Sofia Half-Day Tour

Duration

Start: Any time

between 9:00 and14:00h

Recommended period

All year round

Driving time

30m approximately

Handicap accessible

Yes, fairly accessible

Special requirements

Comfortable shoes

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Your Half Day Tour In Sofia

Our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Sofia. We start our tour with the only UNESCO World Heritage monument in the vicinity of Sofia - Boyana Church - which is small in size and only takes 30 min to visit, but has an enormous contribution to the world history of art. If you have already visited Boyana church during our Rila Monastery and Boyana church shuttle tour, we will go to the Historical Museum nearby (you can buy a discounted combined ticket for both visits).

Afterwards we will park our vehicle at Alexander Nevski Square for a visit of the largest Cathedral on the Balkans, followed by a stroll to the Russian church, the National Theater and its garden, the Rotunda (round church) St.George, the Roman remains and we finish our walk in front of Balkan Hotel (St. Nedelia church square).

Sofia Overview

Sofia is the contemporary capital of Bulgaria. Its population grew rapidly during the Communist-Socialist era (1944-1989) - by the time of its liberation (1878) the population of the city was 11,649 and for a few decades after the liberation the city experienced large population growth mainly from other regions of the country.

During World War ІІ Sofia was bombed by allied aircrafts in late 1943 and early 1944. As a consequence of the invasion of the Soviet Red Army, Bulgaria's government, which was allied with Germany, was overthrown.

The transformations of Bulgaria into a People's Republic in 1946 and Republic of Bulgaria marked significant changes in the city's appearance. The population of Sofia expanded rapidly due to migration from the country. Whole new residential areas were built in the outskirts of the city, like Druzhba, Mladost and Lyulin.

Prices	1 person	2 persons	3 persons	4-8 persons	9-18 persons
	139€ per person	79 € per person	69 € per person	59 € per person	49 € per person

The tour price is based on the number of people in your party and includes: transfer to/from your hotel/accommodation in Sofia, live guide in English, parking fees, entrance fees. Meals and personal expenses are not included.

The departure point for this tour is from your hotel or accommodation within Sofia city limits. You will be notified for the exact pick up time from our agents approximately 2 days before your tour.

					  I had a big event to run in Sofia with a pre-event tour for 50 people and a post-event tour for 30 people. V-Travel handled the whole lot. They were... read more incredibly professional and friendly, even though I kept changing the numbers and adding things ;)

Our first tour took 50 people to Boyana Church and the Rila - everyone loved it!

Our second tour took 30 people from our hotel in Sofia into Plovdiv, taking some people back on the same day to Sofia and the rest on to Istanbul the next day.

The staff at V Travel were great. The drivers were lovely - shout out to the drivers who somehow managed to get our coach into a tiny street in Istanbul. It wasn't easy, but they did it with humour and grace , and all the passengers cheered them when we arrived.

Thank you, Victor! And thank you to all your staff.				
DestinyJane
15.11.2019 

					  I would highly recommend V travel, they offer a fantastic service. I normally dread transfers however this time they were a really good start and end to the holiday. We... read more were fortunate enough to have the same driver, Mihail, on both journeys, who is an absolute gem. Really friendly, full of top tips and was more than happy to answer in depth any questions I had about Bulgaria as well as on all the sights passed on the journey. Definitely tempted to come back in the summer to experience the large selection of tours that they have on offer and would most definitely book transfers with V travel again.				
aleaverland
07.02.2020 

					  Really good trip in comfortable mini bus.  The tour guide was well informed and had very good English.  Rila Monastery is impressive (both inside and out) and it's... read more in a really beautiful mountainside setting. We also thought the frescos in Boyana Church were stunning and very interesting.  The value for money was very good. There is a restaurant not far from Rila Monastery where you can have lunch, which has a varied and good value menu.  If you want to ask about tours, they have an office, which we found after enquiring at the tourist office, but it's on Rilski Street just off Vitosha Blvd, so very central.				
VanessaJanes
31.10.2019

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