Rural tourism in Moldova sees its brisk unfolding, with new households ready to receive
tourists established year by year. All this is possible first of all because Moldova has managed
to preserve its originality and peculiar life-style able to exteriorize its rich culture, customs and
rites of the nations residing in this country. Rural tourism complexes are mainly represented by
households run on the basis of ordinary peasant houses. Despite the seemingly obsoleteness of a
house, visitors are sure to enjoy all necessary facilities: heating, comfortable furniture, sanitary
appliances. Landlords are going to pay all efforts for their guests to get familiar with the lifestyle
of Moldovan nationals, to lead a country life without the slightest inconvenience. Therefore,
houses are connected to Internet, telephone communications and satellite TV - everything
modern people are so accustomed to. Guests are mainly served dishes of national cuisine using
mainly foodstuffs grown and bred by peasants within their households: vegetable, fruit, dairy,
meat.
As a rule, households are located onto shores of water pools and therefore one may go
fishing, rowing a boat, swimming or sunbathing as a most pleasant pastime. Apart of water
recreation facilities, guests are offered to ride horses or to be driven in wagons (caruta), go
sightseeing local places of interest, hike or ride a bicycle, admire a folklore performance.
Tourism complexes offer their guests barbeque parties in the open air and the possibility to
admire the divine Moldovan nature, also organise group events (celebrations, conferences,
dinners). The tourists can also choose to pay a day visit to such households without a night stop.
Every visitor who encounters Moldova shell undoubtedly mark the generosity and
hospitality of our nationals, their sincerity and kindness. Therefore you will be talked to in
common language, you will consume divine wine, you will be treated with mamaliga (national
dish of maize) with fried pork and cabbage rolls, you will hear stories about the history of one
or another place, you will be entertained with national songs and music... Similar receptions are
unforgettable! It is unlikely to encounter similar attitude in any other country of the globe!
„BUTUCENI”
Agroturistic pension, Butuceni village
The house is situated in a picturesque place which shall rejoice your eyes with a beautiful
landscape. It's a hilled rocky locality of virgin green and the Reut River that will guard your
peace with quietness. Only at the boarding-house “Butuceni” you have the marvelous occasion
to look back at the life of our ancestors through the things exhibited in our exposition and
especially you can see the restored peasant housekeeping.
"CASA DIN LUNCA"
Pension, Tribujeni village
Benzin family farm is situated in the village Trebujeni of Orhei district, 55 km distance
from Chişinău near the Orhei-Vechi - an open air museum. Services: three meals a day, double
rooms, conference hall, 2 terraces, swimming pool, TV, garden, grill.
Entertainments:
Familiarization with the Moldavian village, the work on the agricultural land and the apiary,
other farm works: milking of sheep, cows, feeding of poultry, participation in the cooking of
Moldavian dishes.
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"HANUL LUI HANGANU"
Agroturistic pension, Lalova village
Hanganu family farm is situated on the bank of the Nistru River near to the cliff
monasteries of Tipova and Saharna, in village of Lalova of Rezina region, 100 km northward
from Chişinău.
Entertainments: visits to popular craftsmen, paragliding courses, trips to Tipova and
Saharna, folklore performances, horse-riding, visiting a bee-yard, hunting, fishing etc.
"ODISEU"
Touristic Complex, Vadul lui Voda city
We offer our guests excursions to wine cellars with wine tasting, monasteries, river trips
along Nistru. The wineries, as those located in Cricova, Romaneşti, Cojusna and Milestii Mici,
are well known all over the world as producers of quality wines. In the rocky hills above the
Nistru and Prut rivers are many cave monasteries. Tipova is considered the largest monastic
cave complex, not only in Moldova, but in the whole southeastern Europe. If you want to
mix pleasure with business we can set up meetings with the representatives of the Moldavian
business circles or other different business meetings.
"LA PLOPI"
Tourist pension, Magdacesti village
„La Plopi” has:
- a large hall for ceremonies (for 120-350 people)
- a small ceremony room (up to 70 people)
- restaurant
- bar -terrace
- hotel
- parking place
„LA HANUL LUI VASILE”
Tourist boarding house, Tohatin village
The tourist boarding house “La Hanul lui Vasile” is situated in the immediate proximity of
the city of Chişinău, in the settlement of Tohatin, just 3 km away from the capital on the route
Chisinau - Vadul lui Voda. Services: three meals a day, apartments, a mini-hotel in European
style (7 apartments), 4 wooden houses in national style, a pond for fishing, 2 swimming-pools
(outdoor and inside), sauna, a crama (wine cell), banquet summer hall for 150-200 persons,
terrace for 40 persons, conference hall for 100-150 persons.
„MARION”
Tourist boarding house, Stefan Voda city
The "Marion" hotel is situated at the Stefan Voda city entrance near a green park and nice
restaurant "Casa Sărbătorii". Not very far, at the distance of 3 km from the Hotel "Marion" lays a
beautiful forest with birds and wildlife that presents an interest for hunting enthusiasts. Close to
the Hotel there is the city "Hunting and Fishing Association".
"TURNUL ALB"
Agroturistic boarding house, Costeşti village
The boarding house is at a distance of 18 km from Chişinău. It is situated on a steep hill
surrounded by a beautiful, scenic landscape. At our pension, the tourists can go fishing and the
fish thus caught can be grilled, roasted or used to cook fish soup.
POTTERY
First ceramic objects of art date back from the Neolithic. These articles have large shapes
and special ornaments, spirals and loops are main elements, expressed in different types of
ceramic works by the masters of Moldova. Besides those small vessels of clay, small art objects
worth to be mentioned - colorful figurines that serve as decorations.
WOODWORKING
Decorative woodworking is one of the oldest occupations of Moldovans. Contemporary
artists are attracted by the richness of carving processes, clarity of design, inherited from
predecessors. Historical conditions, the population's close connection to nature, forest, codrii
(oak forests), which are “brothers” to individuals, can explain the flourishing of this branch of
folk art.
TISSUE
The archaeological excavations on the territory of Moldova have shown that the tissue
is a very old occupation. Forms and fabric trim surfaces are determined by their usage
and positioning in the room or in life. In all articles prevail woven geometric elements,
anthropomorphic and animorphic plants are in a lower number. The ornament found on all kinds
of wool and cotton fabrics is the tree of life. The chromatic range of woven articles consists of
several basic colours and a lot of shades.
ART OF STONE
Throughout history, in centers for decorative stone, craftsmen made a variety of objects,
cutting into and ornamenting materials according to techniques and rules passed down from
generation to generation. Today, craftsmen can be found performing with mastery architectural
elements, tombstones, monuments, railings, benches, crosses and trinities. In Orhei city one can
admire houses built in the first half of the twentieth century, whose terraces are embellished with
beautifully carved stone pillars.