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A birthplace of an old
civilization, the Bucovina is situated in the North-Eastern part of Romania and
on the first places as concerns its surface, number of inhabitants, and
economic, tourist and human potential. The relief is a mountain, hilly and
steppe one with wonderful landscapes, with a dense hydrographic network,
fast waters flow on sunny valleys.
The forests and natural
reservations of this corner of our
country call the attention of more and more tourists who love nature. The
natural reservation of yew tree in the Tudora Forest.
the beech forest at Suharau, the magnolia reservations as well as many other
rarities of flora call the interest of Romanian and foreign tourists and
specialists.
The Bucovina
has large natural reservations of fauna as well (stag, roebuck, bear, wild boar,
capercaillie, lynx). The rich hunting fauna (wild boar. stag. pheasant, or
partridge) is under the law protection on a surface area of 320.000 ha and
fine water surfaces (for fishing) can be found in all valleys.
There are here good facilities for the summer
and winter sports, for hunting and
fishing, as well as for rest in large oasis of calm. The mountains of Suceava has natural varied and
attractive places. A wonderful route is the one to the Calimani volcanic
massif, or to the Giumaslau and Rarau massive, the last one being known for
its karst relief. Some wonderful landscapes are offered by the narrow
pathes of the Bistrita Aurie River,
Upper Valley of Moldova and Suceava
Rivers.
As well as to its wonderful landscapes, folk
life, numberless cultural and
historical monuments and make the
Bucovina one of the important turistic area in Romania.
Among the vestiges perfectly integrated
into the nature, a special mention has to be done in connection with the painted
monuments which are included by the
UNESCO among the masterprices of the world art. Also the International
Federation of Tourism Journalists and Writers (FIJET) awarded the POMME
D'OR international Prize in 1975 to this zone known now all over the world.
Having a rich cultural life along the
time, in Bucovina, important personalities
of science and culture were
born and now they have their names mentioned in Romanian and world culture.
Poetry Mihai Eminescu, musicians George Enescu and Ciprian Porumbescu ,
historian Nicolae Iorga, painter Stefan Luchian, mathematicians Dimitrie
Pompeiu and Octav Onicescu are only some names of this brilliant pleiad.
The local customs on the religious
feasts (Christmas and New Year carols)
and of the main moments of people's life are very interesting for tourists
who visit this place.
A legendary land. This is Bucovina for
the visitors of this part of Romania, a place where history
is all around, a land where folk life and people warmth expect only to be
discover.
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