Southern Bukovina is the part of historical Bukovina now in Romania. It consists of the Suceava county.
Cities
Understand
The region is famous for its Painted Monasteries - some of them listed as UNESCO world heritage sites.
Get in
By plane
The Romanian airline Tarom has daily domestic flights from Bucharest to Suceava (IATA: SCV).
Get around
See
- Eight churches (seven in Bukovina) in the region make up the World Heritage site "Churches of Moldavia":
- Putna Monastery (Mănăstirea Putna), 47.866°, 25.596528°.
- Hermit Daniil's Cave (Chilia lui Daniil Sihastrul), 47.8652878°, 25.618092°.
- Moldovița Monastery (Mănăstirea Moldovița), 47.657049°, 25.571129°.
- Sucevița Monastery (Mănăstirea Sucevița), 47.77814°, 25.71118°.
- Dragomirna Monastery (Mănăstirea Dragomirna), 47.7575°, 26.23°.
- Arbore Church (Biserica Arbore), 47.733119°, 25.933056°.
- Church of the Holy Cross, Pătrăuți (Biserica Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci, Pătrăuți), 47.7294°, 26.193°.
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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.