Gura Humorului

Gura Humorului is in Southern Bukovina. The town itself is less interesting than Sighisoara or Brasov, but it is very close to the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina, which are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. The scenery around Gura Humorului is very beautiful as well.

Get in
It is well connected to Suceava with both bus and train. Bus and train stations (autogara and gara) are very close to each other and they are next to the centre. See CFR for train schedules for the whole country. There is a link for an English version in the lower right corner.

Get around
It's a small town and you can get around on foot. Taxis are an inexpensive option at around 2 lei per kilometer.

Do

 * If you want to get online, there is an Internet café just in front of the train station. It costs 2 lei/hour.

Buy
Try to locate Letitia Orsivschi from Vama (about 20km west of Gura Humorului). She paints eggs in traditional patterns with hot wax. She does this all free hand with a single horse hair brush. Her work is very impressive and very inexpensive to purchase. She does not speak English, but does speak French. Email address: letitia_orsivschi@yahoo.com

Also try to find Radu Bircea. He is a fantastic local painter. He does not speak English either, but does speak Russian.

The front desk staff at the Best Western Hotel can probably help you locate either Letitia or Radu. The staff at the town museum might also be helpful.

Eat

 * Restaurantul Moldova - you will see on the right while walking from the main square (where the huge Best hotel is) towards the bridge. It's a good restaurant making some traditional Romanian dishes. Inside there is a small stand giving touristic information. They also plan trips for the surrounding Painted monasteries.
 * Hilde's - take a taxi or ask the locals, the food is traditional and fabulous

Drink
In the city center go to "La Bomba" a quiet little pub/pizza place. Relatively cheap, as beer starts from 4 lei (approx. 1 euro)