9 Audio-Guided Tours in Bulgaria, Ranked

1.City Monuments Guided Walking Tour with Audio Guide

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

A 2-hour Sofia walking tour with headphones and a live guide, hitting 20+ monuments, including church interiors and the presidential guard change.

“This is an interesting tour, audio guide is set in different languages, we did in a good pace and we had time to take pictures. We visited around 20 buildings/statues in Sofia and at the end of the tour we could see the changing of the presidential guard. It's a good value for money.”

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2.Rila Monastery & Boyana Church – Audio guided tour

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

Small-group audio tour from Sofia to UNESCO Rila Monastery and Boyana Church, with clear multi-language guidance and key sacred sights.

“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 $53Top rated

Day trip from Sofia to Plovdiv with pickup, small group, and an English audio guide covering Old Town and Roman sights.

“Perfect amount of time for what we wanted to do, super comfortable transport and Avi was a pleasure to work with.”

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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 plus a winery tasting, with a map and multi-language phone guide for a flexible one-day outing.

“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

A circular, self-guided audio walk through Plovdiv Old Town, with Roman ruins, basilicas, and museums, paced your way for $15.

“De audio info was leuk en interessant. Het is jammer dat de kaart niet interactief is en vrij grof.”

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6.Rila Monastery: Complex Smartphone Audio Guide

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

Explore Rila Monastery at your own pace with a smartphone audio guide, a site map, and 15 numbered audio stops in 7 languages.

“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

Self-guided Plovdiv Old Town audio walk with English guide, Roman Theatre and Nebet Tepe stops, plus 15 percent restaurant discount. $15.49

“Very surprised! The city is so beauty and i learned so much more about its history! Love it so much!”

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8.Sofia Audio guide Tour offers available in 7 languages

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $15

Self-guided Sofia audio tour in 7 languages with a map, mobile ticket, and a 10 percent restaurant discount, starting in the Old City.

“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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9.Audio Guide for Museum Paleontology and Historical Geology

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

Audio guide museum in Sofia University, featuring a 7m Deinotherium skeleton with 200,000 fossils and phone-based audio in 4 languages.

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