Lary Hostel
Suceava, Romania

Maybe its time to forget all the scarry stories youve heard about Transilvania. While you won't find any vampires hiding under your bed, you will descover unforgettable landscape, 500-year old monasteries and churches that seem embroidered in stone and air so fresh you'll want to bottle it and take it back to your own country. There are also the wide terrace, clubs and discos of Suceava to visit if you want a slightly more modern experience.

The Hostel itself is a brand-new house with brand-new furniture, the cost of your stay includes not only a bed with clean linen and blankets but also free laundry service, cable TV and internet, coffe, BBQ acces, full breakfast based on natural products straight from the village nearby, parking not to mention the Tours of the local area which we will happily organize for you.

It's important when you travel to a new place to see things from the local point of view. At LARY Hostel we know how to be friendly without worrying the life out of you or desperately trying to be nice. We go with you to show you places.

Festivals in Bucovina

Life in Bucovina is marked by a series of events,
holidays and festivals that repeat themselves each
year. These old traditions are well conserved in this
part of Romania.
There are many occasions to celebrate; first of all
there are important religious holidays, Christmas,
Easter and the feast days of the major saints; then,
there are several ethno-folkloric festivals, usually
related to the cyclic agrarian rituals; to these could
be added the numerous other cultural manifestations
and fairs.

February
- Paltinoasa - A Time for Evening Sittings
. A festival of folk
music. Originally, is a reunion
in a peasant house, a combination of a sewing circle
and an occasion to sing, dance, recite poems, or make
jokes.

March
- Last week, Fundu Moldovei - The Annunciation
Religious Music Festival (Festivalul de Muzica;
Religioasa; Bunavestire).
- Vatra Moldovitei - Flowers from Bucovina (Flori
din Bucovina).
- Cornu Luncii - Peasants Dance (Hora gospodarilor),
a local festival of folk dance and music.

Groups of childrens at the Iasi Feast.

May
-Rock Music Festival
(Festivalul de Muzica Rock).
- First days, Marginea - Black Pottery Fair (Târgul de
Ceramica), a fair of the typical
black pottery made in the village.
- Minorities Festival
(Festivalul Minoritic,a festival of Bucovinas ethnic
minorities, the Armenians, Poles and Ukrainians.
- Gura Humorului - National Festival of Caricatures
and Epigrams Humour at Gura Humorului (Festival
National de Caricaturi si Epigrame Umorla Gura
Humorului).

June
- The first half, Straja - Festival of Traditional
Wedding Customs (Festivalul Traditiilor de
Nunta;).
- Sadova - Gathering of Sheep (Strunga oilor). The
sheep are gathered together at the sheepfold, and the
sheep that gives the most milk receives a prize. A
cheese called is prepared from the milk of
the whole flock.
- Horodnic - Festival of Folk Music Instruments
Silvestru Lungoci (Festivalul Instrumentelor
Populare Silvestru Lungoci).
- Putna Monastery - A special service connected with
the end of the fasting period.
- First days, Horodnic - Traditional Dances (Dansuri
Traditionale), a festival of folk dances.
- Bâlca - Old Peoples Festival (Festivalul
Batrânilor). Old people perform traditional songs
and dances.
- Baia - Symposium Baia - Historical Moments
(Simpozionul Baia - File de istorie) A yearly
symposium on important moments of history.



Celebrating Easter.

July
- Suceava - Classical music competition Ciprian
Porumbescu
- Pottery Fair The Eye of
the Peacock (Târgul Olarilor Ochi de Paun).
- Falticeni - The Evening Sitting
Sezatoarea) - happening of folk dance and
music.
- Câmpulung Moldovenesc - International Festival of
Folklore Bucovinean Meetings (Festivalul
International de Folclor Întâlniri Bucovinene).

Hora is the traditional Romanian ring dance.

August
- Suceava - Pottery Fair (Târgul Mesterilor
Olari).
August, Suceava - Old Customs (Dupa datina
strabuna), a presentation of old customs and
traditions.
- International Folk Festival
Arcanul (Festivalul International de Folclor
Arcanul), a festival of folklore. The arcan is the
symbol of the 19th century compulsory military
service. The forced conscription of a young man was a
tragedy for the entire family.
- Fundu Moldovei - Celebrating Arcanul
(Sarbatoarea Arcanului), festival of
folklore.
- First week, Suceava - National Dance Festival Hora
de la Prislop (Festivalul National de Dans Hora
de la Prislop). Hora is the traditional Romanian ring
dance.
- Bâlca - The Celebration of the Virgin Mary
(Sarbatoarea Sfintei Marii).
Land of Outside Painted Orthodox Monasteries