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Three people sitting at a wooden table with plates of food and glasses of beer. 2
A wooden table with bowls, glasses, and a bottle. 3
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Sofia Food & History Tour with Communist-Era Tram Ride

By Peter's Tours
10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €85 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
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Overview

On this small-group tour, you'll taste your way through the city with 5 authentic Sofia food stops off the beaten track: from flaky banitsa and grilled cheese on a tile, to peppers stuffed the old way, slow-cooked lamb, and a surprise dessert. Each stop reveals a piece of local life, history, and flavour — all guided by a passionate local host. Taste authentic Bulgarian specialities at multiple stops while travelling on Sofia’s historic public tram with a city card for the day! Please note: the tasting menu is optional and may be adjusted according to availability or seasonal ingredients. We recommend coming with an empty stomach and skipping a big breakfast beforehand!

Activity location

  • St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral
    • Aleksander Nevski Square,
    • Sofia, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Patriarchal Cathedral St. Alexander Nevsky
    • ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"
    • 1000, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

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5 food stops with walking tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Duration: 3 hours
5 Food Stops
Tram

Language options: English
Price details
€85.00 x 1 Adult€85.00
Total
Price is €85.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Traditional meals and salad
  • Inclusions
    Starters and dessert
  • Inclusions
    City Card for the day
  • Inclusions
    Breakfast
  • Inclusions
    Bulgarian beer and a glass of local quality wine
  • Inclusions
    5 food stops
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • We can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc. If you have dietary requirements. Please indicate it to the special requirements at the time of booking
    • The tour includes the travel time from place to place
    • Alcoholic drinks is not suitable for children 17 years old or under!
    • The 14 allergens are: celery, cereals containing gluten (such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats), crustaceans (such as prawns, crabs and lobsters), eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs (such as mussels and oysters), mustard, peanuts, sesame, soya beans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites (if the sulphur dioxide and sulphites are at a concentration of more than ten parts per million) and tree nuts (such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios and macadamia nuts).
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral

  • 10m
Built in Neo-Byzantine style it is the is one of the biggest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world, as well as one of Sofia's symbols and primary tourist attractions.

The National Gallery for Foreign Art (Pass by)

The design of that Building, in Neoclassical style, by the Viennese architect Friedrich Schwanberg was realised in the period between 1881 and 1883.

Bulgarian National Library (St. Cyrill and St. Methodius National Library)

  • 10m
With its 8.5 million documents the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” is the largest book treasury in Bulgaria. Visitors will see temporary exhibitions inside. The collection of old, rare and valuable books includes a total of about 17 000 volumes of books and periodicals printed in the period 15th-21st centuries. The materials are organised in separate collections.

National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria (Pass by)

The building National Assembly sits is of historic significance and it is a monument of culture. It was built in 1884-1886 at the design of architect Constantin Yovanovic

Sofia University Saint Kliment Ohridski

  • 10m
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and The "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library are near the Eagles' Bridge. The university was founded on 1 October 1888. Monday-Friday visitors could also see the amazing central hall with the big stained glass windows.

Zhenski Pazar Women's Market (Pass by)

Established more than 140 years ago, it has become one of the most important trading centres in the metropolitan city. Almost 60 000 visit Zhenski Pazar Market every day. The market is located in the so-called Area of Tolerance in Sofia. The name itself is coined after the close proximity of the temples of all the official religious communities in Bulgaria. Here you can find the church “Saints Cyril and Methodius“, the “Banya bashi” Mosque, and the Central Synagogue of Sofia.

The West Gate of Sofia

  • 10m
The first fortification wall of Serdica was erected in the second half of the 2nd century AD. It had a width of 2.20 m. At the end of the 3rd , the beginning of the 4th c.АD, a remodeling of the wall was undertaken and a ditch was dug in front of it - 14 m west of the Western gate at about 2 m deep and 5 m wide, functioning in the 4th century.

Ancient Serdica Archaeological Complex

  • 10m
Ancient cultural and communication complex “Serdica” combines areas with various purposes, divided into two zones. The “Largo” zone, situated underneath Nezavisimost Square, integrates the unearthed archaeological remains into a site for cultural events. The remains of one of the two high streets of the Roman town, the decumanus maximus, which connects the eastern and the western gate of the city, can be seen here. A large residential building, covering an entire insula (urban block), can be seen south of it. The building also had small shops, from which travellers and the town’s inhabitants could purchase food and various goods.

Sofia Synagogue (Pass by)

The building of the Central Sofia Synagogue is rightly described as the pride of the Bulgarian Jewish community. It is one of the three largest Sephardic (Spanish-Jewish) synagogues in Europe and the largest on the Balkan Peninsula.

Central Mineral Baths -- Banski Sq 1 (Pass by)

Visitors will go to see the Natural Hot Springs of the city-46 degrees Celsius The current Central Mineral Baths building was designed in the Vienna Secession style, but integrating typically Bulgarian, Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox ornamental elements, by the architects Petko Momchilov and Friedrich Grünanger in 1904–1905 and approved on 30 January 1906, as projects by an Austrian (in 1889)

Banya Bashi Mosque (Pass by)

It was built by the initiative and with the financial support of Mullah Effendi Kada Seyfullah and is also known as Mollah Effendi Mosque. It was designed by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan, who also built the mosque of Sultan Selim on Edirne and the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. Because of the number 974 above the entrance arch, the mosque is considered to be built in 974, the Hijri (Islamic calendar) or in 1566 – 1567 AD.

Location

Activity location

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    St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral
    • Aleksander Nevski Square,
    • Sofia, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Patriarchal Cathedral St. Alexander Nevsky
    • ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"
    • 1000, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

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