Enjoy a guided tour and take your chance to discover the history behind Sofia's historical landmarks in the city centre. See how the capital of Bulgaria has preserved its heritage from different cultures and epochs: from Roman, to Early Christian, Ottoman, Bulgarian and Soviet. With your tour guide, you will visit the city's most popular sights like Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (the second biggest in the Balkans), Saint George Rotunda (the oldest church in town, dating back to the 4th-century) and Saint Sofia Basilica - the medieval symbol of Serdica, built in the 6th-century.
Visit other places of historical significance such as the Parliament, National Theatre “Ivan Vazov”- one of the most beautiful buildings in town, the former Royal Palace, the administration of the President, and the mineral springs. After your 2-hour walking tour of the city, you will visit one of the best local gourmet restaurants in town. Whilst here, you will have the choice of 3 menus:
• Shopska Salad:
Tomatoes, grilled peppers, cucumbers, pickled red onion, sheep, goat and cow cheese, parsley and grilled hot pepper
Kapama
Pork belly, ox-tails, rabbit, Petrohan sausage, prunes pestil, rice and manna croup popcorns
Bulgarian rose II
Vanilla sponge cake, yoghurt ice cream with pink pepper, strawberry and rose sorbet, rose meringue
• Moon salad:
Moon beans from Kurtovo Konare, homemade luteniza, leek on charcoal, sheep cheese, lovage, spearmint
Beef cheeks
Trahana with spearmint, spinach puree, aged Smilyan cheese, seasonal mushrooms
Banitza with boza
Cheese mousse, rose jam, “boza” sorbet, crispy “banitza”
• Pears with Green cheese:
Green mix salads, dark craft beer, Vinaigrette jam of green walnuts, pickle of onion from Reselets
Polenta with Brynza
Porcini, cheese espuma, tomato confit, milk skin
Tikvenik
“Rachel” of pumpkin, caviar of smoked chilli honey, three types of pumpkin, cottage cheese, vanilla ice cream and long pepper