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Hotels in Sofia currently start at about € 47 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 86 and € 95 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 150 properties we can book here, 83% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 53% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.6/10.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Boyana Church and Banya Bashi Mosque draw most visitors to Sofia, and the hotels below sit within reach of them. We can book 150 properties here, from € 47 per night for two adults, with a typical price of € 86. About 83% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge, and the average guest rating across them is 8.6/10. You pay in BGN, and cards work in cities; smaller towns are cash-first.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 150 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 37 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 47 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 65 |
| Typical (median) price | € 86 |
| Upper quarter | € 110 |
| Typical 3-star | € 72 |
| Typical 4-star | € 95 |
| Typical 5-star | € 209 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria
in the centrechurch in Sofia, Bulgaria
7.5 km from the centremosque in Bulgaria
in the centrelibrary in Bulgaria
1.2 km from the centrechurch building in Sofia, Bulgaria
in the centretheatre in Sofia, Bulgaria
in the centreSephardic Jewish congregation and synagogue in Sofia
in the centreart museum in Sofia, Bulgaria
in the centreEarly Christian red brick rotunda that is considered the oldest church building in Sofia, Bulgaria
in the centrecathedral
in the centreSofia sits in Bulgaria at 42.6977° N, 23.3219° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
A nod can mean no and a shake can mean yes — confirm verbally if it matters.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Sofia stayed within a factor of 1.02, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 47 per night for two people, the typical price is € 86, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 110. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 83% of the rooms available in Sofia can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
The BGN (лв). Cards work in cities; smaller towns are cash-first.
10% is normal.
The best-known places are Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Boyana Church, Banya Bashi Mosque, SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library, Saint Sophia Church. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Sofia stayed within a factor of 1.02, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.