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Sofia, Bulgaria
6 places worth your time in Sofia, with what each is actually like and when to go.
A neo-Byzantine cathedral built to honour Russian soldiers, with a crypt of Orthodox icons.
UNESCO-listed 13th-century frescoes that predate the Renaissance, in a tiny church on the city's edge.
Excavated Roman streets displayed beneath and around the metro station in the centre.
A 2,290-metre mountain reachable by city bus, with hiking and skiing in season.
Bulgaria's most important monastery, two hours south, with striped arcades and vivid frescoes.
A vast socialist-era congress centre with a park and fountains in front of it.
