# Raciula Monastery

- **Type:** Experience
- **Language:** en
- **Offered by:** The moldova.travel catalogue
- **Region:** The Codru Forests
- **Category:** Culture
- **Coordinates:** 47.305076, 28.349197
- **Tags:** Culture, Cultură, Monasteries, Routes of life, Rutele vieții, Культура, Мănăstiri, Монастыри, Пути жизни
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-30T14:43:58+02:00
- **Canonical page:** https://moldova.travel/en/experiences/185-raciula-monastery
- **This document:** https://moldova.travel/en/experiences/185-raciula-monastery.md

## Description

The Raciula Monastery, an hour from Chisinau, offers visitors an experience that few Moldovan religious enclaves do – a chance to live like a nun for a few days. So if you are looking for inner peace in a simple setting, consider staying in the soothing atmosphere of Raciula for awhile.

The monastery’s massive gates are always open. The 70 nuns live in a small cluster of old houses and gardens. The Raciula is one of four Moldovan monasteries built in the shape of a cross. The others are Frumoasa, Hirbovets and Hirjeuca.

- Distance from Chisinau: 45 km
- Visiting hours: Monday – Sunday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Type: Monastery for nuns

## Photos

![Raciula Monastery](https://moldova.travel/mt-media/catalogue/manastirea-raciula/media/renditions/1280/manastirea-raciula-1.jpg.webp)

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