Even before my departure for Sofia I had found information about the “free tour” of the city. Once I arrived in town, I found even more about the “association 365”: I discovered their “communist tour” that brings visitors to discover the city through the places, monuments and history of the village during the communist
Do you remember those places that leave you open-mouthed when you start to see them from afar, that can surprise you even more than you had imagined before the trip? The Rila Monastery, 120 km from Sofia and one of the most famous in Bulgaria is precisely one of these places! It was founded by…Continue Reading
During my trip to Sofia last August, one of the out-of-town trips I wanted to do was in Plovdiv: a city overflowing with Roman history and which, in its way, has much to tell. To get to Plovdiv, from Sofia you have two alternatives:
1)…Continue Reading
During the three weeks of summer vacation in August I visited Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, and in this post, I want to condense all the useful information that I collected and some personal reflections that arise from some things I had read before leaving.
Bulgaria is part of the European Union, but not Schengen; however,…Continue Reading
