IDEAL LOCATION
If you choose to study at The American University of Moldova, you will have the best opportunity to visit a lot of historic places and towns.
Saharna monastery complex
Saharna monastery complex is situated in one of the most picturesque gorges on the western bank of the river Nistru (Dniester), near Saharna village, some 8 km away from the district center of Rezina, and at approximately 110 km to the North from Chi?in?u. Covered with forests, the Saharna river canyon as long as 16 km, with a large number of more than 30 rapids and cascades, will pleasantly surprise even a sophisticated traveler, who is looking for a comparable experience outside Moldova. The largest cascade falls down from a height of 10 meters and it is as wide as 5 meters. It is Moldovan Niagara Falls most impressive in Winter, Spring, and Autumn after the rains.
Orheiul Vechi
Orheiul Vechi is an ancient settlement situated on the left bank of the river Raut, near the villages of Trebujeni and Butuceni in Orhei district (about 50 km northeast of Chisinau). In the Mid Ages, two medieval towns were set up here. Other vestiges discovered on the territory of the settlement: a mosque, two mausoleums, a caravan-seraglio, and three bathhouses. An orthodox cave monastery dated from the XII century is still working nowadays and the English-speaking monk will tell you some of its histories. Down in Butuceni village, there is a small peasant house preserved from the XXth century and transformed into a museum.
Soroca town
Soroca town is situated 160 km north of Chi?in?u on the western bank of the Dniester river. In medieval times it had particular importance for the defense system of Moldova against the invasions of tartars, polyaks, cossacks, ottomans, and slavs from the East. Nowadays it’s a small Moldovan town on the Dniester river bordering Ukraine and famous for its fortress, the largest Gipsy community in Moldova, sandstone rocks, and the candle of gratitude, upon a mountain that opens to a traveler a very nice view of the town and surroundings.
Transnistria or Pridnestrovie
Transnistria or Pridnestrovie is the name for the non-recognized republic on the eastern bank of the Dniester river. Known by foreign travelers as the museum in the open-air of Communism and the Soviet Union, with many Soviet relics on the main streets of its industrial towns and also for being a state that does not exist. Tiraspol and Bender’s towns are the 2 biggest in the republic, situated in close proximity on different banks of the Dniester river. Nice and cozy towns, second biggest after Chisinau. In the center of Tiraspol, one can see 2 monuments to the father of communism Vladimir Lenin, streets with soviet names, House of Soviets, Memorial to 3 wars (WW-II, the Afghan war, and Civil war), nice parks and boulevards. Bender town is a much older town, being even older than Chișinău. There is a Medieval fortress in the center of the town, that is now served as the base of the Transnistrian army.