Sofia 3-Hour Food, Culture, and Heritage Tour

Feel like a true local in Sofia with a 3-hour food, heritage, and culture tour. See the city's iconic sights and learn about history and architecture. Then enjoy stops at traditional restaurants and popular cafes to sample famous Bulgarian food and wine.

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Highlights

Feel like a local in Sofia as you visit favorite spots and ride public transportation
Taste the famous shopska salad and drink ayryan
Sample local Bulgarian wine along with a meze meat platter
See the main symbols and icons of Sofia and admire the local architecture

Description

Spend an afternoon experiencing Sofia like the locals with a 3-hour tour that covers food, heritage, and culture. Explore the historical city center, taste Bulgarian sweets, and indulge in some Bulgarian wine and meze. Your tour begins with visits to the National Theatre, King’s Palace, and the Presidency, before you head to a local cafe. Sample shopska salad, prepared with fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, cheese, and spices. Then taste a cup of traditional Bulgarian ayryan, a drink prepared from yogurt. After this snack, continue to see the Rotunda of St. George, St. Nedelya Church, Banya Bashi Mosque, and the Synagogue. From there, it’ll be time for a visit to Central Hali Market, a building with more than a hundred years of history and architecture. Enjoy a stop for typical sweets like baklava and tolumbichki. You’ll also have the opportunity to buy fresh fruits or vegetables, and to possibly sample nuts or sausages. Continuing with the truly local Sofia experience, catch a ride on the newest underground in Europe and arrive at a traditional, typical Bulgarian restaurant. Situated in 4 houses with a common garden, the restaurant’s architecture and furniture hail from the 19th century, and from 4 different parts of Bulgaria. Here you can indulge in some fantastic Bulgarian wine along with meze, a local meat platter filled with lukanka, babek, fillet Elena, and pastarma.