Romania's Painted Monasteries

The Bucovina region is in the north-east of Romania. It is noted, amongst another attractions, for its painted monasteries. Using the small city of Suceava as a base I explored five monasteries. The first was St John the New, located in Suceava. The remainder, in the rolling hill country, north and east of Suceava were Voronet, Humor, Moldovita and Sucevita.

During the period I was in Suceava, the only way I could visit the monasteries was to hire a private driver. If alone, this can be expensive. Fortunately for me another three people were interested in taking the trip on the same day allowwing cost sharing.