Attractions

  • Tours, Transfers & Car Rental

    Adresse:
    Strada Palat 5A, 700032 Iași, Romania .

    Discover Iași and the region with a private driver-guide. Our team arranges tours, day trips, transfers and car rental through trusted local partners, on request and subject to availability.

    Iași city tour
    About 5 hours by car and on foot: Union Square, Copou Park and Eminescu’s Linden Tree, the University, the Palace of Culture, the Church of the Three Hierarchs, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the National Theatre.

    Day trips from Iași

    • Painted monasteries of Bucovina – Voroneț and Humor, UNESCO World Heritage sites
    • Neamț Fortress and Agapia Monastery
    • Personalities of Moldavia – Ruginoasa Palace, Miclăușeni Castle and Vasile Alecsandri’s house in Mircești
    • Wine tours – visits and tastings at the Cotnari and Strunga wineries
    • Republic of Moldova – Chișinău, the Cricova or Mileștii Mici wine cellars and Căpriana Monastery (a valid passport is required)

    Transfers
    Private transfers to and from Iași Airport and other airports in Romania, intercity transfers and transfers to Chișinău, by car or minibus.

    Car rental
    Self-drive car rental, or a car with driver by the hour or by the day – from standard and premium cars to minibuses and coaches for groups and events.

    Turist în Iași
    Hotel INTERNATIONAL Iași is a partner of Palas Iași in the Turist în Iași programme: your room key card gives you discounts at participating shops and restaurants in Palas. See turistiniasi.ro.

    How to book: ask our reception or write to sales@hotelinternationaliasi.ro.

    Photos: Voroneț Monastery – Wikimedia Commons, public domain; Neamț Fortress – DanyellM, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO

  • Palace of Culture

    Adresse:
    Palatul Culturii, Piața Palat 1, 700259 Iași, Romania .

    About 2 minutes’ walk from the hotel. The neo-Gothic landmark of Iași, built on the site of the old Princely Court, is home to four museums – history, art, ethnography, and science and technology – and to the Voivodes’ Hall.

  • Palas Mall & Gardens

    Adresse:
    Strada Palas 7A, 700259 Iași, Romania .

    About 3 minutes’ walk from the hotel. Shops, restaurants, cinemas and cafés around the landscaped Palas Gardens, right next to the Palace of Culture.

    Turist în Iași: as a guest of Hotel INTERNATIONAL Iași, your room key card gives you discounts at participating shops and restaurants in Palas. See turistiniasi.ro.

    Photo: Argenna, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • St. Nicholas Princely Church

    Adresse:
    Piața Palat, 700028 Iași, Romania .

    About 3 minutes’ walk from the hotel. Founded in 1491–1492 by Stephen the Great, it is one of the oldest churches in Iași and the place where Moldavia’s princes were anointed. It was restored at the end of the 19th century.

    Photo: Argenna, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

  • Church of the Three Hierarchs

    Adresse:
    Bulevardul Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt 28, 700028 Iași, Romania .

    About 8 minutes’ walk from the hotel. Built in 1637–1639 by Prince Vasile Lupu, the church is famous for its facade entirely carved in stone patterns. Vasile Lupu, Dimitrie Cantemir and Alexandru Ioan Cuza are buried here.

    Photo: Manole Alexandru, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Metropolitan Cathedral

    Adresse:
    Catedrala Mitropolitană, Mitropolia Moldovei și Bucovinei, Bulevardul Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt, Iași, Romania .

    About 10 minutes’ walk from the hotel. One of the largest Orthodox churches in Romania, consecrated in 1887 and home to the relics of St. Parascheva, whose feast in October draws pilgrims from across the country.

    Photo: Argenna, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5

  • National Theatre Vasile Alecsandri

    Adresse:
    Teatrul Național „Vasile Alecsandri” Iași, Strada Agatha Bârsescu, Iași, Romania .

    About 12 minutes’ walk from the hotel. Romania’s oldest national theatre, housed since 1896 in a building by the Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer, with a richly decorated auditorium.

    Photo: Sinziana, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO

  • Golia Monastery

    Adresse:
    Mănăstirea Golia, Strada Cuza Vodă, Iași, Romania .

    About 15 minutes’ walk from the hotel. A walled monastery in the city centre, rebuilt in the 17th century by Prince Vasile Lupu. Climb the 30-metre Golia Tower for views over Iași.

    Photo: Reiko143, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO

  • Union Museum

    Adresse:
    Muzeul Unirii, Strada Alexandru Lăpușneanu, Iași, Romania .

    About 15–20 minutes’ walk from the hotel. The palace where Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza lived after the 1859 union of Moldavia and Wallachia, with period rooms, furniture and objects from his time.

    Photo: Cezar Suceveanu, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

  • Copou Park & Eminescu’s Linden

    Adresse:
    Parcul Copou, Bulevardul Carol I, Iași, Romania .

    About 10 minutes from the hotel by car. The oldest park in Iași, laid out in the 1830s, with the Lions Obelisk and the linden tree under which the poet Mihai Eminescu is said to have written.

    Photo: Sb2s3, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Botanical Garden

    Adresse:
    Grădina botanică "Anastasie Fătu", Strada Dumbrava Roșie, Iași, Romania .

    About 15 minutes from the hotel by car. Founded in 1856, it is the oldest university botanical garden in Romania, with greenhouses, a rose garden and lakes spread over more than 100 hectares.

    Photo: Cezar Suceveanu, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0