Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Sofia, Bulgaria

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 49 m
Descend 39 m

Experience Sofia in Bulgaria in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in SofiaIndividual Sights in Sofia

Sight 1: Къща-музей Иван Вазов

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The house museum "Ivan Vazov" is located on the corner of ul. "Rakovski" and ul. "Ivan Vazov", from which the entrance is located. This is the first literary museum in Bulgaria. It was opened on November 26, 1926.

Wikipedia: Къща музей „Иван Вазов“ (София) (BG), Website, Facebook

45 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Theatre 199 Valentin Stoychev

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Theatre 199 Valentin Stoychev

Theater 199 "Valentin Stoychev" is a stage space on the capital's Rakovski Street, dedicated to chamber performances by contemporary authors. After the death of its long-time director Valentin Stoychev in 2007, the theater adopted his name.

Wikipedia: Театър 199 (BG), Website

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Ivan Vazov National Theatre

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Ivan Vazov National Theatre Plamen Agov (user:MrPanyGoff) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ivan Vazov National Theatre is Bulgaria's national theatre, as well as the oldest and most authoritative theatre in the country and one of the important landmarks of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is located in the centre of the city, with the facade facing the City Garden.

Wikipedia: Ivan Vazov National Theatre (EN), Website

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: City Garden

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The City Garden is Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria's oldest and most central public garden, in existence since 1872. It is located between Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard to the north, Knyaz Alexander Battenberg Street to the west and Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko Street to the south, in the historical centre of the city.

Wikipedia: City Garden (Sofia) (EN)

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Sofia City Art Gallery

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The Sofia City Art Gallery was established on October 22, 1928 by order of Gen. Vladimir Vazov, then mayor of Sofia Municipality. She was accommodated in the reconstructed building of the City Casino at 1 Gurko Street.

Wikipedia: Софийска градска художествена галерия (BG), Website

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Генерал Гурко

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The monument to General Gurko in Sofia is the first in the capital dedicated to the memory of General Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko. It is located in the garden in front of the Sofia City Art Gallery at the corner of Gurko and Knyaz Alexander I streets. The author is the Russian sculptor Grigory Pototsky. It was erected on the eve of March 3, 2013 with entirely donation funds – a bronze figure was made by the Moscow government, and the other elements were donated by Bulgarian construction companies.

Wikipedia: Паметник на генерал Гурко (София) (BG)

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Храм “Св. Николай Мирликийски Чудотворец”

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The Church of St. Nicholas is an Eastern Orthodox Church in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Nicholas, Sofia (EN), Website

993 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 8: Арменска църква Св. Богородица

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"Holy Mother of God" is a church of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, located at 6 Lajos Kossuth Street in Sofia, in the Debar Garden.

Wikipedia: Света Богородица (арменска църква в София) (BG)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Катедрален храм “Успение Богородично”

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Катедрален храм “Успение Богородично” Todor Bozhinov / Тодор Божинов / Martyr / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Bulgarian Catholic Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia is an eparchy of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church which is a sui iuris ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic church based in Bulgaria. As a particular church of the Catholic Church, it is in full communion with the Holy See. The Church is organised as a single eparchy. Its liturgical usage is that of the Byzantine Rite in the Bulgarian language. It was elevated from an Apostolic Exarchate to a full eparchy by Pope Francis on 12 October 2019. The cathedral church of the eparchy is the Cathedral of the Dormition, in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Wikipedia: Bulgarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Sofia (EN), Website

411 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Russian Monument

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Russian MonumentBoby Dimitrov from Sofia, Bulgaria / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Russian Monument is a monument in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The first monument to be built in the capital of the newly liberated Principality of Bulgaria, it was unveiled on 29 June 1882 and is located on the road which Osman Nuri Paşa used to flee from Sofia to Pernik on 22 December 1877.

Wikipedia: Russian Monument, Sofia (EN)

437 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Intercession of the Mother of God

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The Intercession of the Virgin Mary is an Orthodox church in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located not far from the Russian Monument. It was built in 1922-26 by Yordanka Filaretova. The iconostasis is one of the few original gilded iconostases in Bulgaria. It was made in Mount Athos on Mount Athos.

Wikipedia: Покров Богородичен (София) (BG)

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