Escape to Bucovina Monasteries!

Bucharest, Suceava, Bucovina monasteries

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Duration

2 Nights 3 Days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

Overview

Duration : 2 Nights / 3 Days

Destinations : Bucharest – Suceava – Bucovina monasteries

Itinerary

In the morning pick up from hotel and transfer to railway station for the train to Suceava; Arrive in the afternoon and short sightseeing tour of Suceava with the visit to the old ruins and St. George Church the oldest in the town. Overnight at the hotel in Gura Humorului.

Today you’ll taste a little bit from the Romanian inwardness. You’ll visit the World Heritage outside painted monasteries, unique in the world: Sucevita – the only one built in the XIV century with high and thick walls like a real fortress, Voronet – the Sistine Chapel of the Orient, founded by the king Stephan the Great in 1487 to celebrate a big victory over the Ottoman Empire, Moldovita – founded by Petru Rares in 1537 with a stunning representation depicts the Tree of Jesse, representing Christ’s genealogy, a wide-spread iconographical theme in Europe during the Middle Ages. During your incursion thru history and religion you can stop in Marginea to enjoy the local workshops of black ceramics. Overnight at the hotel in Gura Humorului. (B)

Transfer to Suceava Railway station and departure to Bucharest, arrival and transfer to your hotel. (B)

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