Romania Photo of the Day by Dreamstime: Bucovina in autumn colors

The Romania Photo of the Day created in partnership with stock photo provider Dreamstime aims to highlight the best of Romania. From stunning landscapes and popular tourist destinations and landmarks to people, traditions, and food, this series helps you discover Romania one photo at a time. This week, we put the focus on beautiful Romanian landscapes in autumn colors.

The region of Bucovina is an intriguing place located in the Carpathian foothills of northern Moldova, home to beautiful landscapes, rich culture, delicious food, and bountiful history. (Photo source - click on the number to get to the photo 46922007 © Palaghioi Vasile | Dreamstime.com)

When you arrive in Bucovina, you will notice the ethnic and linguistic diversity of the communities living here alongside the Romanians, says holaromania.com: Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Hungarians, Lipovans, Ruthenians, and Roma have all built communities here, which has led to countless customs, traditions, and folk objects specific to the area.

According to explorebucovina.com, Bucovina's relief includes plains, hills, and, the most impressive of them all, mountains such as the Călimani Mountains - the highest volcanic mountains in the country), the Rarău Massif – which features one of the most interesting geological forms in the Oriental Carpathians chain, called Pietrele Doamnei (The Lady’s Rocks), the Giumalău Mountains – which features plateaus that offer one of the greatest views in the Oriental Carpathians and the secular forest Giumalău with its massive species of coniferous trees.

Some of the best places to explore in Bucovina, according to romaniatourism.com and Libertatea are:

The painted monasteries with their spectacular Byzantine frescos – Voroneț, Moldovița, Sucevița, Humor, Putna, Arbore, Probota