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Looking for a place to stay in Sofia? Then look no further than Bulgari Boutique Hotel, a boutique hotel that brings the best of Sofia to your doorstep.
The rooms offer air conditioning, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available, allowing you to rest and refresh with ease.
In addition, as a valued Bulgari Boutique Hotel guest, you can enjoy a lounge that is available on-site.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as Central Sofia Synagogue (Tsentralna Sofiiska Sinagoga) (0.3 mi) and Saint Nedelja Church (0.4 mi), guests of Bulgari Boutique Hotel can easily experience some of Sofia's most well known attractions.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Happy Bar & Grill Rakovski, Moma Bulgarian Food & Wine, and Hadjidraganov's Cellars, which are some barbeque restaurants that are popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
Best of all, Bulgari Boutique Hotel makes it easy to experience many great Sofia attractions like Cathedral Saint Alexandar Nevski, Saint Nikolas Russian Church (Tsurkva Sveta Nikolai), and The Rotunda of St George (Sveti Georgi), which are some popular architectural buildings.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Bulgari Boutique Hotel as you experience everything Sofia has to offer.
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50 Pirotska str., Sofia 1000 Bulgaria
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Great for walkers
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Rooms tiny like the size of your box room, 10ft by 10ft. Lets put it this way, if you were John Candy forget about staying here. But got what I paid for €35 per night. Location is about 10 mins from town center and near one of the main streets for shopping etc.
Views, the less said the better. At the back of a housing estate. The staff generally were nice without going the extra yard.
Views, the less said the better. At the back of a housing estate. The staff generally were nice without going the extra yard.
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Date of stay: May 2012Trip type: Traveled with friends
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The small hotel has good size rooms
Showers very small and no bath
The beds are very low and few inches from the floor . They are not very comfortable and not the best if you have back problems or sleep problems.
The position is good about 10 minutes walk to center
The hotel is clean
It has no lift and it is hard to walk to the top floor
The reception are is very small but the staff are good and very friendly
Internet is free
Showers very small and no bath
The beds are very low and few inches from the floor . They are not very comfortable and not the best if you have back problems or sleep problems.
The position is good about 10 minutes walk to center
The hotel is clean
It has no lift and it is hard to walk to the top floor
The reception are is very small but the staff are good and very friendly
Internet is free
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Date of stay: August 2011Trip type: Traveled solo
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We stayed at this hotel for about a week. The location is close to the city center, and safe enough. The hotel isn't luxurious, I wouldn't necessarily call it a 'boutique' hotel, but it offers a clean room, on a quiet street with a simple breakfast as an added plus. The staff was very nice and accommodating. We'll definitely visit again if we're in Sofia!
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Date of stay: February 2015Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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The Bulgari Hotel is a really sweet little place, just away from the main shopping areas, fairly quiet and pretty close to all amenities, museums and interesting buildings.
Trams run directly along the street outside, but we tended to walk everywhere in town or use the metro which is cheap and fairly easy to undertake. (Turn right when leaving hotel, walk about 300 metres and turn left at main junction. Metro subway about 30 metres by traffic lights on left. 2 Levs per person for a ticket to the main square to find the Alexander Levski Memorial etc. and flea market. Take right hand platform and travel two stops. This will also provide you with a McDonalds, (the devil you know!) and tourist information where they speak excellent english and are extremely helpful. You can get some really useful leaflets on Sofia, which helped us enormously.
The hotel offers a small lounge area downstairs as you enter, where you can have your breakfast or just chill and have a drink if you wish, when on site. There is a lift to all floors, which is good, as the stairs are a bit of a health and safety risk due to the condition of the carpet in places. Not as much of a H & S risk as the pavements generally, which are appalling. I know as I took quite a tumble on one occasion and came close many times.
We chose to have breakfast brought to our room and this can be arranged between 8am and 10am. This consisted of a glass of orange juice, a very small coffee and one warm croissant with butter and jam: plenty for us, but a large coffee would have been better received, but don't expect this anywhere in Sofia: Small is best it seems!
Our room was generally clean, although it could have done with a good dust and the floor washed. It was turned around mid-week and the bathroom cleaned every day with clean towels as required. The room was of a good size and very nicely decorated and furnished, being very contemporary in appearance. The little minibar offered a good range of drinks, soft and alcoholic and was very reasonably priced. We thought the room very comfortable and you even get supplied with condoms!
We had a little balcony, which would have been well received if it wasn't for the fact that it was on the back of the building and provided a view of wasteland and general rubbish: Nothing pretty or interesting unfortunately, just a bit sad. It would not have taken much to make this area more appealling to the eye, to a point, but this depends on who owns it I suppose.
