Hello fellow budget hunters
It’s time for the latest chapter in my How Expensive is.. series. This time I will be doing my sums for our 4 night trip to the Bulgarian Capital. It was a beautiful place and we had such a lovely time – I would recommend Eastern Europe to anyone who wants to save a few pennies in an awesome place!
Transport
So our flights cost us £23 and before you ask how – Look at my last post on my Flight Hacks. I also like to include airport transfers into this one which cost me £10.75. We were lucky enough to be picked up from the airport by our airbnb host and got the metro back which cost us about £0.74 for a one way journey.
Accommodation
This is another expensive part of the budget – we luckily had £30 free credit on airbnb (Which you can too by using the referral code above!). So we managed to find a lovely studio flat in Sofia which was £14 a night and overall including the cleaning/taxes it was £44 with our discount. Halving that and it was £22 for the 4 nights and a 2am lift from the airport! Amazing price – If you want to check it out I will leave a link here.
Food/Drink and Gifts
We only found free things to do in Sofia which was very budget friendly and also due to the blistering heat – All we wanted to do was eat ice cream and relax! We ate out for lunch and dinner every day and although it wasn’t the cheapest – we exchanged £90 over our days there between us for all the food we wanted. Including fried Gouda (10/10 would recommend – except for those who like healthy eating!) So I believe that one is £45 each for food, drink, many many gelatos and presents.
All together I believe we spent £101.50 for our 4 night adventure to the beautiful capital. I understand we manage to find awesome deals and not everyone can do that but I would definitely look up visiting Bulgaria at some point. It also has cheap beaches and is fantastic.
Until next time
The Great Ambini
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I also wrote these posts about Bulgaria and Romania –
Wow thats really cheap! Good deal.
Wow £100 for 4 days is not bad at all!
Seems like a good deal to me! Sofia looks stunning- I hope to go one day.
A friend of mine lives in Sofia and I have been invited a couple of times. I really must go and take advantage of how budget friendly it is.
Parts of Sofia are so regal, its difficult to believe it is an affordable destination. Saving on accommodation, of course, goes a long way in controlling one’s expenses. I would be having gelato and ice cream every day too.
Four days for 100 bucks?! Incredible. Honestly I’d spend more money on a long weekend at home! I visited Sofia years ago at Christmastime, and while the lights were lovely, everything was so damp and gray I didn’t fall in love (I’m a vitamin D addict). The blue skies in these photos make me think that perhaps I’ll have to give Sofia another shot!
What a deal! Or rather, what a series of deals! Sofia looks absolutely beautiful and worth many times what you ended up paying for your long weekend. Thanks for the awesome writeup!
What! I had no idea that Sofia was so cheap. It sounds like a really great and cheap getaway. Love it!
Good grief! You are a whiz at budgeting and deals. I hope that is your niche because you have a gift for it.
I am ashamed to say this but I have never been to Sofia – and I live in Bucharest 🙁 I guess it’s one of those places that I’ve avoided just because it’s too close to me 🙂 but it sounds very cheap! And I promise I will one day make it – it’s easily reachable by car from Bucharest!
Apart from airfare, I find accommodation to be the most expensive part of traveling. It’s awesome that you had a free Airbnb credit, but even then the studio flat was such a steal!!! I’ve never thought to visit Sofia, but am for sure tempted now!