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The administrative and political center of the county, a genuine value for tourism in Bucovina, is situated on the European Road E 20, 433 km from Bucharest (one hour by plane).

Mentioned in documents for the first time in 1388, under the rule of Petru I Musat, Suceava was for a long time the capital of Moldavia. It developed under the rule of Stefan cel Mare and Petru Rares.

A series of cultural events taking place all year round contribute to familiarizing tourists with traditions, customs and folk costumes. It is worth mentioning "Voronetiana", 'Lira de aur"(The Gold Lyre), the National Contest of Poems"Nicolae Labis", "The Festival of Winter Customs".

Suceava shelters numberless tourist objectives:

• The Throne Fortress. It is situated in the east of the town, built by the voievode Petru I Musat, mentioned as early as 1388. It has walls of over 10 meters in height and 4 meters in thickness.
  
• The Scheia Fortress - at 384 m altitude, built in the 14th century situated in the northwest of the town. It is rhomboid.
  
• The Sf. Ioan cel Nou Monastery (Petru Rares, 1532). Keeps the relicts of St. John the New and it is a bishopric.
  
• The Sf. Dumitru Church (Petru Rares, 1535), the Sf. Neculai Church, the Resurrection Church (1643, Vasile Lupu), the Zamca Church (built by Armenians around 1600).
  
• The Equestrian Statue of Stephen the great. It is the masterpiece of the sculptor Eftimie Barleanu, unveiled in 1977, where the Throne Fortress dominates the town.

Other attractive sites are the National Museum of Bucovina(founded in 1900, the Throne Hall reconstituting the atmosphere at the Court of Stephan the Great), the Museum of Natural Sciences.

IZVORUL MUNTELUI

The biggest artificial lake in Romanian internal rivers, it is situated on the Bistrita river which was an old way for river rafting.