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Here you will find travel information and insider tips about Bulgaria:Sofia that has been cooperatively contributed by other friendly Hospitality Club members. Please become active as well, and share your vast budget travel and backpacking knowledge with other members and the internet community - it is very easy to edit any information here (more info in the Help File). We hope that these Travel Guides will quickly become a great and fun resource. If you want to print this guide out to take with you, we have prepared this Printer Friendly Travel Guide for you. Enjoy!
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Basic Facts |
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Sofia Today - in figures
Territory - 1310 sq km
Height above the sea level - 550 m
Population - 1,220,000
Population density - 907 people per sq km
Average age of population 38.3 years
Housing
Number of units - 475,900
Utilised area - 30 sq km
Living area per person - 15.1 sq m
Centrally-heated housing units - 437,000
Length of the water supply net - 2657 km
Length of the drainage net - 822 km
Length of electricity net - 7823 km
Telephone lines - 408,000
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Attractions and Things to See and Do |
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Maps |
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Here you can find a map of the city:
Sofia Map
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Off the Beaten Path and Insider Tips |
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Suggested Itineraries |
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Transport |
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In Bulgaria you can use the bus network and the trains. Both not very expensive, but quite ok.
In Sofia look out for the OK taxis (big blue o k letters), if you want to travel cheap and without any problems.
Public transport in sofia seems for foreigners quite bad organised, but if you are longer their get a Map with "Maschrutka"-lines (private Minibuses with fixed route: stop it with your hand, get of where you want). For public transport except the one subway-line you can use Talons: ... more |
Accommodation |
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http://www.hostelmostel.com/
http://www.art-hostel.com/ |
Food and Drinks and Local Specialties |
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Restaurants, Supermarkets, Street Food, Local Specialties ... |
Money and Costs |
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There are a lot of ATMs in the city. If you travel with cash be sure to bring Euros: You can change them very easy in Bulgaria and it's neighbour countries to the lokal currencies.
Bulgaria is quite cheap for a european country. You can get a nice bulgarian bear (0.5) from up to 1lv (50 cent) in a bar and can eat in a restaurant for about 3 Euros; a 5km taxi-ride is about 2 Euros. [ifrost:03/2004] |
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Hospitality Club Meetings |
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Use this section to add more info if you organize meetings and events (you can add a short note on the main country or region page). You can also invite other members to parties, sports events, whenever you would like to meet up with someone. |
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Photos |
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Some nice sofia fotos you'll find here:
http://www.sofia.bg/cards.asp
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Activities and Sports |
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Nightlife and Entertainment |
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Check out the free weekly programata guide for nightlife. You get it in many bars or in the web (also english)
http://www.programata.bg
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Population and People |
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Culture and Conduct or Local Customs |
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Language and Useful Phrases |
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Events and Holidays |
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Climate and When to Go |
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Media |
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Volunteer Opportunities and Work |
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Organized Tours |
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What to Bring or Packing List |
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Shopping |
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Books and Further Reading |
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The lonley planet for Bulgaraia is quite useful for Sofia and the whole country (english language)
get from Amazon
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