Moldova

Milestii Mici and Cricova: underground cellars

A quarter of an hour from Chisinau, in two opposite directions, you drive into a hillside. Milestii Mici and Cricova are not cellars in the

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Orheiul Vechi: the monastery cut into rock

Orheiul Vechi is not a single sight but a whole landscape: a limestone promontory carved out by a meander of the Raut, with a monastery

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Chisinau: a two day city guide

Chisinau is one of the cheapest capitals in Europe and one of the least visited. It has no old town, because the old town was

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Soroca Fortress, the circular fort on the Dniester

Soroca Fortress is one of those buildings that looks better in life than in photographs, because a photograph cannot convey geometry. It is the only

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