Conference venue

Park Hotel Moskva
25 Nezabravka Street, Sofia City, Bulgaria
https://parkhotelmoskva.net/en/

Arrival in Sofia and transport to the venue

Park Hotel Moskva is situated next to ‘Borisova Gradina’ City Park. The underground (Metro) station ‘Frederic Joliot-Curie’ is very close to the hotel and provides fast access to:
• Vasil Levski Sofia Airport – 9 stops with the Metro line 4 (20 minutes)
• Sofia Central Bus and Railway stations – 3 stops to the Serdika Metro Station with Metro lines 1 and 4 and change for 2 stops with Metro line 2 (15 minutes)
• Sofia City Centre – 3 stops to the Serdika Metro Station with Metro lines 1 and 4 (5–7 minutes).

Vasil Levski Sofia Airport is located 10 km from the Sofia City Centre, in the eastern part of the capital. The journey from the airport to the city takes less than 30 minutes. Sofia Airport has two terminals. Most of the scheduled flights operate out of Terminal 2. Sofia Airport provides free-of-charge transportation services (buses) between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Sofia Airport Metro Station of Metro line 4 is next to the building of Terminal 2 of the airport. The Metro trains operate from 5.26 AM to 11.49 PM (business day) and from 5.27 AM to 11.33 PM (weekends and public holidays).

Public Bus № 413 stops close to the Park Hotel Moskva. This bus can be taken at the Central Railway Station or the Central Bus Station. Public bus № 84 travels from the Sofia City Centre (General Gurko Street) to the airport (Terminal 2 and Terminal 1) via Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. and ‘Hotel Pliska’ Bus Stop is close to Park Hotel Moskva (1.2 km, around 15 minutes walk).

Map of the four Underground (Metro) lines in Sofia City, with marked (with red arrows) the Metro Stations ‘Frederic Joliot-Curie’ (Park Hotel Moskva) and ‘Vasil Levski Sofia Airport’
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Further information on the Underground (Metro) lines in Sofia City can be found here: https://www.metrosofia.com/en/maps

Public transport in Sofia

The price for a single ride ticket (paper ticket) for the Metro is 1.60 BGN (Leva) (0.82 EUR). The ticket is valid for the entire Metro network so the same ticket can be used for a transfer to any other line. Tickets can be bought from the cashier desks in the metro stations or from ticket machines (www.metrosofia.com/en/tickets). Contactless credit or debit cards can also be used to enter the Metro.

Trams, trolleybuses and buses cover the whole city, including the outskirts (https://openbulgaria.org/post/public-transport-sofia/). There are 3 options to pay for the tickets:

1) A paper ticket costs 2.00 BGN (Leva) and can be bought from the driver.

2) Another option is to buy a special transport card (‘ultralight’ card), which can be used for loading short-term electronic transport documents valid on all forms of public transportation, including Metro. The card costs 0.80 BGN and can be bought at the cashier desks. It needs to be loaded with the desired short-term travel tickets or as a daily card. The cheapest ticket is 1.60 BGN and allows the transfer between as many vehicles as needed within 30 minutes. If the transport with transfers between as many vehicles as needed lasts 60 minutes, then, the price is 2.20 BGN.

3) Daily travel electronic card is valid for every kind of public transport and it costs 4.00 BGN. By using a debit card in 3 different vehichles the joint payment will be charged only up to 4.00 BGN and will be valid as a daily card.

The ticket/card must be tapped against a checking machine (inside the vehicle) and the machine will flash green.