INFORMATION
Traveling options to Suceava, Romania
1. Traveling from Finland
+Take the air plane.
Select
http://www.malev.com/
from Helsinki to Bucharest
The price for one round-trip ticket
is 311.5 EUR (incl. tax). We recommend you to buy the
ticket round trip because if you buy it just for one
way, the price will be much bigger. (479.3 EUR- just for
one way)
+ From Bucharest, you will have a
train trip.
Select
www.infofer.ro
(select the English version from the right corner) from
Bucharest North to Suceava.
You will arrive in Bucharest at 15:20
so you can get the 17:00 o’clock train (From
Bucharest North train station). In this case, you will
travel 05:58 h.
Or, if you won’t arrive in time, you
can get the 21:00 o’clock train (Here we recommend you
to take a Couchette ticket). In this case you will
travel 06:39 h)
The price of one ticket is aprox. 22
EUR
OR
Select
http://www.lufthansa.com
from Helsinki to Bucharest. The price for one round-trip
ticket is 242 EUR (not incl. tax) (Tax/fee amount is
between € 147 and € 148.)
In this case, you will arrive in
Bucharest at
17:10, so you can get the 21:00 o’clock
train
2. Traveling from Hungary**
Select
www.vola.ro
(Select the Enghish version) from Budapest to Cluj
The going out ticket is
108.40 EUR (incl tax)
+ select
www.infofer.ro
(select the English version from the right corner) from
Cluj-Napoca to Suceava.
You will have a 6:36 h trip train
from 21:32 to 04:08. You will travel at night so, we
recommend you to buy the ticket to the Couchette. It
will be much more comfortable.
(The next train from Cluj to Suceava
is at 01:35)
(For the coming back ticket,
we recommend you to select
www.wizzair.com
from Cluj-Napoca (Transilvania) to Budapest)
The coming back ticket is aprox. 74
HUF* (incl. tax)
*you should book your ticket as soon
as possible, because it is a special offer
** You should also check the train
trip options for Budapest - Suceava
3. Traveling from Bulgaria (Sofia)
Select
http://www.cfr.ro/calatori/romana/mers_extern.html
(the page is only in Romanian)
Here you can find the 382 train, from
Sofia to Suceava. (19:30 – 13:32). You can buy your
ticket to the Couchette, so you will travel much more
comfortable.
4. Traveling from Italy (Padova)
+Select
www.wizzair.com
from Venice-Treviso to Bucharest (13:05 – 16:00 on 5
April)
The going out ticket is aprox 30,99
EUR (incl. tax)
The coming back ticket is aprox 21,6
EUR (incl. tax)
+ select
www.infofer.ro
(select the English version from the right corner) from
Bucharest North to Suceava.
You will arrive in Bucharest at 16:00
so you can get the 17:00 o’clock train (IC).(from
Bucharest North train station). In this case, you will
travel 05:58 h.
Or, if you won’t arrive in time, you
can get the 21:00 o’clock train (Here we recommend you
to take a Couchette ticket). In this case you will
travel 06:39 h)
The price of one ticket is aprox. 22
EUR
*** Please note that prices are
subject of change. Please book your ticket as soon as
possible.
*** If you arrive to Bucharest
airport:
The way from the Bucharest airport to
the Bucharest North railway station is quite long and
complicated so you should take a taxi. Please be very
careful because the taxi drivers are very charlatan and
they will try to ask you a lot of money. You shouldn’t
pay more that 15 EUR (55 lei – on local money). So,
first ask the price and then ask if they can give you a
receipt.
*** If you arrive to Cluj-Napoca
airport:
If you arrive to Cluj-Napoca
airport, you should also take a taxi from the airport to
the Cluj-Napoca railway station. You shouldn’t pay more
that 10 EUR (36 lei – on local money). So, first ask the
price and then ask if they can give you a receipt.
*** For any questions,
please e-mail:
allinutza01@yahoo.com
Here are the trains from
Bucharest to Suceava:
Train Type |
Leaves Bucharest at:* |
Arrives at Suceava at: |
Intercity |
6.00 |
11.57 |
Rapide |
11.03 |
17.39 |
Rapide |
14.00 |
20.25 |
Intercity |
17.00 |
22.58 |
Rapide |
23.50 |
6.19 |
* all
trains leave from the Bucharest North Railway Station
You can find
further information at:
http://www.infofer.ro/default_engleza.asp?lng=2
Suceava and its
Surroundings
Suceava is one of the most
attractive and historic town in Romania. Situated on the
Land of Bukovina, one of the landmarks of Romania
spirituality owing to the beauty and variety of its
scenary, as well as to its rich legacy of historical and
art monuments, Suceava is famous for its touristic and
cultural life.
The historical,
artistic, ethnographic and literary traditions of the
area are preserved and promoted by a large network of
cultural institutions such as museums, magazines, book
collections etc. The most representatives among them
are:
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the Bukovina Museum of History;
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the Simion Florea Marian House;
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the Princely Inn;
-
ethel. C. Sbiera Library of Bukovina.
Ancient capital city of
Moldavia, Suceava preserves the ruins of the fortress of
the most important Romanian prince, symbol of Romanian
spirituality, Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great)
(1457-1504).

Suceava is situated in a
country which is world -wide renowned for the medieval
monastries with exterior frescoes of Voronet, Sucevita,
Moldovita, Humor, Arboreaswell asforthoseof Putna and
Dragomirna, withoutexteriorfrescoes but, thefirstone,
symbol of Romanity, and the second one, of Romanian
architecture.

Today, Suceava is a lovely
town (about 100,000 inhabitants) in which new buildings
combine with the old to create a pleasant environment in
which to live, work and study.
Communications with other parts of the country are
good: Bucharest can be reached in about 5 hours by train
and one hour by plane. It is possible to travel by train
or by coach to and from every part of the country.
There is a lively local
art and cultural scene in our House of Culture. If you
are interested in sport, Suceava has one football team,
as well as other sport facilities.
In the areas of the town where you will probably live
and study there is a large variety of restaurants, pubs
and cafés serving the food at a range of prices.
The University Taking the name of our Moldavian prince
Stefan cel Mare, the University is very much a
part of the Towp and develops in close connection with
the cultural and historical realities of the area. it
continues as well the cultural traditions of higher
education in Bukovina, as they have been represented by
the Academy of Putna, the Theological Institute, the
University of Cernauti, the Faculty of Forestry in
Cimpulung Moldovenesc.
A bit of History:

Since its inception in 1963,
the High Education Institute of Suceava proposed a
number of courses designed forthe students coming from
the areas as well as for those of different counties of
Romania.
Born as a Teachers Tranining
Institute, with 3 year curricula,it comprised the
following Singel or Joint Honours: Letters (Languages),
Mathematics-Physics, History-Geography and Sports.
In 1976, the Teachers
Training Institute became the Faculty of Letters and
Sciences. During the same year the Technical Faculty was
founded with the following honours: Mechanical
Engineering, Technology of Food Products, Electrical
Engineering.
In 1990, the Government decided to give the status
of University to the previous High Education Institute
and so Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
became one of the most important new medium size
universities in Romania.
Suceava district map:

(click the map to enlarge)
Photos with Suceava:
http://www.turisminbucovina.ro/ro/foto.htm
More information about the Bucovina zone
at:
http://www.turisminbucovina.ro |