MARISHA'S FLAT IS AVAILABLE ON JUNE 17-22, JUNE 25-JULY 4, JULY 19 AND ONWARDS.
PRIVATE SINGLES AND DOUBLES AND MORE BEDS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR VIERU APARTMENT IN CHISINAU (PHOTOES ARE COMING SOON)

PLEASE, EMAIL ME TO MAKE YOUR BOOKING

 


What I can do for you

Visa support

Ciocana flat in Chisinau

Homestay in Chisinau

Homestay in Tiraspol

Countryside stay

Moldova Sights

Car rental

Russian/Romanian lessons

 

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I thank "Uncle Pasha" for the setting up this site and his continued support of this domain. 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

"Your Friends in Moldova"

LONELY PLANET RECOMENDED: Marisha and her services are recomended in LP guide to Europe on a Shoestring, guide to Eastern Europe, guide to Romania&Moldova, 2007 edition

 

Welcome to Marisha's and her friends' site about Moldova and Transdniestr, with particular emphasis on rural travel and travel hits and tips . Of course we will do boring traveler and business support work, eg. information searches, logistics, running errands, buying tickets etc.  Of course contact us about accommodation in Kishinev. To humble backpackers we can offer a spare room in our flats in Kishinev / Chisinau or Tiraspol or even rent out the whole place when out on holidays; to others we will recommend a suitable hotel

Please, note that my hubby Kris and our doughter Lisa and I are currently living in the UK and you can only meet us in Manchester. My family and friends in Moldova are looking after our guests in Chisinau, Tiraspol and Ivancea. I am back in Moldova now and will be here till August 2008 and am available as English speaking guide and assistant in Moldova & Transdniestr.
Enjoy Moldova and its people!!!

 

News, announcements, changes, updates

 

 

June, 2009

"2 seats are available in my car in the route to Chisinau. I'll ride in 4th of July. Route: Gliwice (POLAND) - Cieszyn - Zilina (SLOVAKIA) - Kosice - Satu Mare - Iasi - Chisinau. Anyone interested, please, email to Grzesiek on kowal.grzegorz@gmail.com."


4 places available in a car travelling from Germany to Moldova on friday 19th of June: Hamburg, Berlin, Krakow, Lviv, Mamaliga, Balti, Chisinau and back on Thursday, June 25: Chisinau, Balti, Mamaliga, Lviv, Krakow, Berlin, Hamburg. Please, email Oliver if interested

 

Photos of our 4 bedroom apartment have been added to its page

Found some articles about Moldova: one is in Czech language Nepolibene Moldavsko by Ian Plesinger and the other is a story in English about a short journey from Chisinau to Balti and back on ILIUSHIN 18D aircraft.


May, 2009

4 room apartment in Ciocana, Chisinau is added to our list of properties to let in Chisinau. Private single and double rooms, as well as beds, are available for short term and long term rentals. Photos are coming soon

Timetable of buses to/from Odessa that go via Palanca/Tudora borders avoiding Transdniestr and also of buses from Chisinau to Suceava was updated here

balloons Happy Victory Day to all those who fighted in the IIWW and their families!!!

March, 2009

Links page was updated with a link to www.teech.org a UK based charity who are focusing this year on a small village of Falesti in Northern Moldova to help repair and decorate the village school and orphanage.
Our team page was updated with the photo and details of our new guide Elena
"Recommendations on how to travel from Poland to Chisinau" are added to our Transportation to/from Moldova pageTimes and ticket costs updated for the train Chisinau-Kiev.
balloonsHappy Martisor Day! We celebrate the first day of spring on the first day of March and the week after and give each other red and white amulets to each other. Read more about Martisor
Happy Women's day to all the female readers of our webpage! We celebrate it on the 8th March and it's a very popular holiday in Moldova. It's common to give flowers/presents or a special treat for your beloved woman on this day and many families will have a festive dinner in the evening.

 

February, 2009

Times of the buses/minibuses that depart from Chisinau to Ivancea, the home of Katherine's guesthouse

 

January, 2009

Despite of the gas war between Russia and Ukraine, we are somehow getting gas and heating in our flat in Chisinau. And the water in shower is heated in an electric boiler, so no inconveniences for our guests so far.

 

October, 2008

"Welcome To Moldova !" a cautionary Tale by Eddie Barton : the story of a 12 day visit to Moldova and Transnistria (DMR/PMR) in May 2005 & return visit April 2006. See also, Russian and Romanian translations of the tale.

Our Train Station flat is closed with the end of the season and no bookings available here. For accommodation near the Train Station check out Virginia's flat in Chisinau.

