Poienile Izei
Maramureș County · Romania
Poienile Izei is a village in Romania.
Population: 792 (2021).
Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
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ModerateOne-dayMarkedBreb Gutâiul MareElevation profile515–1 443 m8.7 kmascent 928 m≈ 3.5 h walking16 km from the centre
ModerateOne-dayMarkedGutâi Pass Neteda PassElevation profile983–1 443 m12.6 kmascent 559 m≈ 4 h walking16 km from the centre
Hard1–2 daysMarkedValea Vișeului Repedea forest lodgeElevation profile339–1 167 m30.6 kmascent 1 180 m≈ 9.5 h walking19 km from the centrePeaks nearby
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PeakGutâiul MareCavnicaltitude 1 443 m · Volcanic Carpathians range19 km from the centreGutâiul Mare (Romanian: Vârful Gutâiul Mare, also simply Gutâi) is the highest summit of the volcanic Gutâi Mountains in Maramureș County, 1,443 m above sea level.
PeakȚibleșaltitude 1 839 m · Volcanic Carpathians range23 km from the centreȚibleș (Romanian: Vârful Țibleș, Hungarian: Cibles or Széples) is one of the three highest summits of the Țibleș Mountains in the Inner Eastern Carpathians, 1,839 m...What to visit
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ChurchSt Paraskeva's Church, Poienile Izei: UNESCO wooden churchPoienile Izeiunder 1 km from the centreIt was first mentioned in a charter of 1430 and has had other names over the centuries; the church itself is sometimes called the church of Poienile Glodului.
ChurchIeud Hill Church: UNESCO wooden church in MaramureșIeud9.7 km from the centreThe village of Ieud lies in a side valley near the Iza river, below the Țibleș Mountains, and was first mentioned in documents in 1364.
ChurchBârsana Monastery: a wooden ensemble in the Iza valleyBârsana10 km from the centreThe Monastery of the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles in Bârsana is an Orthodox convent of the Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
ChurchSt Nicholas' Church, Budești-Josani: UNESCO wooden churchBudești13 km from the centreThe largest church of historic Maramureș The village of Budești lies in the valley of the Cosău river at the foot of the Gutâi Mountains, about 30 km south of Sighetu...
Ethno tours & guidesEco Maramureș: craft tours to Breb, Sârbi and CălineștiOcna Șugatag16 km from the centreEco Maramureș is an officially recognised ecotourism destination in the Mara and Cosău valleys and the Gutâi Mountains, between Sighetu Marmației and Baia Mare.
Heritage transportMocănița of Vișeu de Sus: forest narrow-gauge steam railwayVișeu de Sus25 km from the centreThe last working forest railway in the Carpathians In Romania narrow-gauge steam trains are affectionately called mocănița, and the most famous of them runs from the...Huts, shelters and springs nearby
Getting there from Ukraine
Border crossings
- Porubne – Siret — road and pedestrian, 24/7
- Diakivtsi – Racovăț — road and pedestrian, 24/7 No freight traffic.
- Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus — road and pedestrian, 08:00–20:00 Cars up to 3.5 t and pedestrians only; not 24/7.
- Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației — road and pedestrian, 24/7 Passenger traffic only: vehicles up to 3.5 t with up to 9 seats, pedestrians.
- Diakove – Halmeu — road, 24/7 No pedestrian crossing.
By car
Rakhiv – Sighetu Marmației ≈45 km, ≈56 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Uzhhorod – Sighetu Marmației ≈162 km, ≈2 h 53 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Sighetu Marmației ≈179 km, ≈3 h 16 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).
Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
