The charming capital of Bulgaria

Sofia is the biggest city of Bulgaria and the country’s capital. The town center is full with archaeological sites, architectural, historical and cultural monuments. In just a couple of hours our tour will literary trace the timeline of one of the oldest cities in Europe. All of Sofia’s major highlights will be presentited to you in a comprehensive and interactive way. On our walking tour you will be able to enjoy, discover, explore and be intrigued with more than 20 tourist sites covered in our itinerary.

You will see

1. Alexander Nevski Cathedral (the second largest Orthodox Cathedrals in Europe)
2. The National Essembly (The Parliament)
3. The Monument of Alexander II of Russia (Alexander the Liberator)
4. Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
6. St.Sofia Church
7. The Russian Church
8. The Military Club
9. The Former King’s Palace
10. The National Theater
11. The City Garden
12. Bulgarian National Bank
13. St. George Rotunda (the oldest building in Sofia)
14. The Presidency and the Ministry Council
15. The Eastern Gate of Roman Serdica
16. Sofia’s Central Public Bathhouse
17. Halite (Sofia’s Central Covered Market)
18. Banya Bashi Mosque
19. St. Nedelia Church
20. The Monument of St. Sofia
21. St. Petka Church
22. The Synagogue
23. St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral
24. Boyana Church, one of the famous UNESCO heritage objects
25. National History Museum

After the city center tour, we are going to Boyana Church, and the National History Museum. The transfers will be made by car.

Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, in the Boyana quarter. In 1979, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Boyana Church’s frescoes bring epochal change in the mural painting and are considered predecessors of the European Renaissance. The majority of more then 240 figures depicted there have individuality, vitality and psychological dept.

National History Museum is situated in the former residence of the last communist leader Todor Zhivkov at Boyana, and currently contains over 650,000 objects connected to archaeology, fine arts, history and ethnography, although only 10% of them are permanently exhibited. Museum collections comprise materials dating from prehistoric ages till the present.

The tour includes