Budești

Maramureș County · Romania
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Budești is a village in Romania.

Elevation: about 556 m above sea level. Population: 2,120 (2021). Mountains nearby: Țibleș Mountains.

Here and nearby on the site: 1 trail, 1 sight.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

Trails nearby

All trails
Breb – Gutâiul MareModerateOne-dayMarkedBreb Gutâiul MareElevation profile515–1 443 m8.7 kmascent 928 m≈ 3.5 h walking3.3 km from the centreGutâi Pass – Neteda PassModerateOne-dayMarkedGutâi Pass Neteda PassElevation profile983–1 443 m12.6 kmascent 559 m≈ 4 h walking7 km from the centreCavnic – Creasta CocoșuluiModerateOne-dayMarkedCavnic Creasta CocoșuluiElevation profile611–1 379 m7.1 kmascent 766 m≈ 3 h walking8.4 km from the centre

Peaks nearby

All peaks
Gutâiul MarePeakGutâiul MareCavnicaltitude 1 443 m · Volcanic Carpathians range7.4 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.

What to visit

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St Nicholas' Church, Budești-Josani: UNESCO wooden churchChurchSt Nicholas' Church, Budești-Josani: UNESCO wooden churchBudeștiunder 1 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...Eco Maramureș: craft tours to Breb, Sârbi and CălineștiEthno tours & guidesEco Maramureș: craft tours to Breb, Sârbi and CălineștiOcna Șugatag5.7 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.St Paraskeva's Church, Desești: UNESCO wooden churchChurchSt Paraskeva's Church, Desești: UNESCO wooden churchDesești8.4 km from the centreIts wooden church of St Paraskeva is one of the eight inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 as the "Wooden Churches of Maramureș".Bârsana Monastery: a wooden ensemble in the Iza valleyChurchBârsana Monastery: a wooden ensemble in the Iza valleyBârsana13 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.Maramureș Village Museum in Sighetu Marmației: open-air museumMuseumMaramureș Village Museum in Sighetu Marmației: open-air museumLazu Baciului21 km from the centreA village from all of Maramureș on one hill The «Mihai Dăncuș» Maramureș Village Museum (Muzeul Satului Maramureșean „Mihai Dăncuș”) is an open-air ethnographic museum...Sighet Memorial: the former communist prison in Sighetu MarmațieiMuseumSighet Memorial: the former communist prison in Sighetu MarmațieiSighetu Marmației22 km from the centreThe Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance (Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului și al Rezistenței) stands in the centre of Sighetu Marmației, right...

Huts, shelters and springs nearby

724 mSpringSpring (Budești)Țibleș Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
489 mDrinking waterDrinking water (Breb)Țibleș Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
1 152 mSpringSpring (Glod)Țibleș Mountains · RomaniaNot verified

All springs of the CarpathiansAll Carpathian huts

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.