Solca

Suceava County · Romania

Photos: Solca Monastery: Ștefan Tomșa's church of 1612–1614

Solca is a town in Romania.

Elevation: about 509 m above sea level. Population: 2,405 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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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

Chernivtsi – Câmpulung Moldovenesc ≈121 km, ≈2 h 12 min (via Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus); Ivano-Frankivsk – Câmpulung Moldovenesc ≈239 km, ≈4 h 12 min (via Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus); Rakhiv – Câmpulung Moldovenesc ≈217 km, ≈4 h 35 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.