Our Sofia Communism tour will bring you back in time. Let us experience Bulgaria during the communism time. Get to know what everyday life and the communist regime were like.
Our Communist tour of Sofia will begin with a visit to the Museum of Socialist art. Here you will learn about the life of the artists during the communist regime. The Communist tour of Sofia continues with a visit to the Bells monument at the foot of Vitosha Mountains. The monument was built in 1979 for all the children in the world with the support of the daughter of the leader Todor Zhivkov – Ludmila.
Next, we will visit the purpose-built “Druzhba” neighborhood. You will see residential blocks and learn about the communist living. Our Communist tour of Sofia will continue with the Soviet Army Monument. Here you will learn about the influence and relations of the Soviet Union. Then, we will pass by the antique market outside Alexander Nevsky cathedral. You will have a chance to pick up old communist relics.
Our Sofia Communism tour will continue to the governmental area. We will see the former office of the Communist party, the Presidency and the old Central Department Store. Here you will learn about the life of communist leaders.
We will visit the site of a bombing by the communist party in 1925 at St Nedelya church. This is the biggest bomb attack in Bulgaria so far. Today the church is repaired and it is a famous place for weddings.
Sofia Communism tour by Chaika car
We can make the Sofia Communism tour and your time in Bulgaria more memorable. We offer you the chance to experience a ride with a retro Chaika car.
During the Sofia Communism tour we will surprise you with a lot of stories, places and unexpected experience. Are you ready to travel back to the past? We can make the tour in Bulgaria more memorable.
| Duration: | approx. 6 hours / city centre plus the outskirts | ||||||||||
| Destination: | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||||||||
| Departure location | Pick up from your accommodation in Sofia, Bulgaria. | ||||||||||
| Departure Time | 10:00 | ||||||||||
| Arrival Time | 15:00 (Drop off at your accommodation) | ||||||||||
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| When to visit: | all year long | ||||||||||
| Group size: | from 1 up to 4 people | ||||||||||
| Extra information | This tour can be done with a regular car or a retro car. It depends on your budget. |
Additional information
| Destination | Bulgaria |
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| Duration | 1 day |
| Tour type | History |
| Starting point | Sofia |
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11.45 AM
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13.30 PM
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Please contact us at info@nvisiontravel.com for bookings and tailoring your trip in Bulgaria.
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Tour Reviews
I took the Sofia tour after I had been on the Buzludzha tour a couple of days earlier. I was fascinated by the insight into life under Communism that nvision travel had provided, and I wanted more! The tour took me around the main communist sights within the city of Sofia, with a great insight into each of the monuments provided by Tsveti, my guide for the tour.
The Museum of Socialist Art, located in the outskirts of the city, showed a different side to life under Communism. There was also a great film with plenty of archive footage showing how the streets I’d walked just a few hours earlier had looked during the Communist times.
The visit to the Bells Monument provided a fittingly peaceful end to the main tour. Seeing bells donated by countries that no longer exist (particularly some of the old communist countries) was strangely moving. We finished with a lunch at a great retro Communist restaurant. It was the perfect way to finish my first trip to Bulgaria.
I enjoyed myself so much, I went back to the country and did another tour with nvision travel just a few months later…
Had the most fun with Betty on the Communist Tour!
She is very knowledgeable, friendly, and warm. She answered all of my questions too!
One of the reasons for my visit to Bulgaria was to see evidence of its communist past. I had to decide between Nvision’s communist tour and another tour that was a walking tour downtown. I was so happy I chose the Nvision tour — because the transportation they provided really allowed us to see much more of the communist past.
From the Soviet Army Monument to the communist-era Palace of Culture, everything was fascinating. However, the highlight for me was the Museum of Socialist Art — where so many artifacts are located together, along with a very interesting video that the museum shows about Bulgaria’s communist past.
Nvision Travel adds many interesting touches to this tour, including lunch in a rooftop restaurant that was where communist party officials dined in the past.
If you are visiting Sofia, add this day-excursion to your itinerary!
-Tim F., U.S.A.
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