Tiraspol and Bender Back in the USSR Tour: Discover Transnistria's Preserved Soviet Heritage

Step back in time and explore Transnistria’s preserved Soviet heritage on the Tiraspol and Bender Back in the USSR Tour. Discover Soviet monuments, architecture, and daily life in this unique destination.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bendery Fortress - We will visit the Bender Fortress, located on the right bank of the Dniester in the city of Bender. The Fortress is an architectural monument of the XVI century. Its construction started in 1538 after the town became part of the Ottoman Empire.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Transnistria has preserved a lot of Soviet monuments, equipment, attractive places and facts that will be interesting for everyone to learn. Visiting Transnistria is like traveling on a time machine – not much has changed there since nowadays. The cities of Bender and Tiraspol, keep many soviet monuments, with a specific architecture. You should come to…

Location
Bendery Fortress
Petra Panin 2
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Christoffer_h
Oct 5, 2025
Great rainy day - Such a great experience. Pickup was seamless on time, border crossing a breeze and our guide Marina was knowledgeable and energetic. She took us to sights, lunch and a fee stores to buy local goods. A great day in torrential rain in Pridnestrovie!!
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Aliciarq3792lv
Sep 30, 2025
Exceptional guide, although Transnistria is not so different - The experience is highly recommended. It is true that I expected Transnistria to represent a greater contrast to any other "western" city and really, except for the "propaganda" part, there are not too many differences on an architectural level, nor on the way of living. Of course, the tour is very well organized and Natalia, the guide, is spectacular. He knows everything and answered all the questions very professionally. Highly recommended. If anyone doubts for safety, with Natalia, 100% safe and easy.
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D9771rbchrish
Sep 28, 2025
Brilliant, educational. - Beautiful, friendly, attentative, knowledgeable Natalia. She did a great job taking us and everybody on tour to each place and sharing her knowledge in a language we all understood. Thoroughly enjoyed this educational tour as did the rest of the group. Got so much from this experience and highly recomend it. Stopped at the checkpoint both ways and once in Tiraspol for checks, but nothing out of the ordinary. You have nothing to worry about on this tour in regard to safety. Thank you, Natalia.
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Simon
Sep 26, 2025
Great day trip from chisinau - Had a great trip to transintia nattalia was great and very informative the restaurant we where taken to was great the food was very good value and was like what I imagine life was like in the USSR the gift shop we visited had a great stuff to get and was nice the tour itself was great saw loads and would recommend to anyone and was very safe
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Jamesg1974
Sep 25, 2025
Great tour - amazing experience - A unique, enjoyable and hugely interesting tour. Dimirtii was a friendly and knowledgeable guide and made the day a complete success. Cannot recommend this tour enough - well organised with no worries or issues at all. Also, the rest of our party were great fun and a pleasure to get to know. Thanks to all involved.
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Tapio_j
Sep 12, 2025
Go for it! - Informative and comprehensive tour of Tiraspol and Bendery fortress. Ecaterina was our brilliant guide. Definitely recommended!
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Lauren_v
Jul 15, 2025
Great tour - Victor is a great guide and the tour was both interesting and informative. Value for money. Its a long day so prepare accordingly
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David_s
Jul 4, 2025
Exactly what I thought it... - Exactly what I thought it would be. Nice little day adventure in a unique part of the world. Experienced some relics of Soviet life and also met with locals to chat.
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Kalimni
Jun 21, 2025
Excellent tour and very friendly guide - The guide was awesome and the tour was really interesting and educational. If you travel to Moldova you must go on this tour and don’t have any safety worries - the tour and Pridnestrovie are completely safe.
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Keith_c
May 27, 2025
Guide and tour gave... - Guide and tour provided very insightful perspective on this disputed geographic area which retains Russian ties and lifestyle
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From $70
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).