Half Day Sofia Sight seeing Tour (Sofia)
Tour combines the 2 hours Sofia sightseeing walking tour with visit of the Boyana Church as follows:
Transfer by bus passing by the National Library, University of Sofia, Monument of the Soviet Army, Boris Garden, the old Television tower, the National Palace of Culture, ending with the visit of the Boyana Church – UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage listed site with astonishing 13th c. AD frescoes, one of the most complete and perfectly preserved monuments of east European Medieval art, located on the outskirts of Sofia (Boyana quarter) and at the foot of Mt. Vitosha. A total of 89 scenes with 240 human images are depicted on the walls of the church. The portraits of the patrons of the church — Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Desislava, as well as those of Bulgarian tsar Constantine Tikh and Tsaritsa Irina, are thought to be among the most impressive and lifelike frescoes in the church, and are located on the north wall of the church.
