Fodor's Travel Talk Forums - Bulgaria - Sofia - Plovdiv

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I want to point out the major tourist attractions

> Plovdiv what to visit :
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- Old Plovdiv ( is the historical center )
- Roman Theatre - Roman Hippodrome ( stadium ) - Roman Forum - Roman Aqueduct
- Hisar Kapija ( is a door of the medieval walls )
- Mosque Djumaya or Juma or of Ulu or of market ( Dzumaija Dzamija ) - Mosque Cuma ( Cuma Camii ) - Mosque Imaret
- Kasta Georgiadi - Kasta Nedkovic - Kasta Cernozemski - Kasta na Georgi Mavridi ( are houses / museum )
- Old Turkish Baths Chifte Banya
- Church of St. Louis of the French - Church of the Holy Mother of God - Church of St. Marina - Church of Saints Constantine and Helen - Armenian Apostolic Church Sourp Kevork - Church of St. Nedelya - Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius - Protestant Church
- Square Dzhumaya
- Memorial of the Russian Army
- Hills of the city : Tepe Dzhendem - Tepe Bunardzhik - Tepe Sahat - Tepe Nebet - Tepe Dzhambaz - Tepe Taksim
- Archaeological Museum - Ethnographic Museum - Museum TrakArt - Regional Historical Museum
- Monastery Bachkovo ( near Plovdiv )

> Sofia what to visit :
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- Cathedral Aleksandar Nevski - Museum in the Crypt
- Central Synagogue ( Tsentralna Sofiiska )
- Great Mosque ( Banja Basi Dzamija ) - Mosque Banya Bashi ( Banya Bashi dzhamiya )
- Ancient Roman Ruins ( are scattered in several places of the city )
- Amphitheatre Serdica
- Parliament - Presidential Palace - Palace of the Ministerial Council - Ministry of Agriculture and Food - National Assembly Building
- Methodius National Library
- University of St. Kliment Ohridski - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- National Theatre Ivan Vazov - National Opera
- Former Bulgarian Communist Party Headquarters
- Palace of Thermae
- Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov - Mausoleum of Alexander Battenberg
- Saints Cyril and Methodius National Library
- Bridge of the Eagles ( Orlov Most ) - Bridge of Lions ( Luvov most )
- Central Market
- National Museum of Military History - Ethnographic Museum - Museum of Socialist Art - Archaeological Museum - National Museum of History - National Gallery of Art ( former Royal Palace ) - National Gallery of Foreign Art - National Museum of Mineralogy Earth and Man - National Polytechnic Museum - National Museum of Anthropology
- Congress Centre - National Palace of Culture
- Monument to the 1300 years of Bulgaria - Monument Vasil Levsk - Statue of Zar Alexander II - Statue of Slaveikovs - Monument to the Unknown Soldier
- Vitosha ( is the Main Street )
- Nezavisimost ( Independence Square Former Square Lenin is the Main Square )
- Park Kambanite - Park Vrana - Botanical Garden of the University
- Church Boyana - Church of St. George Rotunda ( Sveti Georgi ) - Church of St. Sofia ( Sveta Sofija ) - Church Sveta Petka Samardjiyska - Russian Church of St. Nicholas ( Tsurkva Sveta Nikolai ) - Church of St. Nikolai Sofiyski - Church of St. Andrew - Church of St. Boris - Church of St. Clement of Ohrid - Church of Saints Constantine and Helen - Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius - Church of Saint Demetrius - Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God - Church of St. Elijah - Church of St. George - Church of St. Paraskeva - Church of Saint John of Rila - Church of St. Menas - Church of St. Michael the Archangel - Church of the Holy Mother of God - Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God - Chiesa di San Naum di Ohrid - Church of St. Nedelya - St. Joseph's Cathedral - Church of the Holy Trinity - First Evangelical Church - Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus - Church of the Holy Spirit - Church Sveti Sedmochislenitsi - Church of the Holy Resurrection - Church of St. Panteleimon - Church of Saints Peter and Paul - Church of St. Paisij of Hilendar - Church of St. Mirlikiyski - Church of Sveta Nedelja
- Mladost - Nadezhda ( are popular neighborhoods )