Where to stay in Moldova

The quietest country in Europe

• Moldova receives fewer visitors than any other European country.
• Accommodation is correspondingly cheap and you will rarely find anything full.
• Chisinau has a normal city hotel market, mostly business-oriented.

Rural guesthouses

• Village guesthouses (pensiuni) are the interesting option and are extremely inexpensive.
• Wine estates offer rooms - Chateau Purcari and others - and are the most comfortable way to see the wine country.
• Orheiul Vechi has guesthouses near the cave monastery and is the country's most striking landscape.

Practicalities

• You will be asked for your passport at check-in.
• English is less widely spoken than in the Balkans; Romanian and Russian dominate.
• Cash is often expected in rural accommodation.