The staff try to be as helpful as possible, but there are some language issues, so be prepared to make some effort to be patient and tolerant of that fact as we found little evidence of english being spoken generally in Sofia: Aim for the youngsters as they are much more proficient, older people tend to look at you as if you have just dropped from Mars.
Eating out is generally very cheap and there are two very reasonable restaurants/bars close by. One diagonally opposite to the left with the menu in english when requested and one to the right on the same side, about 60 metres, turn right and it is just on the left. (Italian of a sort) Lots of other take-away opportunities in close proximity.
If you want the general outdoor market or supermarket, turn left outside hotel and go across the first main road. Continue for about 60 metres and take first left, both are a short walk down this road, with the supermarket on the left. (make sure you weigh and label fruit etc., at point of selection or you get told off (nicely) by the cashier and be careful on crossings not controlled by traffic lights as pedestrians do not have right of way!)
Beware if you hire a car, as you have to pay to park in this street and any other in the city. This is not expensive (1 Lev per hour), but you can only park for two hours at a time and you have to be able to find the person in the lime green tabbard who issues the vouchers.
Although these individuals are quite numerous they are not always where you want them and this can mean quite a wait in or around the car until one surfaces. No voucher means you get clamped. If you are not there pretty rapidly to pay the fine, you very quickly get towed away!! This therefore demands constant awareness of the situation or you get out of the city between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm. Free on Saturdays and Sundays.
The car hire representative who was filling in paperwork with us in the hotel lobby was clamped as he did not purchase a voucher and he was with us very briefly.
Overall, we found the hotel to offer very good value for money and enjoyed our stay there.
Trams run directly along the street outside, but we tended to walk everywhere in town or use the metro which is cheap and fairly easy to undertake. (Turn right when leaving hotel, walk about 300 metres and turn left at main junction. Metro subway about 30 metres by traffic lights on left. 2 Levs per person for a ticket to the main square to find the Alexander Levski Memorial etc. and flea market. Take right hand platform and travel two stops. This will also provide you with a McDonalds, (the devil you know!) and tourist information where they speak excellent english and are extremely helpful. You can get some really useful leaflets on Sofia, which helped us enormously.
The hotel offers a small lounge area downstairs as you enter, where you can have your breakfast or just chill and have a drink if you wish, when on site. There is a lift to all floors, which is good, as the stairs are a bit of a health and safety risk due to the condition of the carpet in places. Not as much of a H & S risk as the pavements generally, which are appalling. I know as I took quite a tumble on one occasion and came close many times.
We chose to have breakfast brought to our room and this can be arranged between 8am and 10am. This consisted of a glass of orange juice, a very small coffee and one warm croissant with butter and jam: plenty for us, but a large coffee would have been better received, but don't expect this anywhere in Sofia: Small is best it seems!
Our room was generally clean, although it could have done with a good dust and the floor washed. It was turned around mid-week and the bathroom cleaned every day with clean towels as required. The room was of a good size and very nicely decorated and furnished, being very contemporary in appearance. The little minibar offered a good range of drinks, soft and alcoholic and was very reasonably priced. We thought the room very comfortable and you even get supplied with condoms!
We had a little balcony, which would have been well received if it wasn't for the fact that it was on the back of the building and provided a view of wasteland and general rubbish: Nothing pretty or interesting unfortunately, just a bit sad. It would not have taken much to make this area more appealling to the eye, to a point, but this depends on who owns it I suppose.
The staff try to be as helpful as possible, but there are some language issues, so be prepared to make some effort to be patient and tolerant of that fact as we found little evidence of english being spoken generally in Sofia: Aim for the youngsters as they are much more proficient, older people tend to look at you as if you have just dropped from Mars.
Eating out is generally very cheap and there are two very reasonable restaurants/bars close by. One diagonally opposite to the left with the menu in english when requested and one to the right on the same side, about 60 metres, turn right and it is just on the left. (Italian of a sort) Lots of other take-away opportunities in close proximity.
If you want the general outdoor market or supermarket, turn left outside hotel and go across the first main road. Continue for about 60 metres and take first left, both are a short walk down this road, with the supermarket on the left. (make sure you weigh and label fruit etc., at point of selection or you get told off (nicely) by the cashier and be careful on crossings not controlled by traffic lights as pedestrians do not have right of way!)
