Sights in Town Sofia

The Palace of Vrana (aka "Vranya") is a royal palace with park, located 11 km east of the center of Sofia. Here, in the past,  the royal family has spent most of their time. Before the liberation of Bulgaria Vrana was a farm of Osman Pasha. In 1898 Knyaz Ferdinand I bought it for 600 gold levs. The ...

This fountain is located front of the building of the national theatre Ivan Vazov in Sofia. It and its reflecting pool were built in 1976. The sight is disposed in the middle of a small green and shady park (named City Garden), leading to the National Art Gallery. The place has own atmosphere with ...

The National Palace of Culture (Natsionalen Dvorets na Kulturata or for short NDK) is in the centre of Sofia and has a marvelous view at Vitosha Mountain. This is the largest multifunctional complex in Bulgaria and in South-Eastern Europe. Because of its central and easy location and of fact there ...

The Eagles`Bridge (Orlov most) in Sofia was built over the Perlovska River in 1891 by Czech architect Václav Prošek, his brother Jozef and his cousins Bohdan and Jiří, who also designed and built together the similar but lion-themed Lavov Most. The name of the bridge itself comes from the four sta...

The extravagant snail-house in Sofia`s district of Simeonovo is one of the local attractions. It represents colorful 5-storey building in the shape of a snail. Although its non-standard form, the building fits well the surrounding buildings and creating the illusion that the giant snail crawl along...

The Lions` Bridge (Lavov most) is a bridge over the Vladaya River located in the central part of Sofia, at the juncture of Marie Louise Boulevard and Slivnitsa Boulevard (no far away of Sofia railway station). It was built in period 1889-1891 by the Czech architect Václav Prošek, his brother Jozef a...

The Largo is called the complex of buildings and architectural ensemble in downtown of Sofia, architectural designed and built in the 1950s with the intention to become the city`s new representative centre. The ensemble is centred around Nezavisimost (Independence) Square (aka "The...