Day Trip From Iasi To The Unesco Painted Monasteries In Bucovina

Admire the famous Painted Monasteries of Bucovina in a private day trip from Iasi. Your tour includes visits to three of the most iconic UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bucovina (Voronet Monastery, Moldovita Monastery and Sucevita Monastery), as well as to the pottery workshop in Marginea, renowned for its black pottery. Enjoy a day trip to Bucovina, home to one of the world’s greatest art treasures: the Painted Monasteries, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. You will start your tour with a visit to Romania’s most renowned monastery: Voronet, a jewel of the UNESCO Northern Heritage, whose frescoes - featuring an intense shade of blue - have become famous throughout the world. The ‘blue of Voronet’ among with the western fresco that depicts the ‘Last Judgement of Christ’, made it renewed as the ‘Sistine Chapel of the East.’ Not far from here is Moldovita Monastery, an architectural masterpiece in the Byzantine style. Built by Petru Rares, the prince of the country at that time, Moldovita Monastery impresses with the complexity of the frescoes of its exterior walls. Your next stop will be at the Sucevita Monastery - UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007 and dominated by a shade of green. The last visit for the day will be at Marginea, a famous folk art center, best known for the black ceramics which are made here. You will witness the craft of molding clay, according to a technique unique in the world. Afterward, you will be transferred back to Iasi."