September, 2008

WE ARE MOVING THE HOST AND THE SITE, AS WELL AS MY EMAIL ON INBOX@MARISHA.NET MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY UNTILL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. PLEASE, EMAIL ME ON MARISHA@ENGLISHMOLDOVA.COM INSTEAD OR CONTACT NATALIA, MY ASSISTANT IN CHISINAU ON +373 69155753 IF YOUR EMAIL IS NOT ANSWERED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVINIENCE. (UPDATE: ALL IS WORKING NOW, INCLUDING THE EMAIL AT INBOX@MARISHA.NET)

July, 2008

I've got this recommendation by email and thought it would be a nice add to the site and, hopefully, a support to the project: "www.neohumanist.org. If you will look under " projects- Castania tourist pension" you'll get a good idea about how it looks. Also this website gives nice information about the sunrise and rainbow. I think it deserves a bit of support and it is a great place for tourists to stay. The houses are cozy and well kept. They have a shower and food is available or you can cook yourself. Still pretty close to Chisinau but also to other nice places, like Capriani"

 

Back to rainy Manchester at the end of July and missing the Moldovan summer :(

 

June-July, 2008

The summer 2008 is brilliant in Moldova and we are welcoming everyone visiting Chisinau and Moldova. For updates on our availability and tours check out the add on top of the page or email me

June 18-31, 2008

My computer has broken when I was working at my mum's in Ivancea during the storm with lightning and it took about 2 weeks to revive my hard disc and come back to normal work. Anyone who wrote between June 18 and 31 and to whom I didn't reply, please, send it again, as it's more likely that your email was lost. Sorry for the inconvenience!

May, 2008

Milestii Mici winery is the largest underground winery in the world and has the largest wine collection in Europe. Tours need to be booked few days in advance. Please, contact us to arrange your tour to this winery.

New photos added and directions updated of our Train Station studio flat and hostel-flat in Chisinau

Meet our team , people who are contributing to this site and will look after our guests in Moldova

New photos of Lena's flat in Tiraspol downtown added to her page

March, 2008

Address, map and directions added to our Train Station studio flat

Address, map and directions added to our hostel page

Timetable of buses Odessa - Chisinau via Palanca border (does not cross Transdniestr)

All offers of accommodation in Moldova & Tiraspol are moving to a new website http://www.moldovahostel.com . We are inviting owners of apartments/houses in Chisinau, Tiraspol, Soroca, Balti and other town and villages of Moldova and Transdniestr to place their properties on our site. Please, email me with the details of your property.

February, 2008

 

Finally, we've got a flat to rent in the center of Chisinau. It's a 1room apartment near the Train Station that will be ideal for a couple or 2 friends looking for something private and in the center. From 15 Euro per person per night. Minimum stay: 3 nights.

 

Also, we've re-opened our hostel in Ciocana. Double + single + 4 bed dorm in a spacious flat in Chisinau. Nice atmosphere and travel support.

Car rental page added. Rent our driver Boris or arrange a van hire with us for your tours around Moldova and Transdniestr.

January, 2008

Kris, Lisa and I went to visit my relatives in Moldova for the Orthodox New Year, January, 14. The flight was a big challenge for us and our baby, but seeing my mother Katherine and my cousin Lena with her family and all of my friends and relatives was a big delight. Besides, there was a lot of snow in Ivancea when we came and Lisa went on sleigh for the first time in her life. Read more about our trip and see some photos on Kris's travelblog

November, 2007

Oxford Educational Center in Chisinau has English learning materials and English literature for sale. Read Bookstore guide for more bookstores around Europe. It is an amateur guide to book shopping throughout Europe and its aim is to list all the cool independent bookstores in Europe selling books in English to make things easier for all the book-lovers on the road.
Books about Moldova : Michael Palin is visiting Moldova and Transdniestr among all the other countries of New Europe
Marriage in Moldova : From March 2007 Moldova is recognizing Apostille Stamps, so the Apostille stamps on your docs for the marriage will do.
Our guest Eddie has updated his travel story about Moldova and Transdniestr and its people. The Word version of the story is here . Russian and Romanian translation of the story are also available.

April - October, 2007

Back to Moldova to open a new travel season 2007 in Moldova and Transdniestr. Please, check out for the updates within the webpage or email me your questions, suggestions or concerns at inbox@marisha.net

 

Kris's travel to Moldova, May 2007 , including the photos from the 9th of May parade celebration in Tiraspol when we visited Lena over there.

 

February, 2007

HOSTEL LIKE ACCOMMODATION IN CHISINAU : 2 double rooms and a private room big flat in Chisinau. 10 Euro per person per night. Can accommodate 5 people freely and up to 8 if needed.

Besarabka page : Thousands of Germans from Russia forced to flee their homes during W.W.II. Many left Europe for the US, a lot of them relocating in North Dakota. Our guest Otto Gienger was one of them. He and his daughter stayed with Lena at Besarabka in October 2006 visiting the hometown of Otto Neudorf, now called Karmanova. More photos of Besarabka and Karmanova find at: http://www.bismarcktribune.com/photos/homeagain/

Private flats in Chisinau : added a 2 rooms flat in Ryshkani area. Can sleep freely up to 3 people. 20 EURO per night for the whole thing

Russian/Romanian lessons : new links added - Learn Russian online, English-Russian dictionaries, Russian literature in English language.

New link added at Links.page: Maps of Moldova political, ethnic, etc plus of the other Soviet Republics


January, 2007

Private flats in Chisinau : added a 2 rooms flat in the downtown with 500 EURO a month

Russian/Romanian lessons : Svetlana, private teacher of Russian ; links on learning online websites

 

ARCHIVE 2006 ;ARCHIVE 2005 ; ARCHIVE 2004

Odds 'n' ends

Transport connections

Moldovan key phrases

Practical information

How to marry a Moldovan

Orphanages in Moldova

CIA facts on Moldova, with my comments

Moldovan thesaurus

***Marisha's guide to Kishinev / Chisinau***

TransDniestr

 I recommend

RUSSIA for budget travelers

Russian horse rides

Valuable links related to Moldova

Books/articles about Moldova

 

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

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