Eșelnița

Mehedinți County · Romania
Eșelnița — photo 1

Photos: Rock sculpture of Decebalus above the Danube

Eșelnița is a village in Romania.

Elevation: about 86 m above sea level. Population: 2,639 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

What to visit

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Rock sculpture of Decebalus above the DanubeHistoric siteRock sculpture of Decebalus above the DanubeEșelnița8.8 km from the centreThe king of Dacia in a cliff above the Danube The Rock sculpture of Decebalus (Chipul lui Decebal) is a giant relief carved into a limestone cliff on the left bank of...Mraconia Monastery: a church above the Danube gorgeChurchMraconia Monastery: a church above the Danube gorgeDubova8.9 km from the centreMraconia Monastery (Mănăstirea Mraconia) stands on the left, Romanian bank of the Danube, in the narrow bay of the Mraconia stream between the villages of Dubova and...Băile Herculane: sulphur thermal springs of the Cerna valleyWater parks & thermal poolsBăile Herculane: sulphur thermal springs of the Cerna valleyBăile Herculane22 km from the centreBăile Herculane is Romania's oldest and best-known spa, a small town in the narrow valley of the Cerna river in Caraș-Severin County, at about 168 m, inside the...

Craft nearby

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Rudăria Watermills: 22 working mills in Eftimie Murgu, BanatCrafts & workshopsRudăria Watermills: 22 working mills in Eftimie Murgu, BanatEftimie Murgu28 km from the centreThe village of Eftimie Murgu lies in Țara Almăjului, in the south of the Banat, in the mountains of Caraș-Severin County.

Spas and thermal pools nearby

Băile Herculane: sulphur thermal springs of the Cerna valleyWater parks & thermal poolsBăile Herculane: sulphur thermal springs of the Cerna valleyBăile Herculane22 km from the centreBăile Herculane is Romania's oldest and best-known spa, a small town in the narrow valley of the Cerna river in Caraș-Severin County, at about 168 m, inside the...

Huts, shelters and springs nearby

226 mSpringSpring (Orșova)Almăj and Locva Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
91 mDrinking waterDrinking water (Orșova)Almăj and Locva Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
71 mDrinking waterDrinking water below Culmea OzoinaAlmăj and Locva 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 – Petroșani ≈450 km, ≈6 h 36 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Petroșani ≈584 km, ≈8 h 55 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Chernivtsi – Petroșani ≈539 km, ≈9 h 19 min (via Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.