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Sofia off the beaten track, Iron Curtain Tour
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Duration - 5 hours
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Guide optionsEnglish, German
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Cancellation PolicyStandard
Overview
The Sofia Iron Curtain tour will bring you back in time. Let us experience Bulgaria during the communism. Get to know what everyday life and the communist regime were like. Our tour includes the city center, plus the surroundings. We will visit a residential neighborhood and a museum.
Highlights
- Experience the Iron Curtain lifestyle in a private tour.
- Travel back in time, Half day tour.
- Learn about the White bird of Bulgarian Culture Ludmila Zhivkova.
- See the former red star that was on top of the office of the communist party.
- Watch a black and white video about communist Bulgaria.
- Find out if your country has donated a bell to the Bells monument.
- Visit residential neighborhood and see a masterpiece of architecture.
- See a piece of the Berlin Wall in Sofia.
Description
Sofia off the beaten track, Iron Curtain Tour
The Sofia Iron Curtain tour will bring you back in time. Let us experience Bulgaria during the communism. Get to know what everyday life and the communist regime were like.
We will begin with a walking tour of the city center. Next, a visit to the Museum of Socialist art. The Museum is closed on Mondays. If you want to have the tour here anyway, we will include additional communist building on the tour.
In the museum, you will learn about life during the communist regime. We will continue with a visit to the Bells monument. It was built in 1979 for all the children in the world to play together.
We will visit a residential neighborhood with residential blocks and learn about the communist living. We will also pass by an antique market where you could get a souvenir from the near past. We finish with an optional lunch at a restaurant in a communist style.
The tour can also be organized with a limousine. In this case, the price is higher. Please, inquire me for a customized tour.
What's included
- Inclusions:
- Guiding Services in English or German
- Private Transportation by car and parking fees
- Drop off at your accommodation in Sofia city center
- Sightseeing of Sofia city center
- Sightseeing of Sofia surroundings - Bells monument, residential neighborhood
- Sightseeing from outside of the National Palace of Culture
- Photos from the tour
- Exclusions:
- Entrance fee at the Museum of Socialist art: BGN 6 per person
- Optional lunch (we go to an authentic restaurant during the tour)
- Entrance fee for optional visit to the Locomotive depot in Sofia. We need permission in advance.
- Entrance fee for optional visit to one of the oldest cinemas in Sofia. We need permission in advance
- Pick-up from your accommodation.
Itinerary
- Visited Places:
- City Center
- St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- Kambanite (The Bells) Park
- Socialist Art Museum
- Druzhba
- Antique and artisan fair
Your tour guide will pick you up in the morning from the main entrance of Saint Nedelya church in Sofia city center.
- The tour begins with a walking tour of the city center.
- Visit the Museum of Socialist Art
- Departure to the Bells monument
Bells monument at the foot of the Vitosha Mountains
- We will go to the residential neighborhoods built during communist time.
- Optional lunch. If you prefer, we can have lunch earlier or skip it.
Drop off at your accommodation in Sofia in the afternoon.
Please let me know if you would like the tour to be customized for you.
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Sofia off the beaten track, Iron Curtain Tour duration is 5 hours.
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