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Moldova
Moldova is one of Europe's best-kept secrets: a small country of rolling vineyards, cave monasteries carved into river cliffs and a leafy, low-rise capital that wears its Soviet past and its café culture side by side. This guide books the headline experiences properly, from the underground wine cities of Cricova and Milestii Mici to the gorge and cliff monastery at Orheiul Vechi, the blue-domed calm of Curchi, the fortress at Soroca and the unrecognised border-crossing day trip to Tiraspol and Bender. It then matches you to a hotel in Chisinau, because in a country this compact the capital is the base for everything, and a good night's sleep makes the long lunches and tastings easier to enjoy.
