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Price is €129 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
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Overview

    • Explore the communist history of Sofia through its imposing architecture
    • See the Monument to the Soviet Army at Borissova Garden
    • Discover where the elite would shop at the Central Department Store
    • Purchase communist relics at an antiques market

Activity location

    • Sofia
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • бул. Цар Освободител 22, метростанция Софийски университет "Св. Климент, Охридски, 1113 Doctor's Garden, Sofia, Bulgaria | Meet at the Tourist Information Center, bul. Tsar Osvoboditel 22, Sofia.
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

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Valid for 3 Hours, Sofia: Communist History Walking Tour in English

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€119.00 x 2 Adults€238.00
Total
Price is €238.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    English-speaking guide
  • Inclusions
    Public transport ticket (if needed for people with walking problems)
  • Exclusions
    Food and drinks
  • Exclusions
    Optional service charge
  • Exclusions
    Hotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

    • 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).

What you can expect

  • Discover the communist remnants of Sofia city centre on a walking tour with an English-speaking guide. Benefit from their expertise about the communist era and its architecture.

    See the imposing Monument to the Soviet Army at Borissova Garden, and then ride, if needed, a trolley bus with the locals to experience a relic from olden times. Arrive at the impressive National Palace of Culture, the largest congress hall in the Balkans. Discover a piece of the Berlin Wall, which fell just one day before the radical changes that occurred in Bulgaria in 1989.

    Walk down Vitosha Boulevard to reach the former headquarters of the Communist Party. See the upmarket Central Department Store (TZUM), where the elite would shop. Continue to the site of the former Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum on Prince Alexander of Battenberg Square. End at the antiques market outside Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and pick up some communist relics.

Location

Activity location

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    • Sofia
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • бул. Цар Освободител 22, метростанция Софийски университет "Св. Климент, Охридски, 1113 Doctor's Garden, Sofia, Bulgaria | Meet at the Tourist Information Center, bul. Tsar Osvoboditel 22, Sofia.
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria