What I can do
for you
Negruzzi flat in Chisinau downtown
Please donate to support the maintanance of this website. Every penny counts and will help me keep it going! Thank you! Marisha
My
speacial thanks to Uncle Pasha who helped to creat this website and
keeps supporting it.
Visit Pasha's sites:
Main
index: www.unclepasha.com
Accommodation
in Moscow:
www.cheap-moscow.com
Horse rides & trips: www.russian-horse-rides.com
Errands & "serious" business services: www.oldmanfriday.com
Small towns & villages between Moscow &
St. Petersburg: www.staritsa.info
and others.
Contributions
of materials welcomed.
Thank your homestay host by sending me a hint.
Quality materials related to Moldovan travel, work, and living are
invited.
- Marisha
Please, note that my hubby Kris, our two doughters
and I are currently living in the UK. We usually visit Moldova in
summer when kids have summer holidays, but are located most of the year
in Manchester.
You
will be looked after by my family
and friends while in Moldova.
Enjoy Moldova and its people!!!
Marisha & Friends in Moldova
LONELY PLANET RECOMENDED: Marisha and her services are recomended by LP guide to Europe on a Shoestring, LP guide to Eastern Europe, LèP guide to Romania&Moldova, 2007 edition
FOR NEWS AND UPDATES AND FLAT's AVAILABILITY, PLEASE, VISIT THE BLOG PAGE
News, announcements, changes, updates
May, 2013
Orthodox Easter holyday is on its way and people will be celebrating in the first week of May. Also, 9 May Victory parade in Tiraspol, so head east for a spectacular performance if in area during this period. Happy Easter and Happy Victory day.
February, 2013
10 Euro beds and 15 Euro private rooms available in our Negruzzi apartment in Chisinau. Please, book yours and support my retired parents in Chisinau who are the hosts of the flat.
December, 2012
Found some photoes of our guides and drivers in Moldova and Transdniestr and added to our blog
June, 2012
Added new positive
feedbacks from our customers. They live here in the
wordpress version of this site.
The timetable of trains from/to Kiev has been
changed. Please, check out the update here
April, 2012
American
Peace Corps volunteer Emily, is running a project in Peresecino village
in Moldova raising money to built a public bathroom for the community.
See more details on Emily's
blog page and, please, donate towards this good cause.
March, 2012
Citizens
of Australia and New Zealand residing in the UK, EU, Canada, USA and
some other do not need an Invitation letter in order to get their
Moldovan viza. When
applying for your visa, you will have to provide your details/proof of
flights to and out of Moldova, address in Moldova where you will be
staying and bank statements to show you have money to support yourself
while in Moldova there.
February, 2012
Studio
apartment in Tiraspol downtown is available for short and long rentals
from us. Can sleep up to 5 persons. Clean and cosy. Great location! See
more here
One
of our guests in Chisinau, Jeff Ball, is raising funds for a school in
Ukraine that will go towards building of a new toilet. The school is
one of many in rural Ukraine that has an outdoor toilet. The toilet is
nothing more then holes in a concrete floor where students,
teachers, and people in town all come to use the bathroom. No plumbing,
no heat, no way of actually cleaning it, a huge problem and
serious health concern for teachers and children. Please, visit Jeff's
support page and make a donation that will get the school a
new toilet and washing station. Thank you!
January, 2012
American
writer and journalist Kim Purcell has published her new book
"Trafficked" that tells us a storry of modern days human slavory. The
main character Hannah is a young girl from Moldova. Stranded in a
foreign land with false documents, no money, and nobody who can help
her, Hannah must find a way to save herself from her status as a
modern-day slave before she loses the one thing she has left: her life.
More about the book read here
and leave comments on our blog
AirMoldova
the main and only one airline in Moldova has announced its WINTER
ON-LINE SALE. Sochi – 52EUR, Moscow – 62EUR, St.Petersburg – 62EUR,
Frankfurt – 62EUR, Rome – 62EUR, Milan – 62EUR, Istanbul – 62EUR,
Athens – 62EUR, Paris – 72EUR, London – 72EUR, Larnaca – 72EUR, Madrid
– 92EUR, Lisbon – 92EUR / one-way, with all taxes included. Tickets can
be purchasied via their website and the offer ends on 20 February 2012.
So Hurry Up!
An attempt of blogging
about Moldova is performed by me here Useful
information, news and our trips in Moldova and Transdniest will be
discussed on the blog. Two new posts has been placed on the blog
recently : "Playing
the Moldovans at Tennis movie is due to release in spring 2012"
and "Photos
of Moldova and Gagauzia on Flickr by one of our guests"
December, 2011
The
fixture list for 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil has been announced. Moldova
is playing in the group H together with England, Ukraine, Poland,
Montenegro and San Marino. The games that are to be played in Moldova
are as following :
07/09/2012
Moldova - England
12/10/2012
Moldova - Ukraine
22/03/2013
Moldova - Montenegro
07/06/2013
Moldova - Poland
11/10/2013
Moldova - San Marino
Please, secure your accommodation in Chisinau long in advance as the demand for the dates of the games is very high.
