Must-SeeBucovina
About 152 miles away
A green corner of northern Romania known for its painted monasteries, covered in 16th-century frescoes.
4 Sights
Orheiul Vechi
A cave monastery cut into a limestone cliff above a looping river gorge, with traditional villages below.
- Open
- Always; the cave church keeps its own hours
- Price
- Free; paid for the museum
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Butuceni, MD-3552 OrheiDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour by car or tour north of Chișinău.
Why Go
Monks carved cells into the cliff over the Răut river from the 13th century, and a monk still lives in the cave church. The plateau above has the ruins of a Golden Horde town and a 19th-century church, and the village of Butuceni below has old cottages and guesthouses.
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