Originally Posted by
xenole
I'll use this thread for this question.
Booked a few day trip as a holiday.
Looking at spending a couple of days in Sofia (will that be enough?), and looking at staying at the IC. Prices range from £108/night for the base room up to say £159 for a King Classic / Mountain View / Lounge access (have Spire Ambassador status)
(£18/night if I want 5k bonus points as well). Around £400 for 2 nights if I go for the 10k points and 1 day cancellation in case BA decide to go on a cancelling spree again.
Is this actually expensive for Sofia?
Paid £55 at the HGI at OTP airport a while ago (£81 the second time). Not the same country, but don't think Bulgaria is exactly overly modern as of yet?
Contemplating popping somewhere else for a couple of days before returning to Sofia for the return flight. Anywhere recommended should I decide to look at this?
i.e. Bucharest, Skopje etc. if I want to leave the country.
Was looking at SOF-LHR-SOF. although my dates have CE out of a Monday, return in economy on Wednesday (no CE available on some days or ££££), so I'd be staying in London for a couple of nights unless there was something cheap out.
I'm an expat (UK) living in Sofia so maybe can provide some useful advise. Found this thread wondering how CE got to 15 rows.
Sofia can be as expensive as you want. Some good restaurants right now are Cosmos, Fake French, constantinoff, . Generally it's cheap for taxis (use Yellow app) and drinks. I paid £7 for 3 pints of imported beer.
Easy trip from Sofia is to Plovdiv and you can see some culture. I'd just get a taxi booked via the hotel. Avoid the train unless you want an adventure. Coaches also a safe inexpensive option.
You can get a taxi to Skopje as well (I've done it, lovely scenery on the way).