Guidebook for Sofia

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Guidebook for Sofia

Food Scene

Open 24hs, cheap, average quality of the food
6 locals recommend
О!Шипка 2
11 Shipka Street
6 locals recommend
Open 24hs, cheap, average quality of the food
Nice location, good if you prefer known coffee chains
27 locals recommend
Costa Coffee
2 ul. "Sheynovo"
27 locals recommend
Nice location, good if you prefer known coffee chains
Looks like a nice restaurant but I personally never tried it.
Salt&Sweet Cookery
8 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
Looks like a nice restaurant but I personally never tried it.
Nice place for food & drinks
13 locals recommend
club ONYX
bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"
13 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
One More Bar
3-5 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
104 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Mimas
68 bul. "Vasil Levski"
17 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Spaghetti Kitchen
9 ul. "6-ti septemvri"
27 locals recommend
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.
It's a very popular place. Open 24h. Wide choice of food.
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 locals recommend
Divaka
41А ul. "6-ti septemvri"
34 locals recommend
One of the most popular restaurants. There are 3 of them. It's relatively cheap and have good choice of food.
Nice choice of home-made soups & sandwiches.
33 locals recommend
Supa Star
8 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
33 locals recommend
Nice choice of home-made soups & sandwiches.
Good local food.
86 locals recommend
SkaraBar
2 ul. "Dimitar Grekov"
86 locals recommend
Good local food.
Nice pizzeria.
Olivs
12 ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"
Nice pizzeria.
Good place.
8 locals recommend
Krivoto
8 bul. Kniaz Aleksandar Dondukov
8 locals recommend
Good place.

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice place, it's a bar but it offers good food as well
Local
Nice place, it's a bar but it offers good food as well
That's your bar if you are after trendy places.
21 locals recommend
Park Bar
26 Shipka Street
21 locals recommend
That'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 locals recommend
Yalta Club
20 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"
34 locals recommend
Night club if you like electronic and house music. There are hip hop parties there as well.
Night club with electronic and house parties
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 locals recommend
BILLA
№22 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"
67 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral
ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"
369 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
15 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"
99 locals recommend
Important POI. The biggest university in Sofia. It's an impressive building.
Important POI
42 locals recommend
Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library
bulevard "Vasil Levski"
42 locals recommend
Important POI
Important POI
38 locals recommend
National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
38 locals recommend
Important POI
Important POI
104 locals recommend
Russian Church "Sveti Nikolay Mirlikiiski"
3 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"
104 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Ivan Vazov National Theater
5 ul. "Dyakon Ignatiy"
276 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Park National Palace of Culture
Bulevard "Bulgaria"
182 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
St. Kyriaki Cathedral Church
20 pl. "Sveta Nedelya"
108 locals recommend
Important POI. One of the main orthodox chruches in Sofia. It was bombed during the WW2.
Important POI
8 locals recommend
Bulgarian National Bank
2 пл. „Княз Александър I“
8 locals recommend
Important POI
Important POI. One of the main orthodox churches in Sofia.
26 locals recommend
Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church
25 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"
26 locals recommend
Important POI. One of the main orthodox churches in Sofia.
Important POI
47 locals recommend
Archeological Museum
площад „Атанас Буров“
47 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
City Garden
64 locals recommend
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.
A popular street with many shops and cafes.
11 locals recommend
ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"
ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"
11 locals recommend
A popular street with many shops and cafes.
A popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
7 locals recommend
Shipka Street
Shipka Street
7 locals recommend
A popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
A popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
33 locals recommend
ulitsa "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
ulitsa "Tsar Shishman"
33 locals recommend
A popular street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.
Beautiful and popular park. It's very close to the apartment.
60 locals recommend
Doctors' Garden
60 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Park Voenna Akademiya
8 locals recommend
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.
202 locals recommend
Borisova Gradina
202 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Knyazheska Garden
99А бул. „Евлоги и Христо Георгиеви“
25 locals recommend
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.
Goof choice of fitness clubs or aerobics classes.
37 locals recommend
Vasil Levski National Stadium
38 бул. „Евлоги и Христо Георгиеви“
37 locals recommend
Goof choice of fitness clubs or aerobics classes.
The mountain of Sofia, if you need to escape from the city for a day.
105 locals recommend
Vitosha
ulitsa "Detski mir"
105 locals recommend
The mountain of Sofia, if you need to escape from the city for a day.
It's a bit far from city center though.
111 locals recommend
National Museum of History
16 ul. "Vitoshko lale"
111 locals recommend
It's a bit far from city center though.
It's still under restoration.
78 locals recommend
Regional History Museum - Sofia
1 Platno.„Banski"
78 locals recommend
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.
POI
9 locals recommend
Council of Ministers
1 bul. Kniaz Aleksandar Dondukov
9 locals recommend
POI
This is the Court of Justice. POI.
32 locals recommend
Sofia Court House
2 bul. "Vitosha"
32 locals recommend
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.
This one is really old.
80 locals recommend
St. Sophia Church
2 ul. "Paris"
80 locals recommend
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.
45 locals recommend
Banya Bashi Mosque
18 булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“
45 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Sofia's Central Market Hall
25 булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“
73 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
TZUM
2 булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“
24 locals recommend
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

Important POI
59 locals recommend
National Opera and Ballet
30 bul. Kniaz Aleksandar Dondukov
59 locals recommend
Important POI
Important POI
178 locals recommend
National Art Gallery
1 пл. „Княз Александър I“
178 locals recommend
Important POI
Important POI
53 locals recommend
National Gallery
1 ul. "19-ti fevruari"
53 locals recommend
Important POI
Most of Sofia theaters are located on this street.
ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
Most of Sofia theaters are located on this street.

Shopping

The closest mall. It's app. 15 min walk.
151 locals recommend
Serdika Center
48 bul. "Sitnyakovo"
151 locals recommend
The closest mall. It's app. 15 min walk.