Beware if you hire a car, as you have to pay to park in this street and any other in the city. This is not expensive (1 Lev per hour), but you can only park for two hours at a time and you have to be able to find the person in the lime green tabbard who issues the vouchers.
Although these individuals are quite numerous they are not always where you want them and this can mean quite a wait in or around the car until one surfaces. No voucher means you get clamped. If you are not there pretty rapidly to pay the fine, you very quickly get towed away!! This therefore demands constant awareness of the situation or you get out of the city between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm. Free on Saturdays and Sundays.
The car hire representative who was filling in paperwork with us in the hotel lobby was clamped as he did not purchase a voucher and he was with us very briefly.
Overall, we found the hotel to offer very good value for money and enjoyed our stay there.
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Date of stay: March 2012Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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The rooms were clean, the staff was helpful and it was centrally located. We had a balcony. View wasn't good but I don't care about that. I was only there for 4 days to soak up the city, food and the people on this trip. I want a clean room and bathroom, which I got. They had bath products for showering and a 3 condoms in the mix. Wifi was free. TV was mounted up high and small but there were many international channels. I would recommend the hotel for sure. If I recall it was about 50 euros a night.
website: www.bulgarihotel.net
address: 50 Pirotska str. 1000
tel: 359 2/8310060 or 359 878353666
website: www.bulgarihotel.net
address: 50 Pirotska str. 1000
tel: 359 2/8310060 or 359 878353666
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Date of stay: November 2012Trip type: Traveled with friends
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we stayed here 4nts and wouldn't stay again.the room was very small,we did get a change
of towels but not sheets.our bed was made only once and on one occassion we came in at
10pm to find our breakfast trays still on the bed.breakfast is served in your room and is a
joke.with one over warmed wet croissant,a little butter, jam served in a cup,a mouth full of juice
and stewed coffee there will be no need to diet when you return home.there is a kettle in the room but no cups and they refused to give us any.the staff were polite but had no information
on the area or where to find anything for the tourist.be careful of the stair carpet it is lethal it has holes and tears on the edge of the treads.you don't get what you paid for,they get your money and you get a 1 star hostel, which will be cheaper than staying here for good food and drink try the 43 pub across the road.
of towels but not sheets.our bed was made only once and on one occassion we came in at
10pm to find our breakfast trays still on the bed.breakfast is served in your room and is a
joke.with one over warmed wet croissant,a little butter, jam served in a cup,a mouth full of juice
and stewed coffee there will be no need to diet when you return home.there is a kettle in the room but no cups and they refused to give us any.the staff were polite but had no information
on the area or where to find anything for the tourist.be careful of the stair carpet it is lethal it has holes and tears on the edge of the treads.you don't get what you paid for,they get your money and you get a 1 star hostel, which will be cheaper than staying here for good food and drink try the 43 pub across the road.
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Date of stay: May 2012Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Room Tip: all the rooms are the same POOR
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The Bulgari Hotel is a small, 12 room hotel located within about a 10 minute walk from the central Sofia area. The area it's in is rather run-down and slightly dirty, but then again, much of Sofia is a little tattered around the edges. That being said, it seemed like a safe enough area and I would consider staying there again if I return to Sofia. The price was right as I got the room through an online site and paid $30 a night.
I stayed in room 104 which is directly over the lobby on the first floor. The three large windows look out over the street. Overall the room was a decent size and the bathroom was large and had a tub and shower. My general impression of the room was that it was a fine room, although it could have used a good scrubbing.
On the positive side there was a safe in the room as well as a mini-bar. They also supplied toiletries (including condoms, interestingly enough). The large bed was two twins pushed together as is typical in Europe. The staff seemed quite friendly although English was a bit of a struggle for a couple of them.
The shower had great pressure and plenty of hot water and there was a tv in the room, although the remote did not work. It was a short walk to the Women's Market and Billa grocery store (3-5 minutes) and about a 10 minute walk to the Central Market.
On the con side of the room, the front facing room I was in was a bit loud at night with the trams running and the stray dogs barking. Breakfast was weak at best with OJ, coffee and a croissant. However, there are plenty of places around to grab a bite to eat. Also, the wifi went down about a day into my stay and they were never able to fix it the rest of the time I was there. When it was working it was good, however that was for less than 24 hours of my 3+ day stay.
Sofia is a great city for exploring, although there isn't much touristy to really do. Go and experience the food.
I stayed in room 104 which is directly over the lobby on the first floor. The three large windows look out over the street. Overall the room was a decent size and the bathroom was large and had a tub and shower. My general impression of the room was that it was a fine room, although it could have used a good scrubbing.
