NEGRUZZI APARTMENT
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Very spacious double room with
a big double bed, 2 armchares and TV.
Double room with armchairs where you
can seat comfortable to watch tele
Twin room with 2 single beds.
Our guest kitchen : cozy and well equipped allowing our
guests to cook for themselves.
Washing machine in the kitchen. Please,
use it with the host of the apartment only to avoid breaking it
Spacious balcony next to the kitchen
where our guests have their meals or cups of tea/coffee
Bathroom with a bath tub and shower unit. 24 hours hot
water.
Boris the host of the apartment and our driver. He can bring you from the airport and will show you around the flat. Very experienced and safe driver.
My mum, Katherine laying our evening meal at her farm in Ivancea. She is mainly based at the countryside, but may come to the flat to meet our guests when Boris is not available.
Number plate at the front of our apartment
block
Double room + twin room
Can freely accommodate up to 4 peopleApartment :
Negruzzi flat is a cozy 2 room apartment situated on Negruzzi boulevard in the center of Chisinau. We've got a very spacious double room with TV and a smaller cozier twin room here, a well equipped guest kitchen with a large balcony where our guests can have their meals and socialize and a bathroom with 24 hours hot water. It's a basic, but clean apartment in a lovely neighborhood.
The apartment block has a very convenient location being situated on the walking distance from the Train station, Central and Northern bus stations and connected by direct buses/minibuses to the airport and Southern bus station. We are close to Hotel National, Hotel Chisinau, Hotel Flowers, Hotel Cosmos and Manhattan and to Adresa letting agency. There are many supermarkets, local shops and markets, as well as, bars, restaurants, fast food and pizzas and night clubs nearby. Restaurants Beer House, Veranda / Kvartal, London Steak House, shopping mall "MallDova" with Patria multiplex cinema and plenty cafe and restaurants are in our neighborhood. 24 hour exchange office and "Fidesco" supermarket close to the apartment block.
Apartment's facilities :
24 hours hot water, free linen and towels, cable TV with mainly Russian and Romanian channels (but some Romanian channels will show English documentaries and movies), well equipped kitchen with a gas cooker, pans and pots, washing machine, map of the neighbourhood and copies of Chisinau center map, English books to read/borrow/exchange, telephone for local calls.
Internet :
No Internet available in the flat. As one of our guests suggested there is a new cafe across the street that offers by far the best wifi in the neighborhood. Tea is only 15 lei. The place is called: Gelaterie Pennese and is located in number 5 Negruzzi boulevard. You can also pick up free wifi in the building's lobby and outside on the street. Or in the Beer House restaurant at the bottom of the building. They brew a very nice beer in this restaurant.
Hosts :
Katherine who is Marisha's mother with her partner Boris are the hosts of this flat and will be looking after our guests in Chisinau. They are 2 retired pensioners who live in Ivancea village 45 km from Chisinau. They are very lovely people, but unfortunately, none of them speaks any English, so do put the questions regarding your trip to Marisha via email prior to your arrival. We have a map of the area and instructions in English in the flat that will help you during your stay. By staying with Katherine and Boris you are helping to support these two retired pensioners in the difficult economic climate of Moldova. Thank you for choosing so!
Check in/Check out :
Check in time is 14:00 and Check out time is 12:00. Please, let us know if you need to check in earlier or leave later. We want to make your stay in Chisinau as comfortable and convenient as possible and will gladly let you stay outside the check in/out times if no other bookings have been made for that day.
You will be checked in/out by the Russian/Romanian speaking host of the flat Boris. He is also our driver and can transfer our guests from/to the airport / train / bus stations. Our English speaking assistant and guide Tania will be around and at your services at most of the time. Please, note that they do not live in the apartment at all time, so you should email us in advance and let us know the time of your arrival or for the transfers.
Costs :
10 Euro per night per bed or 15 Euro per night for a private roomfor one person staying
30-40 Euro per night for the whole flat depending on the season (for up to 2 persons living in the flat at one time). An additional charge of 10 Euro per night may apply if 4-5 persons are staying here. Discounts available for off-season months and for a longer stay.We may rent a private room for 15 Euro per night when the flat is available. Please, email Marisha to inquire about the availabilties.
Laundry service: Laundry is free. Washing machine should be used with the host of the apartment only to avoid its breaking it. Please, buy your washing powder / conditioner as we do not provide any.
Getting around :
everything is within a walking distance from our apartment. You may want to use minibus/bus to get to the Southern bus station or to the airport. Minibuses are very frequent and fast. They run from early in the morning and until about midnight. The cost is 3 moldovan lei and should be paid to the driver at the entrance. May be crowded on the rush hours (8 to 9 am and 6 to 7 pm). Buses and trolleybuses are usually larger and more comfortable. They stop at regular stops, so easier to use for travelers. Bus fare is 3 Leu and trolleybus fare is 2 leu. To be paid to the conductor on the bus. Taxis are very cheap in Chisinau. Flag a cab on the street or order by phone. Cost to any part of the city is about 30-50 Moldovan lei.
Other services available for our guests :
- Tours of Moldova and Transdniestr by car or bus with a local English speaking guide (Tiraspol, Bender, Noul Neamt, Chisinau, Orheiul Vechi, Milestii Mici, Cricova, Cojusna, Soroca, Saharna and Tipova, Vadul-lui-voda, and many other interesting destinations);
- airport transfers;
- transfer from Odessa airport and city centre
- transfer from Bucharest airport (Baneasa and Otopeni) and city centre;
- taxi services from Boris the host of the apartment;
- booking of tickets for bus or train from Chisinau to Kiev, Moscow, Odessa, Bucharest and other destinations in Ukraine and Romanian;
- online booking of bus/train tickets from Ukraine to Chisinau;
- translation services (Russian / Romanian into English) in chisinau and online;
- Russian lessons with our teacher Svetlana in Chisinau;
- advise on your Moldovan itinerary and help with organizing your trip
- many others uppon the request of our guests.
NEIGHBORHOOD
Train station is only at walking distance from our apartment.
View out of the windows of our flat on the square and Academy
of Science
Hotel Chisinau opposite to our apartment block (also nearby
are hotels National, Flowers, Manhattan and Cosmos). Buses from Prague
arrive in front of the hotel
Air Moldova travel
agency at the left of our apartment block with MoldovaAgroindBank inside
and an ATM outside the building
One of the poshiest restaurants of Chisinau at the rare of our apartment
block. They make fresh beer here and food is, although, expensive, but
lovely
"Echip 99" travel agency
at the entrance of our apartment block.
They do tours of Moldova and ticketing
Brincusi art galery and exhibition
center accross the boulevard
Central bus station is at the walking
distance from us. Buses from Bucuresti arrive here and minibuses to Orheiul
Vechi and Tiraspol / Bender leave from here
... and much much more in the close vicinity of our apartment