The 8 Best Bucovina Tours

1.Bucovina Painted Monasteries Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 83 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $102Our pick

Visit Humor, Voronet, Moldovita, and Sucevita monasteries with an English-speaking guide-driver such as Sebastian, then cross the Palma Pass for mountain views, lunch, and a short stop at Marginea’s black-pottery workshops. The private vehicle carries no more than seven people, with pickup available in Suceava or Gura Humorului.

“A great day exploring the Bucovina monasteries. Sebastian was a very knowledgeable & accommodating guide & driver. The information shared at each stop made the day so much more memorable than just our photos. The lunch stop for local cuisine was the perfect opportunity for us to try some new Romanian dishes. The countryside is beautiful. Highly recommend taking the opportunity explore this region (or further afar) with Sebastian. Thanks for a most wonderful day.”

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2.1-Day Bucovina Painted Monasteries tour from Suceava – English

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · 7 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $140

Spend 7 to 9 hours touring Bucovina’s painted monasteries with a private English-speaking guide. Visit Humor, Voronet, Moldovita, and Sucevita, then stop at Marginea to see traditional black pottery. Hotel pickup, parking, air-conditioned transport, and a guide are included. Lunch and entrance fees cost extra.

“Charming and educatonal. Architecture, history , iconography. Mountain views captivating. Not too long, not too short either. All in all a pleasant day.”

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3.Day trip from Iasi to the UNESCO Painted Monasteries in Bucovina

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $244

Travel by private vehicle from Iasi to Bucovina with an English-speaking guide, visiting Voronet, Moldovita, and Sucevita monasteries. Expect about an hour at each, with entrance fees, hotel or airport pickup, bottled water, and time to learn about Marginea’s black pottery. Guides such as Mihai, Nicu, Iulian, and George are praised for clear explanations and careful driving.

“Nicu has been an amazing guide: absolutely overdelivering not only he has shown us (with the help of the very funny and informative Florin) the wonderful monasteries of Bucovina, adding a lot of background informations about Moldava and Bucovina. They added extra spice to the tour with an adrenalinic ride on a telepheric over the woods and we also had a very pleasant lunch with a local family. An unforgettable experience !”

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4.11-Day Romania Tour from Bucharest with Transylvania & Bucovina

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $2,367

Travel through Romania by private air-conditioned car or van with an English-speaking guide and driver. This 11-day route links Bucharest, Bran, Brasov, Bucovina, Maramures, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, and Curtea de Arges, with 10 nights of lodging, breakfast, and airport transfers included. Expect castles, painted monasteries, wooden churches, steam trains, and long mountain drives.

“We had a 10 day custom tour of Romania in June 2019, and from the first communication by email to the final drop off, everything was exceptional.”

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5.Bucovina Painted Monasteries & Transylvania Tour: 4-Day Private

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4 days (approx.) · from $1,356

Travel privately from Bucharest with an English-speaking guide such as Toni or Marius, visiting Agapia, Văratec, Sucevița, Moldovița, Voroneț, Sighișoara, Viscri, Brașov, the Black Church, and Peleș Castle. Three hotel nights, breakfasts, transport, pickup, and drop-off are included.

“We visited Romania in August, 2024 and again in May, 2025 using Toni Tatar's company both times. We found this company amazing to work with. Toni is very professional, knowledgeable, kind, thorough, and an absolute joy to spend time with. He knows Romania inside and out and made it's history come alive for us. We stayed at lovely hotels that were incredibly reasonable and ate at the most delicious restaurants with high quality food that was very affordable. There was no detail that was left to chance and we were in very capable hands. We learned so much about this beautiful country, it's welcoming and friendly people, and their very…”

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6.Half Day Tour to Bucovina Painted Monasteries

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $59Best value

Visit Humor and Voronet monasteries with Sebastian, your English-speaking guide and driver. See Humor’s red-brown frescoes and Voronet’s famous lapis-lazuli blue, then browse local carpets and traditional clothes. Pickup is available in Suceava or Gura Humorului. Admission costs 20 Lei per person in cash.

“The guide very attentive and the phenomenal experience.It was punctual in the collection the very good explanation in each temple we were.Auto-translated”

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7.Transylvania & Bucovina Private Tour – 6 days

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $1,419

Travel privately from Bucharest through Transylvania and Bucovina with a professional guide, five hotel nights, breakfast, and round-trip transport. See Bran and Peles castles, Sighisoara, Sibiu, Bicaz Gorges, and four painted monasteries. Guide Gabriel is named in the tour feedback as a standout source of Romanian history, language, and culture.

“If you have a week in Romania, definitely take this tour. Highly recommended! Transylvania is enchanting, but Bucovina is just as fascinating with beautiful UNESCO historical painted monasteries as well as magnificent gorge enroute. We had thRead more”

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8.Two days tour to Bucovina & UNESCO Painted Monasteries

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $696

Travel from Cluj-Napoca through Bistrita and Ciocanesti to Bucovina’s famous painted monasteries. A private English-speaking guide and modern vehicle handle the long route, with lunch, dinner, one hotel night, entrance fees, and hotel or airport pickup included. Guides Florian and Florin have also added flexible stops, including an egg museum.

“Painted Bukovina churches are much more impressive than can be judged from photo's. Bonus is egg museum, which indeed contains more than 10 000 painted-engraved eggs. Special thanks to our guide Florin for a visit to additional monastery (not included in the prograRead more”

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