Alexander Nevsky CathedralAlexander Nevsky Cathedral · photo: Plamen Agov, CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-guided walking tour of Sofia

37 sights · Bulgaria · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Sofia, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

Plan your walk through Sofia

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

3-hour walk past the highlights of Sofia

9 stops · 3.4 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

  1. Photo: No machine-readable author provided, Public domain
    🚶 3 min walkSaint George Rotunda Church
  2. Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0
    🚶 3 min walkNational Archaeological Museum, Bulgaria
  3. Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 5 min walkIvan Vazov National Theatre
  4. Photo: Plamen Agov, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 10 min walkAlexander Nevsky Cathedral
  5. Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0
    🚶 2 min walkSaint Sophia Church
  6. Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 7 min walkNational Art Gallery of Bulgaria
  7. Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 6 min walkLargo
  8. Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0
    🚶 3 min walkBanya Bashi Mosque
  9. Photo: Plamen Agov, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 3 min walkCentral Synagogue of Sofia
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More well-known sights in Sofia

  1. Lions' Bridge
  2. Cathedral of St Joseph, Sofia
  3. Monument to the Tsar Liberator
  4. Seven Saints Church
  5. National Museum of Military History
  6. Sofia Zoo
  7. Saint Petka of the Saddlemakers Church
  8. Central Sofia Cemetery
  9. Monument to the Unknown Soldier
  10. Monument to the Soviet Army
  11. National Gallery for Foreign Art
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