Iasi is the second largest city in Romania, after Bucharest.

Understand

After a very strong influence from the communist Russia, Iasi is a very strange city. While walking around you will notice very beautiful buildings and parks next to other gray ugly big buildings of the communist era. Those contrasts are very common and you will notice anywhere.

Get in

By plane

By train

It is well connected by train with Bucharest. The train station is quite close to the center, you can go walking.

By car

By bus

Get around

You could use the public transport to go around, but most of the interesting parts of the city are in the center, so you can go walking. You need the bus if you want to go outside the city to see something or because you found an accommodation there.

See

• most of the interesting places are around the big street B-dul Stefan cel Mare si Sfant.

Do

• Iasi is famous for its nightlife. If you go towards the University you will find a lot of students wondering around or having a beer.

Learn

Work

Buy

• If you are looking for something to read, there are two bookstores in Piata Unirii, in the center. Junimea has several books in French, while Libreria Humanitas has some books in English. It has its own website too: http://librariilehumanitas.ro.

Eat

Budget

• Restaurant Bar Baron - Str. Sfantu Lazar 52. It's beyond the Culture Palace. You have to walk for a while, but the pub is very nice and they serve good beer and good food for reasonable prices.

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

Even if it's a very big city, there aren't many tourists and so it will be quite hard to find an accommodation that fits your needs. In particular, you will hardly find a good and cheap accommodation here, while it is quite easy in the other cities of Romania.

Budget

• Hotel Turistic Casa Bucovineana ** - Str. Cuza Voda 30. Tel./Fax 0232 222913, website http://www.casabucovineana.ro. It's a cheap hostel, compared to the standards of Iasi. A single room is 70 RON/night while a double room is 100 RON/night, all with a shared toilet. The place is not very nice, you can also feel the vibrations of the tram passing on the main street, but you are in the very center of the city and in each room you have TV and a DVD player.

Mid-range

Splurge

• Hotel Astoria - Str. Lapusneanu 1, next to Piata Uniri. One double room is 250 RON/night.

Contact

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