Săpânța is a village in the Maramureș region.

Get in

Travel by train to Sighetu Marmației, then hitchhike or take a bus (hourly) for 18km.

Closest airports are Satu Mare and Baia Mare.

See

Merry cemetery tombstones

• 1 The Merry Cemetery (Cimitirul Vesel). It is famous for its colourful tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. 
• 2 Săpânța-Peri Monastery (Mănăstirea Săpânța-Peri). The tallest wooden church in the world (updated Apr 2015)