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SOFIA - CAPITAL OF BULGARIA

Don’t get distracted with its funny name and book a ticket of Sofia to find out what exactly the city is. Sofia is the capital and the largest city of Bulgaria with over 1 million population and too many visiting places. Bulgaria’s pleasant capital is often overlooked by international tourists, especially for Ski Resorts. The country isn’t a big metropolis but it’s a modern and youthful city with some excellent sceneries. One may also find national museums, historical places, or top-class buildings.

2000 years ago, the city was named Serdica with sand and destroyness everywhere. But now, its a complete package of one’s choice and desire. Contact the Global Patient Transfer team to land on the International Airport of Sofia for any medical cause and have some spectacular days there.

Climate of Sofia

Don't forget to check the climate first while visiting the city. It will be a better choice to have a tour there in the days between April-May or September-October. It is because the temperature in these days is quite pleasant. Also, the rain precipitation reduces to a large amount in these months. The Winter season runs from December to February while the Summer season takes place from April to August. Don’t forget to pack some light clothes while packing the luggage for the tour.

Some Grand Hotels In Sofia

After reaching the city, you must find out a way to spend a night. As you can’t stay on the road for a whole day, so you must try to find out a place that can fulfill this requirement. In such conditions, some grand and luxurious hotels of Sofia are used. Many of these hotels are located near the airport so that the customer doesn’t require a convenience to reach there. Just get out from the airport region and you will start seeing huge buildings of hotels and restaurants. These hotels also provide tasty food in lunch and dinner and have quite impressive waitering service. These hotels are:

• Grand Hotel Sofia
• Maison Hotel
• Sofia Hotel Balkan
• Sense Hotel Sofia
• InterContinental Sofia
• Arena di Serdica Hotel
• Alexender Business Apartments
• Holiday in Sofia
• Hotel Marinela
• All Seasons Residence Hotel

Hospitals in Sofia

Quality of healthcare in Sofia is adequate. If you have any kind of emergency during your visit in Sofia, simply call 112 where English speaking operators is always there to interact with you. Moreover, in case of serious emergency, inform the embassy so they can assist you better. Otherwise, it feels good when you see so huge list of hospitals in the Sofia, especially for international patients.

Lozentez hospital, Sveta Ekaterina Hospital, Specialzed Hospital “Saint Sofia”, Tokudu Hospital, Sveta Bogorodica Hospital, Eye surgery clinic “Zora”, Johann Pavel Hematology and many more. These all hospitals have 24 hours emergency service. All these and other hospitals in Bulgaria are obliged to treat every patient regardless of insurance status, nationality or ability to pay.

In addition to information, dental care in Bulgaria is of high quality and reasonable so in Sofia too. Do check if your travel insurance cover dental emergencies.

Attractions of Sofia

There are number of things you can do after having a good treatment from the best hospitals in Sofia. A number of places to visit are listed below.

• Boyana Church
• Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
• Ivan Vazov National Theater
• Vitosha Mountain
• Boyana Waterfall
• Central Market Hall
• Vitosha Boulevard
• Tsari Mali Grad
• Sofia History Museum
• Zlarnite Mostove
• Krushuna Waterfalls & Devetashka Cave Private Day