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Transnistria

Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova.

I visited in 2018. I loved my time there. It was just that I had to fit the trip in around my busy work schedule.

How to get from Chisinau to Tiraspol – Moldova to Transnistria by bus

January 19, 2026October 27, 2025 by Trevor Warman
bus at the station in Chisinau

On the Chisinau Tiraspol bus, crossing the Moldova-Transnistria border at Bender.

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Tiraspol – Capital of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

March 19, 2026September 3, 2025 by Trevor Warman
Nomadic Backpacker in front of the I love Tiraspol sign

Backpacking in Tiraspol – Transnistria – June 2019

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Backpacking in Bender, Transnistria – Moldova

November 12, 2025September 3, 2025 by Trevor Warman
Nomadic Backpacker with the sign for Бендеры / Bender behind

Bender is like a double A-side, shared with Tiraspol

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How to get from Bender to Chisinau by bus

December 1, 2025August 19, 2025 by Trevor Warman
Border post/security checkpoint between Transnistria and Moldova at Bender

Bender to Chisinau trip report

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My name is Trevor Warman, the man behind the Nomadic Backpacker travel blog and the free PDF/eBook, based on 33 years of travel experience as a budget traveller, a backpacker, through 130 countries and territories

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