Vatra Moldoviței

Suceava County · Romania
Vatra Moldoviței — photo 1

Photos: Moldovița Monastery: UNESCO painted church behind walls

Vatra Moldoviței is a village in Romania.

Elevation: about 623 m above sea level. Population: 1,810 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

Peaks nearby

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RarăuPeakRarăuCâmpulung Moldovenescaltitude 1 651 m22 km from the centreRarău (Romanian: Vârful Rarău) is the highest summit of the massif of the same name in the Eastern Carpathians, 1,651 m above sea level.

What to visit

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Moldovița Monastery: UNESCO painted church behind wallsChurchMoldovița Monastery: UNESCO painted church behind wallsVatra Moldovițeiunder 1 km from the centreMoldovița Monastery (Mănăstirea Moldovița) lies in the village of Vatra Moldoviței, in a wooded valley in the west of Romanian Bukovina, about 15 km from the village...Mocănița Huțulca: forest narrow-gauge railway in MoldovițaHeritage transportMocănița Huțulca: forest narrow-gauge railway in MoldovițaMoldovița4.9 km from the centreA forest narrow-gauge railway more than 135 years old Moldovița is a mountain village in the valley of the river of the same name, in the very heart of Romanian...Wood Art Museum in Câmpulung MoldovenescMuseumWood Art Museum in Câmpulung MoldovenescCâmpulung Moldovenesc14 km from the centreThe Wood Art Museum (Muzeul Arta Lemnului) in Câmpulung Moldovenesc is, in the museum's own words, the only ethnographic museum in Romania devoted exclusively to the...Sucevița Monastery: UNESCO painted church and wallsChurchSucevița Monastery: UNESCO painted church and wallsSucevița17 km from the centreSucevița Monastery (Mănăstirea Sucevița) stands in the valley of the river of the same name in the village of Sucevița, about 18 km from the town of Rădăuți in...Solca Monastery: Ștefan Tomșa's church of 1612–1614ChurchSolca Monastery: Ștefan Tomșa's church of 1612–1614Solca20 km from the centreThe Monastery of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Solca (Mănăstirea Solca) is a 17th-century Orthodox monastery in southern Bukovina, in the valley between Rădăuți...Black pottery of Marginea: the Magopăț family workshopCrafts & workshopsBlack pottery of Marginea: the Magopăț family workshopMarginea23 km from the centreBlack pottery of Marginea: the sixth generation of the Magopăț family Marginea is a large village in the Romanian part of Bukovina, between the town of Rădăuți and...

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.