Guidebook for Sofia
Food Scene
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11 Shipka StreetOpen 24hs, cheap, average quality of the food
Costa Coffee
2 ul. "Sheynovo"Nice location, good if you prefer known coffee chains
Salt&Sweet Cookery
8 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"Looks like a nice restaurant but I personally never tried it.
club ONYX
bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"Nice place for food & drinks
Popular Bar & Restaurant. It's for all tastes but might be a bid trendy for some people. The actual address is 12 Tsar Shishman Street, Map here is wrong.
104 lokale anbefaler
One More Bar
3-5 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"Popular Bar & Restaurant. It's for all tastes but might be a bid trendy for some people. The actual address is 12 Tsar Shishman Street, Map here is wrong.
Take-away arabic food. It's been there for more than 20 years. It's something which I still love.
17 lokale anbefaler
Mimas
68 bul. "Vasil Levski"Take-away arabic food. It's been there for more than 20 years. It's something which I still love.
Very good place. It has really nice garden. You will need to ask staff as it's hidden. You will need to pass through the whole restaurant to reach it.
27 lokale anbefaler
Spaghetti Kitchen
9 ul. "6-ti septemvri"Very good place. It has really nice garden. You will need to ask staff as it's hidden. You will need to pass through the whole restaurant to reach it.
Pizzeria Victoria
7 bulevard "Tsar Osvoboditel"It's a very popular place. Open 24h. Wide choice of food.
One of the most popular restaurants. There are 3 of them. It's relatively cheap and have good choice of food.
34 lokale anbefaler
Divaka
41А ul. "6-ti septemvri"One of the most popular restaurants. There are 3 of them. It's relatively cheap and have good choice of food.
Supa Star
8 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"Nice choice of home-made soups & sandwiches.
SkaraBar
2 ul. "Dimitar Grekov"Good local food.
Olivs
12 ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"Nice pizzeria.
Krivoto
8 bul. Kniaz Aleksandar DondukovGood place.
Drinks & Nightlife
Local
Nice place, it's a bar but it offers good food as well
Park Bar
26 Shipka StreetThat's your bar if you are after trendy places.
One of the oldest known bars in Sofia. It has been popular for more than 15 years already. Kinda underground and losing glory already. Actual address is 22 Tsar Shishman Street. Wrongly shown on map.
Bilkova
One of the oldest known bars in Sofia. It has been popular for more than 15 years already. Kinda underground and losing glory already. Actual address is 22 Tsar Shishman Street. Wrongly shown on map.
Everything Else
Night club if you like electronic and house music. There are hip hop parties there as well.
34 lokale anbefaler
Yalta Club
20 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"Night club if you like electronic and house music. There are hip hop parties there as well.
Blender
Night club with electronic and house parties
Essentials
Wider choice of groceries than Verde which is the closest supermarket to my place. I cannot map it yet. You can find at the corner of Vasil Aprilov and Oborishte streets.
67 lokale anbefaler
BILLA
№22 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"Wider choice of groceries than Verde which is the closest supermarket to my place. I cannot map it yet. You can find at the corner of Vasil Aprilov and Oborishte streets.
Sightseeing
That's a must if you are in Sofia. It's the biggest cathedral at the Balkans and is really beautiful.
369 lokale anbefaler
St. Alexander Nevski-katedralen
ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"That's a must if you are in Sofia. It's the biggest cathedral at the Balkans and is really beautiful.
Important POI. The biggest university in Sofia. It's an impressive building.
99 lokale anbefaler
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
15 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"Important POI. The biggest university in Sofia. It's an impressive building.
Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library
bulevard "Vasil Levski"Important POI
National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Important POI
Russisk Kirke "Sveti Nikolay Mirlikiiski"
3 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"Important POI
Important POI. Must be one of the most interesting places to see. It's a beautiful building with a nice garden and fountain area in front of it.
276 lokale anbefaler
Ivan Vazov Nationalteater
5 ul. "Dyakon Ignatiy"Important POI. Must be one of the most interesting places to see. It's a beautiful building with a nice garden and fountain area in front of it.
Important POI. Huge socialist style building. It's still popular for concerts and exhibitions due to its large halls and location. The garden in from of it is also a popular meeting point.
182 lokale anbefaler
Park National Palace of Culture
Bulevard "Bulgaria"Important POI. Huge socialist style building. It's still popular for concerts and exhibitions due to its large halls and location. The garden in from of it is also a popular meeting point.
