Location

Location

The conference will be held in the premises of the Faculty of Biology in Sofia.

Location: Faculty of Biology Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Address: bul. “Dragan Tsankov” 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the participation fee. Rooms can be booked directly by the participant choosing from the many options Sofia offers.
You can choose accommodation in the vicinity (walking distance) of the conference venue/ Faculty of Biology. The screenshot below shows hotels on max 30-40 minutes walking distance from the conference venue.

If you decide to stay somewhere too far for a walk in the morning, you can use taxi or metro services. Sofia has a relatively comfortable metro network and the metro station Stadium “Vasil Levski” is a 5-minute walk from the conference venue – the Faculty of Biology.

Two metro lines go there – M1 and M4.  

More about the metro:  https://www.metrosofia.com/en

Arriving in Sofia 

Sofia Airport

Sofia has one airport : Sofia International Airport “Vasil Levski”,  which is connected with metro and bus lines that will bring you to the center of Sofia or back to the airport. There are 2 terminals. 

Terminal 1 (“the old terminal”) and Terminal 2 (“the new terminal”). 

The metro goes to terminal 2. Shuttle busses (free of charge) travel between the two terminals. If you have to move from the metro at terminal 2 to terminal 1, please plan more time (up to an hour extra) to be sure you won’t miss your flight from terminal 1. The shuttle busses run every 30 min.

More info: https://sofia-airport.eu/en/access/transportation/

Taxi

All taxis are equipped with meters that show what you have to pay once your trip with the taxi starts. On the taxi car there should be a sticker on the window specifying the prices per kilometre. Check these before you choose your taxi. There might be differences in the prices.

Car 

If you travel by car, you will need to buy a vignette upon entering the country. This can be done at the border or online. 

The Sofia centre is relatively crowded and finding parking is difficult. Parking there is paid. There are 2 zones – Green and Blue. The prices for these 2 zones are different. On the street where you park a sign will show the zone and how can you pay.

Sofia, although working on, is not bicycle friendly .. yet. ☺ 

Metro Sofia 

Sofia has pretty good metro network that allows easy travel in the town. It connects the different parts of the town with the center, the Central Railway station and the airport. More info: https://www.metrosofia.com/en

Central Train station Sofia

Sofia has one international train station. It is located the center of town and there are many trams, busses and metros that connect it with the different parts of the city.

Tickets for the metro are purchased through ticket machines at the entrance of every metro station – payment options include debit card.

General info about Sofia and Bulgaria

More info about Bulgaria and your trip to this fascinating country
https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Bulgaria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g294452-Activities-Sofia_Sofia_Region.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g294452-Sofia_Sofia_Region-Vacations.html
https://evignettebulgaria.com/en
https://www.metrosofia.com/en/sofia-airport

*If you are wondering why both the airport and the metro station next to the Faculty of Biology are called Vasil Levski see here why: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil_Levski