🇧🇬 Sofia in 3 Days: A Budget-Friendly Balkan Gem! ✨

📍 Stop #2 after Belgrade – Bulgaria’s quirky capital! 🏠 ACCOMMODATION €25/night Airbnb (basic but superhost alert! 🏆) "My grandma-esque host used Google Translate to spam me with sightseeing tips!" 🚇 TRANSPORT HACKS Single ride: €0.80 (tap card/Apple Pay – no paper tickets!) Secret: 2+ rides/day = automatic day pass! Night taxi to airport: €13 (Yellow! app) 🍽️ EATS & DRINKS Happy Bar & Grill 🍽️: €10 for meal + drink (but smoke follows you everywhere in Sofia!) Coffee tip: "Avoid the 'non-smoking' sections – they don’t exist." ☕🚬 🏛️ MUST-SEE SPOTS (All walkable!) 1️⃣ Alexander Nevsky Cathedral ⛪ Gold-domed icon + flea market outside 2️⃣ National Gallery 🖼️ *€2.5 student ticket = steal!* (2hrs of Bulgarian art) 3️⃣ Vitosha Mountain ⛰️ "I chickened out of hiking – but the views!" (Bus #66 from metro) 4️⃣ NDK Palace 🏢 Soviet-era concrete beast (now a theater) 💰 BUDGET BREAKDOWN Art mag + postcards: €3 (take that, Copenhagen prices!) Vibes: "Like Poland’s prices with Balkan flair!" Final Thought: "Sofia > Belgrade for first-timers – just hold your nose past the smokers!" 😷💨 #BulgariaTravel #SofiaCheapThrills #BalkanAdventures #ArtOnABudget #NoSmokeBreaks