The 13 Audio Tours in Bulgaria That Earn Their Price

1.City Monuments Guided Walking Tour with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 825 reviews · 2 hours · from $17Our pick

A 2-hour Sofia monuments walk with multilingual audio, temple interiors, and Roman ruins, ending at the Presidential Palace guard change.

“Alex was a very good tour guide, he explained everything and how to operate the audio , this was set to your language. It was great that Alex was from Sofia himself, so we were able to ask him lots of questions. It was easy to keep up with Alex and a nice stroll , we were allocated time in each historical building to look around. We were able to see the presidential changing of the guard. This tour was extremely good value for money , we were able to revisit some of the buildings again to spend more time there and we were able to find them much easier.…”

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2.Rila Monastery & Boyana Church – Audio guided tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 91 reviews · 8 hours · from $58

See UNESCO Rila Monastery and Boyana Church on a small-group audio-guided day trip from Sofia, with easy pickup and practical timing.

“Guida e autista molto disponibili e simpatici. Nessun problema, se non il fatto che siamo stati solo 2 ore al monastero di Rila che forse sono un po’ poche per godersi la gita a pieno e senza fretta. Abbiamo avuto delle audio-guide in italiano.”

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3.Plovdiv with audio guide + free pick-up

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 48 reviews · 8 hours · from $53

Day trip from Sofia to Plovdiv with free pickup, small group comfort, and an audio guide in multiple languages covering Roman sights.

“We fully recommend this tour. Our guide Maria was very nice, patient and also very knowledgeable. Nice talk along 2 hours drive to beautiful Plovdiv.”

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4.Audio Guide Tour Nessebar + visit to the Winery

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 30 reviews · 1 day · from $15

Self-paced audio tour of Old Nessebar with a phone guide and map, then wine tasting at a winery. Walk your pace, rain or shine.

“The audio guide was good and informative but it was a struggle to use. I had to follow our route on google maps and then switch to the narrative in a different tab-sometimes we had to reload the maps so it was a bit of a mess about”

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5.Old Town Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 24 reviews · 1 day · from $15

Self-guided audio walk in Plovdiv’s Old Town, Roman sights to Armenian Church Museum, circular route, $15 per person, phone needs internet.

“Unfortunately we couldn’t do the walk , the sun was dangerously hot for our party and we couldn’t have managed it. Suggest being allowed to use the audio guides after 5pm when it was cooler .”

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6.Rila Monastery: Complex Smartphone Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★2.7 · 21 reviews · 1 day · from $5

Explore Rila Monastery with a $5 smartphone audio guide, 15 numbered stops, a route map, and a mekitsa break, self-paced in 1 day.

“je n'ai pas pu visiter ils n'ont pas voulu ma réservation sur internet”

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7.Plovdiv Old Town Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $15

Plovdiv Old Town self-guided audio walk. Hit Roman Theatre, mosques, churches and museums in 2-3 hours, with English audio and discounts.

“Comprehensive tour of the Old Town. Only problem was having to switch between the map and the audio. A printed map (clearly easier to read in the sun) would have helped. The pdf map on the phone was unclear when I zoomed in - could the resolution be increased?”

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8.Audio Guide for Museum Paleontology and Historical Geology

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 3 reviews · 1 day · from $4Best value

Explore Sofia’s geology museum inside Kliment Ohridski University, guided by a phone audio link with a standout Deinotherium skeleton.

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9.Sofia Audio guide Tour offers available in 7 languages

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $15

Self-guided Sofia audio tour in 7 languages, past Ivan Vazov National Theatre, with a map, mobile ticket, and 10% restaurant discounts.

“Con l'audio guida e cartina alla mano siamo riusciti a girare per Sofia in totale autonomia con i nostri tempi e soffermandoci di più su ciò che ci interessava maggiormente. Bella esperienza”

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10.Audio Guide Tour Nessebar with visit to the Winery

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 2 reviews · from $15

Self-guided audio walk in Nessebar’s old town and UNESCO churches, finishing with included wine tasting at Winery Messembria.

“The route was difficult to trace due to the lack of street names.”

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11.Audio Guide for All Bansko & Pirin Sights, Attractions or Experiences

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 1 reviews · 1 to 10 days (approx.) · from $13

A flexible mobile audio guide for Bansko and the Pirin area in English, Bulgarian, or Russian, priced at $13.27 per person.

“This was my fault as I thought that this was going to be an audio tour of Bansko that would enable me to walk or drive around and see some sites and understand what I was seeing but instead this was more of an overview of the area with three or four specific locations mentioned and other recommendations. It was difficult to follow with the map and the audio as I had to flip back and forth between screens. I also received a separate file of a conversation between two people describing Bansko and it was sophomoric in nature and we shut it off in the middle.”

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12.Hidden Sofia: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $11Top rated

Self-guided GPS audio walk through Sofia’s Roman layers, Orthodox, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim sites, and underground ruins for $11.99.

“It was a great self guided audio tour with clear voice and instructions. No need to hire expensive guides or go with the crowd. I visited Sofia in my own pace and learned the highlights. Highly recommend. No admission fees required unless you want to pause and enter a museum. It took me 2 hours as I stopped for photos. Sofia has great atmosphere - relaxed and yet lively. It is best for visitors who like exploring the city on their own. You will see everything important and receive a lot of information.”

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