How expensive is Sofia?

Hello fellow budget hunters

It’s time for the latest chapter in my How Expensive is.. series. This time I will be doing my sums for our 4 night trip to the Bulgarian Capital. It was a beautiful place and we had such a lovely time – I would recommend Eastern Europe to anyone who wants to save a few pennies in an awesome place!

Transport

So our flights cost us £23 and before you ask how – Look at my last post on my Flight Hacks. I also like to include airport transfers into this one which cost me £10.75. We were lucky enough to be picked up from the airport by our airbnb host and got the metro back which cost us about £0.74 for a one way journey.

Accommodation

This is another expensive part of the budget – we luckily had £30 free credit on airbnb (Which you can too by using the referral code above!). So we managed to find a lovely studio flat in Sofia which was £14 a night and overall including the cleaning/taxes it was £44 with our discount. Halving that and it was £22 for the 4 nights and a 2am lift from the airport! Amazing price – If you want to check it out I will leave a link here.

Food/Drink and Gifts

We only found free things to do in Sofia which was very budget friendly and also due to the blistering heat – All we wanted to do was eat ice cream and relax! We ate out for lunch and dinner every day and although it wasn’t the cheapest – we exchanged £90 over our days there between us for all the food we wanted. Including fried Gouda (10/10 would recommend except for those who like healthy eating!) So I believe that one is £45 each for food, drink, many many gelatos and presents.

 

All together I believe we spent £101.50 for our 4 night adventure to the beautiful capital. I understand we manage to find awesome deals and not everyone can do that but I would definitely look up visiting Bulgaria at some point. It also has cheap beaches and is fantastic.