – 5.3 million to 1.8 million years ago) skeleton, discovered in the Rezine region in 1966. Allow at least an hour to see
Bendery Fortress
This impressive Ottoman fortress, outside the centre near the Bendery–Tiraspol bridge, was built in the 16th century and saw keen fighting between Turkish and Russian forces before falling to Tsarist Russia permanently in the early 19th century. Until just a few years ago it was a
Pushkin Museum
This is where Russias national poet Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) spent three years exiled between 1820 and 1823. You can view his tiny cottage, filled with original furnishings and personal items, including a portrait of his beloved Byron on his writing desk. Theres also a three-r
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