Secrets, Facts & Legends of Sofia: Full Day Tour

At 9:00 you will be picked from your hotel/accommodation by our guide. After a short drive you will reach Vistosha Mountain. Your destination is a meteorological tower, from which area you will have the chance to see the whole city from above. Your guide will give you a good overview of Sofia, its history and geography. Our next stop will be one of the most interesting and significant locations in Sofia – complex called “The Bells”. It is related to a Bulgarian initiative, which has started in 1979, called “The Flag of Peace”, gathering children from 135 countries, from both sides of “The Iron Curtain”. Each group had to put the unique bell from its country in this complex.

After this experience we will drive back to Sofia city center where we will park the car and start our walking tour. First stop is the National Archaeological museum with its astonishing cultural treasures. On the way we will see the oldest building in Sofia – the Roman early Christian church St. George, dated in IV century. After the museum we can have a lunch in a restaurant situated in the same building, which was a Medieval mosque and enjoy the archaeological remains next to your table. Our next destination is the market area of Sofia, famous with the name “Ladies market” where you will learn a lot for the epoch of the late 19 th and early 20 th century. We will pass next to a Synagogue, situated almost in front of an active mosque and Catholic Church, giving the name of the square – “The Square of

tolerance. After we visit the Museum of history of Sofia we will walk by the Communist administrative center, St. Sofia church, Sofia University and Alexander Nevski cathedral, where your tour ends. You can ask you guide some final question and if you need he can give you a ride back to your hotel, if it is far from the center.