Moldova
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Moldova is one of the cheapest countries in the Flysimio catalogue — a 5 GB, 30-day plan on Orange Moldova costs less than a glass of wine in the country that produces it. Orange has the widest national coverage with 5G in early rollout in central Chișinău and solid 4G across the country and main roads. Plans are prepaid with no contract, your QR code arrives by email within seconds, every plan includes free mobile hotspot, and there's a 7-day money-back guarantee. Moldova is not in the EU, so roam-like-at-home allowances from a European SIM do not apply here — turn Data Roaming off on your home line.

Getting online in Moldova takes about two minutes. Confirm your phone supports eSIM — iPhone XS (2018) and newer and most Android flagships from 2020 qualify. Choose your Moldova plan on Flysimio and pay with card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay; your QR code arrives by email within seconds. On Wi-Fi before you travel, open Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM (iPhone) or Network & Internet → SIMs → Add eSIM (Android) and scan it. Switch the line on at Chișinău airport and turn on Data Roaming for that line only. If you're arriving overland from Romania or Ukraine, switch it on after the border.

A week in Chișinău and the wine regions runs 2–3 GB for most travellers — roughly 300 MB a day covers maps, messaging and email. Moldovan pricing is low enough that there's little reason to buy small: a 3 GB plan covers a full month. Coverage is good in Chișinău, at Orheiul Vechi's cave monastery, at Soroca fortress and around the Cricova and Milestii Mici wine estates. You will lose signal on the underground cellar tours — Milestii Mici holds the world's largest wine collection and the tunnels run for kilometres — but that's expected and nothing to plan around.

Flysimio runs as a second line beside your usual SIM, so you keep your home number for calls and texts while your Moldovan data flows over the eSIM — standard dual-SIM behaviour on iPhone XS and later and most Android phones from 2018. Set the Flysimio eSIM as your cellular-data line and turn on Data Roaming for that line only. One important geographic note: Transnistria, the breakaway region along the Dniester, runs its own network and Moldovan coverage there is unreliable to non-existent. If you're crossing to Tiraspol or Bender, carry offline maps and cash and check current travel advice first.

Every Flysimio Moldova plan includes mobile hotspot at no extra cost and without throttling, so you can tether a laptop or share with a travel companion. As a data-only eSIM it has no Moldovan phone number, but WhatsApp and Viber are both widely used in Moldova, and FaceTime and Google Meet handle calls over data. Your home number stays reachable on your primary SIM. Moldova uses the leu (MDL) and cash still matters outside Chișinău, so a working maps-and-converter setup on arrival is worth more than a local number.

For a few days in Chișinău, the 1 GB / 7-day plan costs about the same as a coffee. For a week or more touring the wine country, Orheiul Vechi and Soroca, a 3 GB plan covers the whole month. Worth knowing: at the time of writing, competing providers list nothing longer than a 10-day Moldova plan, so if you're staying two weeks or more our 30-day options have no direct equivalent. Because Flysimio gives you six months to activate, you can buy before you leave and validity only starts when your eSIM first connects in Moldova.