Three small towns, a scatter of villages, and the Moldovan classics that fit around them.
Gagauzia is small but spread out. The Comrat area holds most of what visitors come for: the capital itself, the museum village of Beșalma, vast Congaz and model Avdarma, all within half an hour of each other. Ceadîr-Lunga lies to the east and Vulcănești far to the south, each in its own patch of the region.
We have also included the places most travellers combine with Gagauzia: Chișinău, the underground wine cities, Orheiul Vechi, the Purcari estate and Cahul in the far south.
Gagauz towns 
Gagauz towns Horses, wine and a leafy town centre
Gagauzia’s second town, in the east of the region: the At-Prolin horse stud farm, local wineries and steppe ravines on its edge.
Gagauz towns The far south of Gagauzia
The southernmost Gagauz town, set apart from the rest of the region near Cahul and the Danube lowlands, with the Kara Gani winery and Trajan’s Wall nearby.
Wine & steppe Sun-baked vineyards under a very big sky
Wineries from Comrat to Vulcănești and the open, rolling landscapes of the Budjak steppe that give southern Moldovan reds their warmth.
Wine & steppe 
Beyond Gagauzia 
Beyond Gagauzia Underground cities of wine
Two colossal limestone cellars on the edge of Chișinău, with streets you tour by vehicle and collections counted in millions of bottles.
Beyond Gagauzia Cave monastery above a river bend
Moldova’s best-known landscape: a limestone ridge in a loop of the Răut river, with a cave monastery, old village houses and layers of history.
Beyond Gagauzia A spa town and an ancient rampart
The main city of Moldova’s far south, known for its mineral-water sanatorium, and the long earthen rampart that crosses the steppe nearby.
With one day, see Comrat, Beșalma and lunch at Congaz. With two, add Avdarma, Ceadîr-Lunga and a winery. With three, continue south to Vulcănești and Cahul. Full itineraries are in the travel guide.
Gagauzia is under two hours from Chișinău, but its museums and wineries are scattered across the steppe and village buses are thin. A guided day trip joins the dots and adds the stories.
