Southern Bukovina

Southern Bukovina is the part of historical Bukovina now in Romania. It consists of the Suceava county.

Cities

• 1 Suceava
• 2 Rădăuţi
• 3 Câmpulung Moldovenesc
• 4 Gura Humorului - Voroneț Monastery and Humor Monastery

Understand

The region is famous for its Painted Monasteries - some of them listed as UNESCO world heritage sites.

Get in

By plane

• 1 Stefan cel Mare International Airport (SCV ^IATA) (is 11 km east of the city). Flights from Bucharest (Tarom); from Dortmund, London-Luton, Munich-Memmingen, Milan and Rome (provided by Wizz Air). The airport is small with few services. (updated Mar 2024)

See

• Eight churches (seven in Bukovina) in the region make up the World Heritage site "Churches of Moldavia":
• 1 Putna Monastery (Mănăstirea Putna).  
• 2 Hermit Daniil's Cave (Chilia lui Daniil Sihastrul).  
• 3 Moldovița Monastery (Mănăstirea Moldovița).  
• 4 Sucevița Monastery (Mănăstirea Sucevița).  
• 5 Dragomirna Monastery (Mănăstirea Dragomirna).  
• 6 Arbore Church (Biserica Arbore).  
• 7 Church of the Holy Cross, Pătrăuți (Biserica Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci, Pătrăuți).  

Go next

The road to Borsa (no. 18) is catastrophic. It is full with holes, so unless you really need to travel, choose another direction. For a distance of 25 km, you can go at the maximum of 20 km/hour. Also, with motorcycles you really need to choose another direction.