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Moldova by campervan: safety and healthcare

Campervan safety in Moldova: vehicle security, healthcare, emergency contacts and practical prevention. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

Safety and health

Safety and health

Moldova is a low-crime country to travel through and the two things to plan for are the water and the roads. UK health advice is to drink only bottled or boiled water, and names ticks, biting insects and tick-borne encephalitis as the health risks. State medical facilities are described as generally poor, private clinics as better, and most providers expect cash or card at the time of treatment, so travel insurance that covers evacuation is not optional here.

A covered wooden arcade hung with lanterns along an empty paved walkway at dusk
Where there is lighting it is good. Away from it, carry a torch

What works

  • Bottled or boiled water only. Plan a week's drinking water the way you would in a hot country.
  • Do not drive outside towns at night. The roads are unlit and the surfaces are the problem.

Health and pharmacies

  • 112 for emergencies. Operators may speak only Romanian or Russian.
  • A farmacie is the pharmacy and is the first stop for anything minor.

UK government advice is against all travel to Transnistria, which is outside the control of the Moldovan government. Its de facto authorities run their own control points, use their own currency, and have widened the powers they use against people they regard as extremists, which they interpret to include ordinary protest and expression. All crossings between Transnistria and Ukraine are temporarily closed. If you are driving Chișinău to Odesa on the map, look at which side of the Dniester the road is on before you commit to it.