Iasi is one of the largest cities in Romania, the first mention of which dates back to 1408. There is a city between the Yasniy Range and the Zhizhia Valley, in a place that has long been the intersection of major trade routes, so the city's location can be considered very economically profitable. It is the geographical position of Iaass that attracted numerous Jewish merchants who began to settle in Iasi from the second half of the 15th century and largely determined the fate and appearance of the city.

How to get here

Iasi is connected by direct railway communication with Moscow, Sofia, Chisinau, Bucharest, Varna, Saratov, Rostov, Dnepropetrovsk, Lviv, Kiev, Burgas. The railway station is in the city center, which is very convenient for tourists.

If you go to Bucharest, you will have to spend 5-6 hours and no more than 20 EUR. There is an airport in the city, a small one, but it has almost all the attributes of the international: here flights are operated not only by Romanian airlines, but also from Vienna by Austrian Airlines.

A bit of history

All the time of the city's existence the Jews made up a significant part of its population, from the 18th century. By the end of the 19th century, Jewish bankers, moneylenders, jewelers, merchants pushed Greeks and Turks out of these spheres of activity.

More than once the city became a place of dramatic events, the cause of which were interethnic problems. Particularly rich in such events were the years of the Second World War, when many citizens of Jewish nationality were destroyed or deported. Most of the survivors did not return to the city, preferring to emigrate to Israel.

Hotels

Hotels in the city will satisfy the demand of any traveler, both unpretentious and accustomed to an elegant way of life. Often they offer conditions for symposium tourism: they are equipped with conference rooms with presentation equipment.

Kitchen and restaurants

Urban restaurants offer the menu as fairly standard European food, as well as Romanian cuisine, which are very interesting with unexpected ingredients. It is recommended to taste typical soups of Romania: buckthorn (sour bran soup and cornmeal), chorbe (kefir or kvass soup), soup with cumin.

Also unusual and typical for Romania dish is a tocol with hominy: specifically cooked meat with liver and kidneys, which is served with corn porridge. A nice addition to any meal will be a local wine, whose popularity in Europe is growing every year. In many restaurants you can listen to live music, and, not only in the evening.

Shopping and shopping

Interesting city and for fans to make purchases .The shopping center on the bank of the Bahlui river is attractive not only with a fairly elegant architectural solution, but also with a set of shops: here are represented many brands, known all over the world, from the most expensive to quite democratic .For lovers of exotic shopping there is such a wonderful place as Bazar, a flea market where you can buy the most colorful household items, decorations, ancient books and engravings and many of the amazing things attracted to tourists by flea markets around the world .However, many of these things are made in China .Is Bazar under the bridge connecting Podu Ros and Nicolina .

Entertainment, excursions and attractions Iasi

The city is the oldest in the country university named after A .AND.Kuzy, opened in 1860, and numerous higher educational institutions, and cultural institutions: opera and drama theaters, philharmonic society, conservatory .It should be noted that the city at one time was the capital, and even now plays an important role in the political and economic life of the country, is the most important cultural center of Romania .Many educational and cultural institutions were established here much earlier than in Bucharest .Famous Romanian writers, poets and cultural figures all over the world lived and worked in Iasi: Mihai Eminescu, Mihai Sadovyanu, Mihai Codreanu .

Churches in Yassy

It is said that the Iasi lie on seven hills, like the eternal city of Rome. Each hill is crowned with a church, from the belltower of which opens a unique - in a literal sense - a view. The churches themselves are a wonderful architectural adornment of the city. The main attraction of Iasi is the Church of the Three Saints. An unusually beautiful architectural solution is complemented by no less remarkable interior decoration, and the ornament, carved from the stone under the dome of the church, is unique.

The Metropolitan Church (19th century) is interesting not only as a historical and architectural monument, it is called the "mother of all Romanian churches". The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (15th century) was the place of anointing of Moldovan rulers. There are more than fifty churches in Iasi, each of which has its own image, its history.

Other attractions

The city itself is very diverse: old solid houses, typical for the European buildings of the 19th century, modern glass and concrete constructions, ancient churches, numerous boulevards adjoin here. In Iasi there are well-known ancient Roman monasteries in Romania, which have important sacred places for the Romanian people: St. Spiridon, St. Sava, Berba, Golia, Arges. The symbol of the city is a palace with a tower, equipped with bells. Their chimes are broadcast over the city every hour.