Like in grandmother's stories

Museums, the steam train and family activities in Bucovina

A steam train puffing up the valley, thousands of decorated eggs, houses painted like carpets, a museum about wood a walk from the house and a storybook park for children a few minutes away. Family days in Bucovina come together easily and tire nobody out. At La Cuib the children have their little house and the bunk bed, and you have the garden and the quiet coffee afterwards. Every day can be different; the house stays just as welcoming.

Times and distances are Google Maps driving figures from our gate.

  1. Wood Art Museum 3 min 1,1 km

    Wood Art Museum

    How wood built life in Bucovina: tools, dowry chests, spoons, a church in miniature. Recently reorganised, with explanations in Romanian and English. Closed on Mondays.

    Take me there3 min · 1,1 km
  2. Câmpulung's festivals 6 min 2 km

    Câmpulung's festivals

    Three moments when the town takes to the streets. The “Bucovina Encounters” International Folklore Festival, the third weekend of July (17–19 July 2026): a parade of over 600 performers in traditional dress, ensembles from Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and Moldova, a craft fair in the Central Park, free entry. Câmpulung Film Fest, in mid-August (13–16 August 2026): short films from two countries compared, the “Golden Mace” competition, open-air screenings and the CFF Village for children in Eminescu Park. The “Wood Road” Festival and the “Dairymen's Fair”: woodcraft and mountain cheeses, with producers from the whole area; the date is announced yearly by the town hall. The house is a few minutes' walk from all of them.

  3. “Dumbrava Minunată” park 7 min 2,9 km

    “Dumbrava Minunată” park

    A themed children's park on Nicolae Bălcescu: slides, trails, storybook characters, a terrace with good pizza. Open Saturdays and Sundays, 10–5. Half a day slips by unnoticed.

    Take me there7 min · 2,9 km
  4. The Huțulca narrow-gauge train 35 min 27,6 km

    The Huțulca narrow-gauge train

    A narrow-gauge steam train from Moldovița up the valley, through Hutsul villages. Departures are few and fill up: book tickets ahead in season. Combine with the monastery in the same village.

    Take me there35 min · 27,6 km
  5. Lucia Condrea Egg Museum, Moldovița 36 min 29,7 km

    Lucia Condrea Egg Museum, Moldovița

    Thousands of eggs decorated in 14 techniques, presented by the artist or her daughter, with a demonstration. Wednesday–Sunday, 9:30–5. Cash only. Five minutes from the steam train.

    Take me there36 min · 29,7 km
  6. Ciocănești, the painted village 36 min 33,2 km

    Ciocănești, the painted village

    Houses with painted bands like carpets, in the Bistrița Aurie valley. The village Egg Museum, the Trout Festival in August, the Easter Egg Festival.

    Take me there36 min · 33,2 km
  7. Vatra Dornei, the park and the museum 42 min 41,5 km

    Vatra Dornei, the park and the museum

    The spa park with mineral springs and squirrels, the restored Casino, the Ethnographic Museum. A day in an old spa town, an hour from the house.

    Take me there42 min · 41,5 km
  8. Cacica salt mine 61 min 52,1 km

    Cacica salt mine

    A salt mine opened in 1791, still working: you go down wooden stairs to 27 m, into the St Barbara chapel carved in salt, the ballroom with balconies, the salt lake and the sports ground at 44 m deep. Daily 9–17, in practice closed on Mondays; some reviews mention a diesel smell in the galleries, so not for very small children. Just over 50 km.

    Take me there61 min · 52,1 km
  9. The salt-water pools, Cacica 61 min 52,1 km

    The salt-water pools, Cacica

    Outdoor pools run by the town hall, filled with brine from the mine, “the sea in the mountains”: concentrated salt water, good for the joints, low prices, friendly staff. Open in summer, 9–17, until 20 at weekends. Combine with the mine visit.

    Take me there61 min · 52,1 km
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A base for these days out

All of it, less than an hour from the gate.

The house is in Câmpulung, in the middle of the map: the monasteries east, the mountains west, the steam train north. You don't drive far to get anywhere.

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