2-day pilgrimage to Putna and the Monasteries of Bucovina

Tour Details

Departure Location and Time:

• Chișinău – 33 Circului Street (Circus Parking in Chișinău) – 23:00

Price includes:

• Round-trip transportation
• 1-night accommodation in a guesthouse/hotel/motel
• Guide
• Medical insurance
• Excursions as indicated in the program

Price does not include:

• Tickets for entry to tourist attractions
• Personal expenses
• Meals

Additional Services:

• Single room (30 euros)
• Seat in the first 5 rows on the bus (10 euros)
• Additional seat on the bus (40 euros)
• For seniors, age > 66 years, an additional fee is charged for medical insurance (5 euros)

TIPS FOR TOURISTS:

• Ladies and young ladies should wear skirts and cover their heads.
• It is recommended to bring a packed snack.

Notes:

In case the client is alone and has not paid for a single room but for sharing (the client agrees to stay in a room with another tourist or tourists), but until the day of departure, the tour company does not have similar clients who are also alone but have paid the standard price for sharing, in this case, the client is obliged to pay the supplement for a single room.

Itinerary

Day 1. Chișinău – Putna – Moldovița (approx. 400 km)

• Meeting with the accompanying guide at 22:30, Circus Parking in Chișinău. Departure at 23:00 on the route: Chișinău – Putna – Moldovița.

Day 2. Putna – Moldovița

Arrival in Putna. We will visit the following tourist attractions:

• Putna Monastery, participation in the liturgy.
• Putna Hermitage, an Orthodox monastery of monks, from the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți.
• The Cell of Daniel the Hermit, a cave dug into a rock on the valley of the Vițău stream, where the Venerable Daniel the Hermit lived as a hermit.
• Marginea Monastery, which is a skete of the Putna Hermitage.
• Sucevița Monastery, an Orthodox monastery built between 1583-1586 and located in the village of Sucevița.
• Moldovița Monastery, one of the old monastic settlements, with an important and glorious historical past, located in the commune of Vatra Moldoviței.
• On the way to accommodation, we will stop at a store to shop for dinner. Accommodation.

Day 3. Voroneț – Iași – Chișinău (approx. 400 km)

• Participation in the Liturgy at Voroneț Monastery.
• Humor Monastery, an Orthodox monastery in Romania, built in 1530 in the village of Humor.
• St. George's Church in Suceava, also known as the Mirăuți Church, an Orthodox church built in the 14th century and then rebuilt in the 17th century in the city of Suceava.
• St. John the New Monastery, an Orthodox monastery in Romania, built between 1514-1522 in the city of Suceava.
• Departure for home.

 

Day 4

• Arrival home between 01:00-06:00 depending on weather conditions, traffic, and customs formalities.