"Recommendations on travelling
from Poland to Chisinau, Moldova",
Grzegorz, February 2009
It's possible to take (from Germany) a direct bus Berlin - Chisinau by
Euroline Moldova - I don't know what is the exact cost but from Krakow (Poland)
it costed 70 euro.
It's also one possible route (from Poland) taking a train to Polish border (Przemysl), then get to Medyka cross the border there by foot, from there take "marszrutka" to Lwow, and then as written on your page take a bus to Chisinau. It's a little hardcore option but relatively cheap:
Train from west part of country (for example Poznan city) to Przemysl = 70
PLN = 15 euro
Bus from Przemysl to Medyka (border) = 2 PLN =0,5 euro
Marszrutka border - Lwow = 15 UAH = 1,5 euro
Bus Lwow - Chisinau = 20 euro
So together something about 37 euro.
Bad thing is that u need a lot of time for such a journey.
"Varna, Bulgaria to Chisinau via
Constanta, Romania by bus",
Steven, September 2008
Hi Marisha,having just arrived home,I will tell you the story of what happened.
As I said ,Vernon-Prim left me in a bad position, as I was expecting them to
take me and then they let me know that they will not have the bus in Varna for
that day,OK,I made contact by telphone with Mari-Tur,but because of language
problems it was very difficult to understand how to make this bus stop in Varna,especially
as they told me to pay at Hotel Cosmos,and there is no hotel like this in Varna.
So I call for help to everyone who can help to contact them for me for a clear
position,but as of early Friday afternoon I don't hear anything,so I leave the
house to wait in Varna for a maxi taxi to Constanta or the Mari-Tur if see it.I
see the maxi taxi at 4pm,and tell the driver I need to be in Constanta before
7pm to connect with Trand-Leahu to Moldova,so he says no problem,although again
language problem as he speaks Rumanian.When we get to Mangalia,he says that
another bus will take me to Constanta,as the other passengers have got off and
only me remains,so he did not want to go the extra 50 KM with me.
The driver of the maxi taxi told the other driver I need to connect with the
Moldova bus in Constanta,but they said nothing,and it was soon clear that this
new bus was not going to leave Mangalia until 7PM,making it impossible to make
the connection.Anyway,I went with the bus to Constanta,to hope some other way
would be open,but when I got there and asked around,it was clear that no other
transport was available that evening,leaving a 12 hour wait,no sleep for 2 days
and missing my game in Tiraspol,so I decide I will come back to Bulgaria.I even
asked the driver of this second bus if he can take me to Braila to maybe connect
with Torpedo-Tur,but he said the bus is not going to Braila,even though it says
Mangalia-Constanta-Braila on the front.I must say that it was the first time
I had been in Rumania,but I don't have a good impression of Rumanian people
I met,most of them were very unhelpful,and would not take any time to explain
things.
I will never go through Constanta to change buses again,things there are not
organised,no good information available,and it's like a place that is not up
to a good standard.Only to go through this place without stopping is good,or
to come through Bucharest.It is very disappointing for me that this has happened,as
I wanted to enjoy my holiday in Moldova,and to not even reach it because of
these problems is bad for me.
Still,I have learnt some things from what I experienced,and when the times come
again,I can maybe make sure that these things do not happen again.I was very
pleased to leave Rumania,and to get back to Bulgaria,which for all its problems
seems to be a much better place than Rumania.I will probably go to Rumania again,but
will be much more careful next time.
"Riga - Chisinau budget flight with Air Baltic", Charles, August 2008
Just to update your excellent website I am flying direct Riga -Chisinau with Air Baltic - so 'low cost' is possible direct now.
"Low-cost airlines to Moldova
and surroundings",
Elis, July 2007
Meridiana flying from Italian
city of Verona www.meridiana.it . You can also
come somewhat close to Chisinau www.airport.md,
if you are flying to Romanian city of Bacau www.bacauairport.ro
with Blue Air www.blueair-web.com from Torino,
Barcelona and Roma - for much more reasonable prices than Meridiana. From Bacau
you can take a bus or microbus to Moldova through the town of Husi and border
crossing of Leuseni. In approximately same distance from Chisinau as Bacau is
the Ukrainian city of Odessa www.airport.od.ua,
to which you can fly with Air Baltic www.airbaltic.com
from Riga but then you will have to find a rare bus to Chisinau via Palanca
to avoid Transnistria, or you will not avoid it and will have to bribe quite
likely Transnistrian "customs officers" and "border guards". But in the end
low-cost airline market is non-existent in Moldova, also due to silly (or corrupted)
government market protection, and is not so much competitive in neighbouring
countries, so you will still get a best price with Air Moldova or Moldavian
Airlines / Carpatair (same company), sometimes with TAROM via Bucharest, ocassionally
with Turkish via Istanbul and quite rarely with Austrian via Vienna. Cheaper
but more exhausting way is to come by bus or train.