July, 2011
Offers of private flats in Odessa are available to book through us. Apartments in downtown Odessa and near the beach. Cost from
50 USD per night in high season. Check out our page for more details
Our Romanian driver does transfers from Chisinau
to Brasov or from Brasov to Chisinau. Comfortable car. Up to 6
passangers. 160 Euro one way. Please, book by email
Rock Festival "Forest Kap 2011" will take place
on July 23 and 24 in Capriana forest reservation. Among participants :
Bad Captain, Prepare of the Worst, SoundPark, Compas, El Pepino Feliz,
Cronograf, Iron Bee, Old School, Ferrum, Alive, Inside, VV Krab, CheMD,
Morons, Before Christ, Deadline, Main Engine, The Cursed, Linia Out,
Timur i ego komanda, Svinarium, Tsepesh, Abnormyndeffect, Infected
Rain, Aeon of Death, Gandul Matei, Puti Sonta. Ticket cost 50 MDL for
one day and 80 MDL for two days. Book your ticket via phone :
+37379401079, + 37360258723 and +37379694320. Videos from last year
festival can be seen on YouTube
May, 2011
For accommodation in our
neighbourhood, please, check out the list of budget to top range hotels in the center of Chisinau at the walking distance from our flat and from the train station in Chisinau.
We didn't come first,
but we made a colourful entrance! For those of you who liked the
performance of our Zdob si Zdub band at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf,
please, visit their
website . They will be having gigs in Romania, Ukraine and
Germany this year and tickets can be booked by email.
April, 2011
For those of you who
are looking to spent a night or more in Gagauzia, please, check out our
page with suggestions of hotels in
Comrat, Ceadir-Lunga and Vulcanesti
Odds 'n' ends
***Marisha's guide to Kishinev / Chisinau***
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Recommended by:
LONELY PLANET guide to Europe on a Shoestring, 2007 edition
LP Romania & Moldova Editor 2006-2007
"Morning Star", March, 06
"Esquire" UK magazine, June, 05
Guests' comments:
Paul, private flat on Negruzzi, May 2013
Hi Marisha, Just writing to let you know that everything went very well and that we really enjoyed our trip. Thanks for organising it for us. Boris was extremely helpful, pleasant and always on time, Lena’s tour of Tiraspol was very interesting, the apartment was very pleasant and well located, and the wine tour was fascinating. We’ve written separately to Vila Roz, which was also a great suggestion. The itinerary you helped us set up was perfect, and let us do a lot more than we could have managed on our own, and we’ll mention it to any of our friends who are planning a trip. Please let us know if you’d like us to provide a testimonial for you web site, and please pass on our thanks to Boris. Thanks again, Paul
Sarah and friend, private flat on Negruzzi, May 2013
Hello Marisha, We have finally made it and Boris has showed us everything. Thank you again for all your help, Sarah
Jim, private flat on Negruzzi boulevard and tours, May 2013
Maresha - just wanted to let you know that we enjoyed our stay in Moldova. In particular, we enjoyed our time with our guide Natasha. She went out of her way to make sure that we had a great experience and did everything possible to make our trip comfortable. She definitely went above and beyond and we are very appreciative of that. Jim
Mark and friends, UK and Australia, April 2013
Marisha, Just a quick note to say thank you very much for organising our trip. We all enjoyed ourselves very much.
Please send through any www links where you would like us to recommend you or your partners. All the best, Mark
Stefan, private room at Negruzzi, March 2013
Thank you, I had an excellent time, visited Orhieul Vechi yesterday afternoon and Tranistria today, very convenient flat location for getting about. Stefan
Shaun and Karen, March 2013
Hi Marisha, We just thought you would like to some feedback on our recent trip to Moldova. Overall we had a great trip and it was nice to have everything organised and it ran smoothly. Boris was great, on time and funny. Our tour of the winery was excellent! The monastery tour and Soroca tour were good, however we were a bit disappointed as the churches and the Soroca castle were closed. We enjoyed the traditional lunch, however feel 30 euros (15 Euro each for a visit of the farm and a traditional moldovan lunch with wine) was a little expensive for the lunch in the village. Our tour guide Lena in Transnistria was excellent. We really enjoyed having the apartment in Chisinau and it was in a great location. Overall, we really enjoyed Moldova and really appreciate your organisation of our trip. We hope the feedback with have provide is helpful. Kind Regards, Shaun and Karen
Geert from Discovery Expeditions, October 2012
Hello Marisha, I would like to confirm that I was very happy with the way you organised the tour in Moldova and Transnistria for me. I will publish a new tour soon, this time I will limit myself to 1 week, which will be in Moldova and Transnistria only. Romania will become a
seperate tour. Will keep you informed, Best regards and thanks again, Geert
Marie, 4 persons transfer from Bucharest, september 2012
Hello! I was more than pleased with our hired car! In fact, we are definitely using Anatol to book our drive back to Bucharest. He was prompt, pleasant, a great driver and we had a great time talking with him. It was extremely easy crossing the border with him. I did want to mention something – - we also used your website to get the information about the Chisinau to Bucharest bus. The first bus is actually 8am, not 7am and I discovered that the 8am and (I believe 11a and 1:30p) bus also have the option of stopping in Ploe?ti or at the Airport instead of just Gara Filaret. Thanks so much for your great service! Marie