Suta de Movile
Small hills in the Prut valley · come for the view from the hillock with the cross, not for the drive
Climbing the hillock with a Christian cross on top, which one review recommends for the view, and the view towards Romania across the Prut from „Movila Țiganului”, from another review.
Worth it if you are already in the north, heading to Cobani, Butești, Duruitoarea or Pădurea Domnească · reviews repeatedly say it does not justify a special trip from Chișinău. Come by car, because the hillocks are spread over a large area, mostly along the main road. For the view, one review recommends the hillock with a Christian cross on top. There is no website, no exact Google address and no information about facilities or toilets · bring water, proper shoes and navigate by coordinates.
Suta de Movile, the Hundred Hillocks, is an area of small hills in the Prut valley, in the village of Avrămeni, Braniște commune, Rîșcani district, about 146 km from central Chișinău in a straight line. Google has no street address for it, only the label Moldova, so you navigate by coordinates. Reviews describe a landform that looks very strange compared with the rest of the terrain around it, with hillocks scattered over a large area, most of them along the main road. Reviews also say the hillocks are mostly small and only one is genuinely high, with a view in all directions. Separately, one review recommends climbing the hillock with a Christian cross on top for the best view, and another says that from „Movila Țiganului” you can see Romania across the Prut. Beyond that, per one review, just a rural setting with orchards and nothing spectacular. Several reviews make the same point, that the hillocks alone do not justify the drive and that the place works combined with Cobani, Butești, Duruitoarea, Pădurea Domnească or the Costești-Stânca dam. There is no website and no information about facilities, marked trails or services. Google lists the place as open 24 hours, which fits an open landscape with no gate.
A walk among the Hundred Hillocks, a unique landscape of small mounds near the Prut.
- View in all directions from the only genuinely high hillock, per a review
- Hillock with a cross on top, recommended for the view, per a review
- Landform that looks strange next to the rest of the area, per a review
- Romania visible across the Prut from Movila Țiganului, per a review
- Might be good for camping, per a review
- Easy to combine with Cobani, Butești, Pădurea Domnească, Costești-Stânca
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“There are many hills but they are mostly small. There is only one really high hill where you get a splendid view in all the directions. You shouldn't go there only for the hills. Nearby there is the Bison Reserve and the Rocks in Cobani and Butesti.”
“An interesting place, but not worth traveling only for it. But, if you are in the north part of the country visiting other locations it would be nice to add this location to the list.”
“A place to visit while you driving to Duruitoarea or Cobani. It is an area with a lot of hills that looks very strange in comparison with the rest of the landforms. For the best view it is recommended to climb the one with a christian cross on top.”
- Not worth a special trip · reviews say visit it only while passing through
- Most hillocks are small, only one is genuinely high, per reviews
- Apart from the rural setting and the orchards there is nothing spectacular, per a review
- Scattered over a large area along the main road · you effectively need a car
- Google gives no address, only Moldova · navigate by coordinates, no known facilities