Alexandru Lapusneanu Street, Iasi (must see)

Alexandru Lapusneanu Street is a historic street in Iasi, now made fully pedestrian. During WWI it was a lane leading to the royal palace of King Ferdinand, which prior to that, in 1859-1862, was the residence of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia and, subsequently, Ruler of the Romanian Principalities. The street also houses the historic Grand Traian Hotel and one of the first movie theaters in the city, complete with a number of shops, bookstores, cafes and eateries, as well as an antique store. On the opposite end of the street is the campus of Ioan Cuza University.