Sofia Communist Tour 

A local tour guide welcomes you and gives you your personal communist “Pioneer” tie, typically worn as part of communist uniforms. Revisit the era of Communist Bulgaria, as your guide brings the old Sofia back to life. Experience what everyday life and the communist regime were like.

Detailed Program

Start with a visit to the Museum of Soviet art and learn about the life of the artist during the communist regime. The tour continues with visit to the Bell park at the foot of Vitosha mountain, built in 1979 for all the children in the world with the support of the daughter of the leader Todor Zhivkov – Ljudmila.
Next, visit to the purpose-built “Druzhba” neighborhood. See residential blocks from the inside and learn about the ideology and logic of communist living.
Visit the Soviet Army Monument. Learn about the influence and relations with the Soviet Union and the spreading of Soviet Propaganda into every aspect of Bulgarian life.
Then, pass by the antique market outside Alexander Nevski cathedral, with a chance to pick up old communist relics. Pass by the Theatre of the Bulgarian Army and learn of the fate of dissident artists and cultural figures.
Continue to the government district. See the Communist party’s former headquarter, the Presidency and the old Central Representative Store for the communist elite. Learn about the life of communist leaders and functionaries.
Visit the site of a bombing by the communist party in 1925 at St Nedelya church and proceed to the National Palace of Culture. See the largest congress hall on the Balkans, which today still
holds the annual congress of the Socialist Party.