Important POI. One of the main orthodox chruches in Sofia. It was bombed during the WW2.
108 lokale anbefaler
St. Kyriaki Katedral Kirke
20 pl. "Sveta Nedelya"Important POI. One of the main orthodox chruches in Sofia. It was bombed during the WW2.
Bulgarian National Bank
2 пл. „Княз Александър I“Important POI
Important POI. One of the main orthodox churches in Sofia.
26 lokale anbefaler
Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church
25 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"Important POI. One of the main orthodox churches in Sofia.
Arkæologisk museum
площад „Атанас Буров“Important POI
Important POI, That's the very center of Sofia. The mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov used to be there but it's was demolished after the end of the socialist era.
64 lokale anbefaler
Byhave
Important POI, That's the very center of Sofia. The mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov used to be there but it's was demolished after the end of the socialist era.
ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"
ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"A popular street with many shops and cafes.
Shipka Street
Shipka StreetA popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
A popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
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ulitsa "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
ulitsa "Tsar Shishman"A popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
Lægehaven
Beautiful and popular park. It's very close to the apartment.
Nice park which was recently opened to the public. The Military academy is located at the top of the hill.
8 lokale anbefaler
Park Voenna Akademiya
Nice park which was recently opened to the public. The Military academy is located at the top of the hill.
The biggest park in Sofia, it's only few minutes away from the apartment.
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Borisova Gradina
The biggest park in Sofia, it's only few minutes away from the apartment.
Popular park, it's very close to the apartment. This is the place where skaters gather. You can just sit at the pavement, watch them and drink beer at the sun.
25 lokale anbefaler
Knyazheska Have
99А бул. „Евлоги и Христо Георгиеви“Popular park, it's very close to the apartment. This is the place where skaters gather. You can just sit at the pavement, watch them and drink beer at the sun.
Vasil Levski National Stadium
38 бул. „Евлоги и Христо Георгиеви“Goof choice of fitness clubs or aerobics classes.
Vitosha
ulitsa "Detski mir"The mountain of Sofia, if you need to escape from the city for a day.
National Museum of History
16 ul. "Vitoshko lale"It's a bit far from city center though.
Regionalt Historisk Museum - Sofia
1 Platno.„Banski"It's still under restoration.
POI. Go through the passage left from the presidency entrance and you will find a very old church in the internal garden.
Presidency
POI. Go through the passage left from the presidency entrance and you will find a very old church in the internal garden.
Council of Ministers
1 bul. Kniaz Aleksandar DondukovPOI
Sofia Court House
2 bul. "Vitosha"This is the Court of Justice. POI.
The garden behind the National Art Gallery. It's small but really nice to stay for few minutes and relax.
Царска градина
The garden behind the National Art Gallery. It's small but really nice to stay for few minutes and relax.
St. Sophia Kirke
2 ul. "Paris"This one is really old.
3 main religious temples are very closely located in Sofia - Sv.Nedyala Orthodox Church, Sofia Synagogue and Banya Bashi Mosque.
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Banya Bashi-moskeen
18 булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“3 main religious temples are very closely located in Sofia - Sv.Nedyala Orthodox Church, Sofia Synagogue and Banya Bashi Mosque.
Nowadays it's like a mini mall with groceries, clothing and all types of small shops inside. But it's an old and interesting building which you might wanna see.
73 lokale anbefaler
Sofias Centrale Markedshal
25 булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“Nowadays it's like a mini mall with groceries, clothing and all types of small shops inside. But it's an old and interesting building which you might wanna see.
Old building with a landmark statute. Sveta Sofia statue is just opposite it. Plus there are plenty of archaeological excavations in the underpass towards the metro and the Presidency.
24 lokale anbefaler
TZUM
2 булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“Old building with a landmark statute. Sveta Sofia statue is just opposite it. Plus there are plenty of archaeological excavations in the underpass towards the metro and the Presidency.
Arts & Culture
National Opera and Ballet
30 bul. Kniaz Aleksandar DondukovImportant POI
National Art Gallery
1 пл. „Княз Александър I“Important POI
National Gallery
1 ul. "19-ti fevruari"Important POI
ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“Most of Sofia theaters are located on this street.
Shopping
Serdika Center
48 bul. "Sitnyakovo"The closest mall. It's app. 15 min walk.