Start time: ( twice a day ) 11:00 (11am) 17:00 (5pm)
* Just show up! Please apply a form below and book a tour, just in case :) (Please, come on a meeting point 10 minutes before starting time)
Sofia has the ambitions to become the greenest capital of Europe. With its unique location it offers beautiful city landscapes on the background of beautiful mountain tops and natural habitats.
* Free Experienced Guide (English-speaking) Our volunteers – guides work on donations. You set the price of the tour, depending on how well we are performing.
Group size: from 2 up to 15 persons.
Distance: around 18 km.
Duration: around 3 hours.
Difficulty: very easy.
Biking the main City landmarks and attractions (around 30 min.)
Biking the Sofia Green Parks (around 90 min.):"Borisova Gradina", "Loven", "Yuzhen"
* Insurance - we do not provide insurance. We advise you to make an
insurance for your whole stay abroad. * Tour expenses: If you have no bike, you can rent a bike on the same place where is our meeting point ( front of National Theater "Ivan Vazov" )
Every Thursday over 200 riders cycle in a social night on Sofia’s streets. The events have unifying social nature with the participation of old and young. By example cyclists share fun and positive way of recreation on the bikes and capital to promote alternative transportation – a bicycle. Events were reflected in more than 50 national media and finding followers in the big cities in Bulgaria and abroad.
The Guide: Hristin Angelov (Vyacheslav Stoyanov) Start Point: Ariana Lake Start Time: Every Thursday at 20:30pm www.velorazhodka.org
The main idea of the initiative is to bring people of wheels to show the city as green and smiling. Every Sunday is collected about 50 rider crossing about 20 km in the green parts of Sofia, one of the best – green capitals in Europe. Events have a social character showing that cycling is not only a means of movement, but also a way to relax.
The Factor Foundation, which has developed the projects: Varna Green Tour, Sofia Green Tour, Velomood, Bike Tours Social, Bulgarian Bike marathon, European Bike marathon, Sofia Bike Carnival and many others, believes in the future by encourageing and helping the creation and development of conditions and infrastructure for Cycling Safety, Cycling Tourism, Eco Tourism, Eco Transportation and the bicycle as a vehicle. Visit and explore the Factor Foundation's web page:
We would like to bring your attention to the possibilities and the need of your financial support for all the projects of the Factor Foundation. This team has been assembled with the sole purpose to work with and encourage friendly tourism and clean environment.
Everyone involved is keenly interested in the future of the Sofia Green Tour project and you can be assured donations have been and will continue to be used wisely. All support is very much appreciated. All rises received will be utilized to advance our Mission Statement only, and are administered at the direction of the Factor Foundation Project Board.
Again, thank you for your support and we looking forward to updating you on all of the wonderful things that will be open for tourism in Bulgaria.