Sofia Walking Tour: Discover Bulgaria's Capital With a Local Guide

Explore Sofia, one of Europe’s oldest cities, on a captivating walking tour with a knowledgeable local guide. Discover the history, culture, and lifestyle of Bulgarians while visiting the city’s main landmarks. Available in English and German.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral - The largest Orthodox cathedral in Bulgaria
  • Saint Sofia Church - This church gave the name to our city in 14c.
  • National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria - See Bulgarian Parliament from outside
  • Flea Market - Antiques and regular souvenirs
  • **Saint Nikolas Russian Church (Tsurkva Sveta…
What's Included
  • Pick up from your hotel in the city center
  • Expert guiding throughout the tour
What's Not Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Entrance and/or Photo fees
Additional Information

One of Europe’s oldest cities, Sofia, awaits your exploration. Reserve a spot on our Sofia walking tour and let a local guide lead you. Discover Bulgarian heritage, customs and way of life during a delightful stroll through the city center. The Sofia walking tour is your key to the capital’s primary landmarks, promising a memorable encounter with this European region. The tour is available in both English and German.

Location
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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190laurelw
Oct 6, 2024
365 WALKING TOUR SOFIA - Mina, the tour guide was truly excellent, animated, knowledgeable, friendly , and provided information that was very useful for our first visit to Bulgaria
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Go52533770052
Aug 17, 2024
Very smooth two days with Albena. - The tour with Albena was so smooth and he adapted perfectly to our demands and last minutes changes. So good that we booked an extra day with her to Plovdiv.
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Supersonicharlie
Nov 16, 2023
Wonderful Two Hour Tour - We really enjoyed our Walking Tour. Mina was our guide. She was local to Sofia. We found this tour very informative and interesting. She not only knew her history but didn’t go overboard with too much information. She had a great sense of humour too. She was also willing to take questions.
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Nottingham
Oct 23, 2023
Unforgettable experience - An amazing couple of days with Beni and Cveti on their Sofia Communism and Buzludzha monument tours. Both were unforgettable experiences, especially the latter where we had the site to ourselves - felt like we'd stumbled upon the remains of an alien civilisation (very Logan's run!). The tours were fun, educational, well paced, flexible, comfortable and safe - as others have said, we were made to feel more like family members than tourists. Thanks again Beni and Cveti, especially for introducing us to "Grandma's potatoes with cheese" - hope to see you soon.
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Chrisuklondon_10
Mar 29, 2023
Tour of Sofia in vintage Chaika car - We joined the tour of Sofia in the Chaika vintage car. It was great! Albena provided a fascinating walking tour of the centre of Sofia and a chance to see all the main sights. We then joined the car for the ride to the Socialist Art Museum which was really interesting. After going for a longer drive in the car we made a trip to the Soviet War Memorial and National Palace of Culture to learn more about the Communist history of Bulgaria. Albena is a great guide. She shares the right amount of information, anecdotes and even has newspapers and documents from the era to help bring the history alive. The car was superb. Such a unique and enjoyable experience. Thank you!
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Yifenz
Jan 30, 2023
The best trip I’ve ever had - Beni is he best tour guide I’ve ever met. We had tour to buzludzha in winter. Beni gave us a very welcomed and thoughtful trip. The weather is extremely cold, but Beni helped us to get there. We saw the monument in the amazing snow. I’ll definitely recommend the tour for my friends.
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Bill_h
Sep 17, 2022
Sofia guided walking tour - We had a very friendly, approachable guide. She took her time and we were not rushed which made the experience great as we could enjoy the Sofia sights. Saw all the main parts of city center and the changing of the guard was timed perfectly for us to see. Great way to start our Bulgarian holiday. Our guide was friendly, happy to talk and answer any questions and also to stop for refreshments. Picked us up from our hotel, which was not on the booking, so that was great.
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Travel28026353034
Sep 16, 2022
Lasting Effects of Wars on Bulgaria - Vasil was a very knowledgeable and informative tour guide. He explained the positions Bulgaria took during WWII, censorship, how religion was pretty much replaced, transition to Socialism, benefits of Communism, collapse of the systems, corruption & gangs, Hunger Winter. Celebration (years 981-1981), Palace of Culture, and present day development of Space Food.
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Milosn674
Oct 25, 2021
Perfect - I called this agency for my trip in Bulgaria and I was really happy to do it with them. Benny and Tsveti are sisters, they are kind, helpful, flexible and super funny. It was a pleasure to sightseeing with you. Thank you again for this amazing trip!
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Gblaq78
Aug 20, 2019
Awesome Trip to Sofia - We had the chance to visit Sofia as well as the Rila monastery with Betty a few days ago. She is very nice, we had a lot of fun while discovering this beautiful city (church, mosk, Roman ruins etc.). We were luck that the weather was good. Betty really knows what she's talking about and we can see that she enjoys her job as she is happy to make people discover her country. Thanks Betty :)
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From $190 (Per Group)
up to 10 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).