The town of Purcari, located about 120 km south-east of the capital, is globally recognized for being the production area of the most delicious Moldovan wines, especially reds. This area, which is wedged between the self-proclaimed Moldavian Republic of Beyond Dniester and Ukraine, enjoys fantastic exposure to the sun for its vines as well as the influence of a relatively mild climate due to the proximity of the Black Sea which provides the right degree of salinity of the clay soil in the area. The smooth slopes rolling gently along the right bank of the Nistru River near the village of Purcari once belonged to the Afono-Zagrafsky monastery. Thanks to these excellent characteristics, this area has attracted many farmers since ancient times who settled there to grow vines. Documented historical facts narrate that the monastery forced the farmers to pay a duty on the production of grapes which was around 1/10 of the total, furthermore the religious forced the farmers to take extreme care of the vines to preserve their excellent quality. It was during the period of the Russian Empire that this area received a great impetus in the development of the wine industry. In 1827 the first production holding company was created in Purcari and was called Hermanson, a name due to a German founder of Russian origin. From this moment Purcari became a point of attraction for many other foreigners who settled there; French (with their native vines), Germans and Russians. Subsequently, during the 19th century, the Russian prince Golytsin and Count Vorontsov who controlled the production of the area had the inspiring idea of replacing part of the native grapes (with low alcohol content) with some varieties coming from Western Europe (especially French) which fit exceptionally well into the morphological and exhibition context of this territory. Grapes such as: Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Game Freo and Pinot, all grapes with very high yield as well as increased sugar accumulation. Nowadays Purcari is characterized by its high production of collectible wines such as Negru and Rosu de Purcari, its excellent Cabernet-Sauvignon de Purcari, Pinot Noir de Purcari and the dessert wine Kahor.

About 40 km south of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border of Tudora lies one of the oldest cities on the planet. "Cetatea Alba" ("White Fortress" in Italian) later called Belgorod-Dnestrovsky in Soviet times when it came under the administration of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine has in fact over 2500 years of history! It was founded by Middle Eastern navigators coming from the historic city of Milet who built it right on the mouth of the estuary of the Tiras river (today Dniestr) and originally called it Tira. In the 13th-14th centuries, during the time of the Principality of Moldova, a very powerful fortress was built by Stefan cel Mare which was baptized with the name of "Cetatea Alba". The "White Fortress" today represents one of the most majestic examples of medieval defensive architecture present in the whole of Europe. Inside the Cetatea Alba you can see multiple buildings dating back to different eras and among the most important are worthy of mention the remains of the minaret of the mosque built by the Ottomans during the period of their domination in which the city took the name of Akkerman, a name which was replaced with the current Belgorod-Dnestrovsky only in 1944. The oldest part of the fortress is made up of the Citadel, also called "Genoese Castle", dating back to the 13th century, the period in which it was built by the merchants of the Maritime Republic of Genoa who renamed the city with the name of Moncastro.