Tour Highlights: Explore the “concrete ghetto”; hear the stories from an insider; feel the unique atmosphere.
Description: The urban art tour of Sofia is dedicated to an art, which is inspired by the city and its creatures. In this tour you will have the unique opportunity to follow the most significant and most authentic project of urban art in Bulgaria – URBAN CREATURES.
This tour is for people who are interested in trying something new, people, who are ready to leave the traditional routes and dive into the world of the concrete ghettos (as the painters call it), inherited from the communist times.
This environment is hard to be described, so it is a must-see experience.
The concrete romantics of this neighborhoods is the perfect canvas for the enormous masterpieces made by one of the best painters around the globe and in Bulgaria – ETAM CRU, NASIMO, BOZKO and many more. They have converted the whole neighborhood into an open-air art gallery. The tour consist
s of visiting more than 15 huge paintings, while some of them are more 25 meters high or 100 meters long.
Your tour guide will not be the regular one, your tour guide will be somebody special. Person who is acting for more than 10 years on the graffiti scene and has been taken part in creating the walls – a real insider. He or she is going to reveal for you a many unknown facts and stories about themselves, the inspiration and the whole process of creating this unique atmosphere.
This tour will ensure an unforgettable stay in the favorite meeting place of the crew – Café club “Micronesia”. Here you can taste one of the most delicious cappuccinos in Sofia and ask for additional information from the insider.
Itinerary: This tour starts from Alexander Nevsky Cathedral where you will be picked up from our driver. He will drive you to the starting point where you will meet your English-speaking guide – the insider. Then, proceed with driving by the masterpieces, painted all over the neighborhood. Make few stops for pictures and in-depth look of some of them. Shortly after that you will stop by Cafe-club “Micronesia” to get even more information about the Team and the project. The tour ends in front of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
Starting time: 15:00
Duration: 2-3 hours
Price includes: All tour assistance, All transfers, Driver, English Speaking Guide
Price does not include: Food and beverages; gratuities
Price per person: 50 euro