Hotel Royal Victoria

110A, Simeonovsko Chaussee, Sofia, 1434, Bulgaria | 4 star hotel

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The Kindness of Strangers Got Us Through Today

A travel blog entry by europeinajar

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... did a lot. It was so bad that every time he put his arm up we had to hold or breath or put our blankets over our nose to mask the smell. I even took out my perfume severl times, sprayed behind his seat and gave the girls and myslef perfume to dab under our noses (see below). Six hours later we made it to Sofia, Bulgaria and were so thankful for the fresh(ish) air. We had no idea where our hotel was that we had booked and had not mapped it since we didn't know where our bus ...

Playing it safe

A travel blog entry by peyton

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... circuit of a few places from yesterday's tour that I neglected to photograph.  The guard with the fearsome feather is one of four guarding the Presidency, the offices of Bulgaria's leader, located directly behind the hotel. They perform the typical slow motion goose-step changing of the guard each hour, but I didn't feel like waiting around. Once you've seen the Ministry of Silly Walks sketch, it spoils you for that kind of thing. ...

The end of Eastern Europe

A travel blog entry by luciferm

... drive was just torture.

The Croatians were so so, neither nor. Don't remember speaking to an unfriendly person, but I spoke to very few in Croatia. Many nice people there, but perhaps I don't have such a positive feeling towards the Croats as I do towards the Bosnians because I expected the Croats to be nice. Romanians, yes again, nice people. Don't remember any unnice people and a couple of guys spoke to me in very good English as I was having breakfast in ...

Mountain and yoga in Sofia

A travel blog entry by elliottford

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... for young people is high) and the city seemed to lack vibrancy. Although there are Turkish and Roma groups here the city doesn't seem very multicultural and we even saw a group of young men casually walking around with 'White Power' written on their t-shirts. This seemed incongruous to the fact that at a small music festival we went to the most popular genre of music was hip-hop, which the young seemed to embrace. Despite this I ...

BULGARIA

A travel blog entry by vinkor

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... line.
What else? Oh yes, Borisova Gardens a big green park with a little lake, some monuments dedicated to the Partizans, included an obelisk and the Levsky Sofia Stadium.

Left Sofia 100 km south you can reach in two, three hours the amazing monastery of Rila, the best I have ever seen. A white and black citadel with elegant and painted walls inside and outside with the black dressed priests and a nice old church in the middle.
All around the high chain of ...

Traveler rating: 3.5/5 Very Good (5 reviews)

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This 4 star hotel, located in the Лозенец area of Sofia, is near Vitosha Mountain, National Museum of History, National Palace of Culture Congress Centre, and Boyana Village.
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