On the positive side there was a safe in the room as well as a mini-bar. They also supplied toiletries (including condoms, interestingly enough). The large bed was two twins pushed together as is typical in Europe. The staff seemed quite friendly although English was a bit of a struggle for a couple of them.
The shower had great pressure and plenty of hot water and there was a tv in the room, although the remote did not work. It was a short walk to the Women's Market and Billa grocery store (3-5 minutes) and about a 10 minute walk to the Central Market.
On the con side of the room, the front facing room I was in was a bit loud at night with the trams running and the stray dogs barking. Breakfast was weak at best with OJ, coffee and a croissant. However, there are plenty of places around to grab a bite to eat. Also, the wifi went down about a day into my stay and they were never able to fix it the rest of the time I was there. When it was working it was good, however that was for less than 24 hours of my 3+ day stay.
Sofia is a great city for exploring, although there isn't much touristy to really do. Go and experience the food.
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Date of stay: March 2012Trip type: Traveled solo
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We had a good time in Sofia, the hotel located in the center of the city, close to a city mall, all shops, bars and cafes, restaurants, the room was clean and the reception was very nice, thanks to Krasimir,
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Date of stay: September 2014Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Room Tip: We had a good time, the hotel located in the center of the city, close to all shops, bars and...
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My girlfriend and I spent 2 nights in the hotel recently whilst visiting Sofia on a little trip around central Bulgaria. It was booked online at a 50% discounted rate to the normal prices. Not a lot to say about the hotel really, it did the job. It was a good base to have in Sofia whilst exploring. I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for a luxury hotel, this is definitely no frills, but if you want somewhere cheap to get your head down for the night and leave your bags during the day then it satisfies requirements. The room we ended up in was a street-side room 2 floors up. One of Sofia's tram lines passes along the road outside, so it was a little noisy at night when they passed, and the final approach to Sofia airport takes the aircraft right down the road of the hotel so occasionally we could hear the aircraft too. Nothing too bad, just worth mentioning though. The bathroom was a bit dated, and could definitely have done with a new shower curtain, there was mould on ours. Breakfast was included in our price, which consisted of a coffee, orange juice, piece of fruit, and a packaged croissant. Nothing remarkable, but again, just about enough to keep you going until lunchtime. Overall, a cheap hotel that does the job of a central location in Sofia for a reasonable price.
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Date of stay: August 2014Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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You get what you pay for. I wouldn't call it a 3 star hotel, but it's not really a hostel either. The staff are nice and helpfull.The rooms are clean, but a little small. The bathroom is nice. Although the toiletpaper is placed in such a way it gets wet when you shower.
It's about a 15 minute walk to the town centre and about 30 minutes to the train and busstation. The hotel is placed in a bit of a shabby neighboorhood, but it's no ghetto either. It's quiet though. The only thing waking us up at night were our deaf neighbors. They didn't realize how much noise they were making.
The best thing about the Bulgari hotel is the three condoms that lay waiting in the room for you.
The worst thing is the croisants they give you for breakfast.
It's about a 15 minute walk to the town centre and about 30 minutes to the train and busstation. The hotel is placed in a bit of a shabby neighboorhood, but it's no ghetto either. It's quiet though. The only thing waking us up at night were our deaf neighbors. They didn't realize how much noise they were making.
The best thing about the Bulgari hotel is the three condoms that lay waiting in the room for you.
The worst thing is the croisants they give you for breakfast.
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Date of stay: August 2013Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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"Rooms at the back are a bit quieter as at the front you can hear the trams. I preferred the front though as I could see what was going on in the street."Read full review
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Which popular attractions are close to Bulgari Boutique Hotel?
Nearby attractions include Funky Monkeys Escape Hub (0.2 miles), Zhenski Pazar Women's Market (0.3 miles), and Saint Nikolai Sofiyski (0.2 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Bulgari Boutique Hotel?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, a lounge, and dry cleaning.
What food & drink options are available at Bulgari Boutique Hotel?
Guests can enjoy a lounge during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Bulgari Boutique Hotel?
Conveniently located restaurants include Olio D'Oliva, Furna, and Bistro 16.
Is Bulgari Boutique Hotel located near the city center?
Yes, it is 0.5 miles away from the center of Sofia.
Are there any historical sites close to Bulgari Boutique Hotel?
Many travelers enjoy visiting Catedral de Sveta-Nedelya (0.4 miles), The Rotunda Church of St George (0.5 miles), and Amphitheatre of Serdica (0.7 miles).
Is Bulgari Boutique Hotel accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.