Explore Sofia's rich cultural layers. My guide to the essential museums, hidden art galleries, and the brutalist architectural landmarks that house them.
In 2004 during the construction of one of the Sofia hotels, the builders found accidentally а wall from Roman times. Soon after that archaeological excavations started and the amphitheater of ancient Sofia (Serdica) wa
Located in the heart of Sofia, in an yard between the Presidency of Bulgaria and the Sheraton hotel, the rotunda / church of St. George is currently the oldest preserved building in Sofia. It was built back in the 4th ce
Ivan Vazov was one of the famoust Bulgarian poets, novelists and playwrighters and is referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". Five years after his death in 1921, the house in which he has lived and worke
Located on the main Tsar Osvoboditel blvd. the church St. Nikolay the Miracle-Maker (or also know as the Russian church) is one of the most remarkable and emblematic buildings in Sofia. It was built more than 100 years a
The Sofia history museum is one of the newest museums in Sofia (it opened in 2015) and it's a great place to start your tour of Sofia if you visit the city for the first time. It will help you understand better how t
Address: Knyaginya Maria Luiza Blvd 2, Metro Serdica, Sofia 1000 GPS Coordinates: 42.698301,23.322252
Located in the heart of Sofia, the cathedral Alexander Nevsky is probably the most visited place by tourists in Sofia.The cathedral Alexander Nevsky is an Orthodox church built in honor of Alexander II, called "Tsar
The National historical museum in Sofia, Bulgaria is one of the largest historical museums in South-Eastern Europe and on the Balkan peninsula. It keeps several hundred thousand of monuments and it's a great place to