Moldova

One of the oldest and most revered monasteries in Moldova, founded in the 15th century and rebuilt several times, set in a forested valley south of Chișinău that becomes especially popular with pilgrims during Orthodox feast days.

A vast underground wine complex stretching over 200 km of tunnels beneath the village of Mileștii Mici, housing Moldova's largest wine collection and holding a Guinness World Record as the largest wine cellar by extent in the world.

A cultural and archaeological reserve along the Răut River, where cave monasteries, a Mongol-era watchtower and excavated buttresses reveal continuous human habitation from prehistory through the medieval period.

A 16th-century rock-hewn monastery carved into a limestone outcrop on the right bank of the Nistru River, famous for its setting above a 15-metre waterfall and a network of cave cells used by ascetic monks.

Chișinău's green heart, a park laid out in the 19th century around a landmark fountain monument, flanked by the Cathedral and the Parliament building.

A medieval fortress in the city of Bender (Tighina) on the east bank of the Nistru River, built by Stephen the Great in the 15th century and later expanded under Ottoman rule, now preserved as a public park and museum.