Discover Sofia, Bulgaria's Blissful Capital, Sofia, Bulgaria

In the afternoon, after our magnificent stop at Devetashka Cave, we continued to travel to Sofia聽Bulgaria鈥榮 capital city.

I finally got to travel to Sofia Bulgaria!聽Ok, maybe I am a little too excited about this. But you see, I had passed through Sofia so many times before, on the way to聽Greece, but until this time I never actually got out of the car to visit anything. I鈥檓 really thankful to Elena and Adrian who were kind enough to offer to host the three of us while we were doing聽the Balkan road trip. Not only did we get a free and comfortable place to rest our heads for the night, but we also got the chance to catch up with old and dear friends.

I also appreciated having a聽newly-established local as our guide. Elena took us to some really cool spots in Sofia, spots which we might not have discovered on our own.

Let鈥檚 get into the details! Or you can check out the聽quick travel guide on Sofia聽at the end of the article.

The聽Church Saint George Rotunda is supposedly the oldest building in Sofia. It is an impressive rotunda made of red bricks, built by the Romans in the 4th century, and it is part of a larger number of buildings which have remained from the ancient town of聽Serdica. Not far from here is聽Church Sveta Petka, a聽superb medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Discover Sofia, Bulgaria's Blissful Capital
Guide Location: Bulgaria » Sofia
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Mirela Letailleur
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:

Church Saint George Rotunda
Church Sveta Petka
National Palace of Culture Park
Yuzhen Park
Sofia's monument to 1300 Year of Bulgaria
Alexander Nevski Cathedral
Happy Bar & Grill
Kniaz Borisova Gradina
Zaimov Park
Rakia Raketa Bar

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