Vadu Izei – Gura Humorului | Into The Painted World Of Bucovina 49

Discover the graceful Bârsana monastery, its slender wooden spires rising towards the sky. After a beautiful chairlift ride, step into nature with an easy treck to the spectacular Horses’ Waterfall, Romania’s tallest. Later, stop to admire the painted houses of Ciocănești, uniquely adorned in a local tradition seen nowhere else in the country. In the afternoon, the journey takes you into Bukovina’s rolling hills to the luminous Voroneț Monastery, often called the “Sistine Chapel of the East.” Its celebrated frescoes — still radiant after five centuries — offer a serene and fitting close to a day that moves from living tradition to natural grandeur and finally to spiritual art.