Sofia & Vitosha

Highlights

1. 1

   Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

   Sofia's gold-domed statement of independence.

   30 min–1 h

   Plamen Agov (MrPanyGoff) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2. 2

   Boyana Church

   Eighty square metres of painting that arrived two centuries early.

   30–50 min

   Todor Bozhinov / Тодор Божинов · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
3. 3

   Vitosha

   A mountain of 2,290 metres that you reach on a city bus

   4–10 h

   podoboq from Sofia, Bulgaria · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
4. 4

   National Archaeological Museum, Bulgaria

   A fifteenth-century mosque holding Bulgaria's Thracian gold

   1–2 h

   Klearchos Kapoutsis · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
5. 5

   Saint Nedelya Church

   Rebuilt after the deadliest terrorist attack in Bulgarian history

   15–30 min

   Radi SADEK · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
6. 6

   National History Museum

   Todor Zhivkov's residence, now the country's largest collection

   1.5–3 h

   Ann Wuyts · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons