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Codru

Codru is the area of ancient forests in the hilly Central Moldavian Plateau.

Codru
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The place

Codru is the area of ancient forests in the hilly Central Moldavian Plateau.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Codru

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Hâncu monastery

    The Hâncu Monastery is a monastery in Bursuc, Moldova. The monastery was founded in 1678, in the principality of Moldavia.

    2.9 km · architectural monument of national importance in Moldova · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mansion of Zamfirache Ralli

    The Mansion of Ralli family is a former boyar residence from the early 19th century, built by the wealthy Greek nobleman Zamfirache Ralli in the village of Dolna, in the Bessarabia region. This place is particularly renowned for being frequently visited by the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin during his exile in Chișinău from 1821 to 1823.

    3.5 km · historical and architectural monument of national importance in Moldova · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Codru

Airports
Chişinău (RMO), 52 km · Iaşi (IAS), 52 km · Bacău George Enescu International (BCM), 124 km
  • Chişinău → Codru
    5 km · quickest by road, 24 min · $0.5–1
  • Iaşi → Codru
    95 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · lei33–44
  • Bacău → Codru
    152 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · lei50–65
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Codru

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Codru. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    760 km
  2. 02
    GökçeadaTR

    11 ways of moving, 39 sources

    796 km
  3. 03
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    835 km
  4. 04
    MljetHR

    9 ways of moving, 28 sources

    977 km
  5. 05
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    989 km

If you know how people move in Codru – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Codru

Codru is 44 km from Chisinau, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bursucvillage in Nisporeni District, Moldova600 m
  • Dolnavillage in Strășeni District, Moldova3.2 km
  • Iurcenicommune in Nisporeni District, Moldova3.1 km
  • Micleușenicommune in Strășeni District, Moldova1.9 km