# Tourist attractions in Bukovina [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) Bukovina is the land in the north of Moldavia, on the slopes of the Obcine ridges and the Rarău, with spruce forests, hay meadows and villages of ornately decorated houses. The name was given by the Austrians, who ruled it from 1775 to 1918; the southern part remained with Romania and today covers Suceava County. Suceava, the old capital of Moldavia, is the main town, followed by Rădăuți, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Gura Humorului and Vatra Dornei. Among the places to visit in Bukovina, the most sought-after are the monasteries with sixteenth-century exterior frescoes, listed as UNESCO World Heritage. [Voroneț Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-voronet), with its famous blue, [Sucevița](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-sucevita), [Moldovița](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-moldovita) and [Humor](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-humor) are a short distance from one another and can comfortably be seen in two days. In Suceava, the [Princely Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-de-scaun-a-sucevei) is where the princes of Moldavia ruled the country from. Towards the mountains, the Cacica Salt Mine, the Transrarău road and the resort of [Vatra Dornei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/vatra-dornei) round off the route. The whole county is on the [Suceava](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/county/suceava) page. ## Tourist attractions 13 attractions - [Voroneț Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-voronet) — Monasteries and churches · Voroneț, SV · 10 lei · ½ – 1 hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 The church founded by Stephen the Great in 1488, painted on the outside with the Last Judgment on a background of "Voroneț blue"; a UNESCO site near Gura Humorului. - [Suceava Princely Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-de-scaun-a-sucevei) — Fortresses and fortifications · Suceava, SV · 20 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · Top 100 The stone stronghold of the princes of Moldavia in Suceava, built by Peter Mușat and strengthened by Stephen the Great, with a bridge over the moat, walls over 10 m high and a display of medieval arms and treasure. - [Transrarău](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/transrarau) — Scenic roads · Suceava County · Free · 1½ – 2 hours · Top 100 A paved road over the Rarău Mountains between Pojorâta and Chiril, with 28 km of hairpins beneath the Pietrele Doamnei rocks and views over the mountains of Bukovina. - [Vatra Dornei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/vatra-dornei) — Resorts and thermal baths · Vatra Dornei, SV · Free · 2½ – 3 hours · Top 100 A spa resort more than two centuries old in the Dorna Depression: carbonated springs, peat mud, a park full of squirrels and the Spa Casino, restored and reopened as a museum. - [Sucevița Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-sucevita) — Monasteries and churches · Sucevița, SV · 1 – 1½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage The Movilă family's fortified monastery, built in the 1580s among the hills of Bukovina, with a church painted almost entirely inside and out and the famous "Ladder of Virtues"; a UNESCO site. - [Cacica Salt Mine](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/salina-cacica) — Salt mines · Cacica, SV · 38 lei · 1 – 1½ hours A salt mine opened by the Austrians in 1791 with miners brought from Galicia: 192 fir steps lead down to a chapel carved in salt, a salt lake and a ballroom 42 m below ground. - [Humor Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-humor) — Monasteries and churches · Mănăstirea Humorului, SV · ½ – 1 hours · UNESCO World Heritage The church built in 1530 by chancellor Toader Bubuiog under Petru Rareș, painted outside in shades of red, with an open porch and Vasile Lupu's tower; a UNESCO site. - [Arbore Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-arbore) — Monasteries and churches · Arbore, SV · 45 min · UNESCO World Heritage The church built in 1502 by Hetman Luca Arbore, with no tower and exterior frescoes from 1541 dominated by green; a UNESCO site, today the church of Arbore Monastery. - [Ciumârna Pass](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/pasul-ciumarna) — Scenic roads · Suceava County · Free · ½ – 1 hours The ~1,100 m pass where the DN17A crosses the Obcina Mare ridge between Vatra Moldoviței and Sucevița, with hairpins through spruce forest, wide views over the Bukovina hills and the road builders' “Palm” monument. - [Moldovița Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-moldovita) — Monasteries and churches · Vatra Moldoviței, SV · 1 – 1½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage Founded by Petru Rareș in 1532, with a church painted on the outside in shades of yellow and blue and the famous Siege of Constantinople fresco; a UNESCO site in Bukovina. - [Pătrăuți Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-patrauti) — Monasteries and churches · Pătrăuți, SV · UNESCO World Heritage The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built by Stephen the Great in 1487: his oldest surviving foundation, with the "Cavalcade of the Holy Cross" fresco; a UNESCO site near Suceava. - [Probota Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-probota) — Monasteries and churches · Probota, SV · UNESCO World Heritage Peter Rareș's 1530 foundation and his family's burial place, with the fresco-painted church of St Nicholas inside fortress-like walls; a UNESCO site near Dolhasca. - [St John the New Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-sf-ioan-cel-nou-suceava) — Monasteries and churches · Suceava, SV · UNESCO World Heritage The former metropolitan cathedral of Moldavia, built in 1514–1522 in the centre of Suceava and home to the relics of St John the New; its church of St George is a UNESCO site. ## Counties - [Suceava](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/county/suceava) --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/region/bucovina Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/regiune/bucovina.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/region/bucovina.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/regione/bucovina.md Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania