This little town in Romania has become a tourist hotspot for the Japanese

 

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photo by Cezar Suceveanu

 

 

A Romanian little town is popular among the Japanese tourists. Jata tourism company which specializes in trips to Europe has asked its members to create a list of best little towns in Europe that are worth visiting.

The list includes 30 towns and villages and includes towns such as Berat, from Albania, Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy, Lech from Austria and Lefkara from Cyprus. The Japanese have chosen Gura Humorului as the best town to visit.

 

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photo: Remus Pereni

 

Gura Humorului is situated in the north of Romania, 35 km from Suceava city. The town is surrounded by forests and has been well known for its healing waters and clean air since the 19th century when it became a spa town.

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The town is indeed great for tourists as it has many interesting places to visit, such as the Voronet monastery which is considered the sixtine chapel of East of Europe. Additionally, those who love to ski can enjoy the Soimul ski slope which is 1478 metres length. The town also has a pool with sauna and jacuzzi, a swimming school,a diving school and a natural skating ring.

 

 

 

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Gura Humorului

Remus Pereni photo

 

source article: ideipentruvacanta

 

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5 responses to “This little town in Romania has become a tourist hotspot for the Japanese”

  1. simonjkyte Avatar

    It is not far from the painted Moldovan churches, I think

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      1. simonjkyte Avatar

        So they are definitely on to a good thing. I thought about going up that way and then over into Ukrainian Podolia which has interesting castles etc too

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      2. romanian1982 Avatar

        Sounds like a really nice trip.

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      3. simonjkyte Avatar

        except I did not do it – just researched it. Know someone on here who did though and looks great

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