City Avenue Hotel by Hmg-Free Parking-Free Wi-Fi

The accommodation impresses with diverse, high-quality breakfast, friendly multilingual staff, and excellent location near the metro and city center. Guests also enjoy spacious, clean, and comfortable rooms.

A good cross between proximity to metro station, proximity to town, and budget. ROOMS - a little dated and needed TLC. Room is spacious. Whatever's supposed to be working is working. Do note the AC automatically turns off when the windows are opened. There is sufficient space at the toilet basin to put my own toiletries. SERVICE - no complaints. Front desk staff speaks English. BREAKFAST - Small but sufficient to get the day started. There are fruits, cheese, ham, bread, eggs, coffee/tea, juice etc LOCATION - near Opalchenska metro which is 1 stop away from Serdika, short walk to Mall of Sofia. Do note the Opalchenska exit nearest to the hotel has no lift (I'm not sure if that station has any lift at all?). Yellow! App ride to Airport is about BGN 22. Overall I rated it five stars because there were no issues faced, whatever's supposed to be working is working, location is good. I travelled solo.

As a solo British traveller I wanted to mix comfort with low cost and this hotel was perfect. It's a 2 minute walk from the Opalchenska metro station which is on a direct line from the airport. Any journey on the metro is 1.60 Lev (about 75p) to and from any location - I really recommend using it for all your transport needs. I paid about £50 (about 120 Lev) for 2 nights including buffet breakfast in Bulgarian style which was excellent. The hotel is not an expensive establishment so don't expect the Ritz but for the price I paid I'm more than happy and would definitely visit again. If you are visiting Sofia and are happy to walk lots, you can do all the major sights in 24 hours including spending 2 hours on top of Mt Vitosha. I did this. Lots of public transport and you're away! To reach Mt Vitosha take the red/yellow metro line from Opalchenska to Serdica, switch to the blue line to Vitosha, then leave the metro and board the 66 bus (also 1.60 Lev) to Hotel Moreni. The public transport here is regular, cheap and reliable. I also recommend seeing St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Borisova Gradina Park and stopping for a quick lunch in the Paradise shopping centre (next to Vitosha metro stop). I ate a slightly pricier dinner which was outstanding at the Cosmos restaurant where the English was well-spoken. My trip up Mt Vitosha however was the highlight of my short stay in Sofia, it was beautiful and extremely peaceful. In total including my 100 Lev meal at Cosmos, I brought 210 Lev which was the perfect amount including tips for stay (arriving Saturday 10pm and leaving Monday 3pm).