Sofia Communist History 2-Hour Tour in a Classic Trabant
Description
The tour is approximately 2 hours long and features an iconic classic car called a Trabant. The object of the tour is to take you back in time and make you feel what life was like for people living in Bulgaria during the communist era. Our focus is not to put you to sleep with statistics but rather show you what kind of challenges people had to deal with both during and after the communist times.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Talk about the significance of NDK and the 1300 year anniversary of the first Bulgarian state.
Our guide will take you though the Museum and expand on the sculptures and artwork on display.
Our guide will walk you to the National Archives and go over how the secret police held a tight grip over the population.
We will talk about the political developments that lead to the fall of Communism in 1989.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A maximum of 3 people per booking
Reviews(48)
We booked the Communist Trabant Tour with a group of friends on 25th April 2026. We had a wonderful time with Dany and his team. They shared a lot of very insightful and entertaining stories about Sofia and the Communist past. They definitely made it a highlight of our trip to Sofia.
This tour provides a fascinating and balanced history of Bulgaria’s adoption of Communism and the long shadow it has cast
Ivo and Danny have been amazing and very passionate guides on the communism tour. Right from the start, the group connected and shared humor, putting a smile on all our faces. A piece of ancient beauty added to the experience when each of us got a ride in an old Trabant at the very beginning. Ivo shared fascinating, insightful, and perspective-shifting information about communist times and communism itself throughout the entire tour, introducing us to new knowledge as well as ideas we had never encountered before. We highly recommend this tour to anyone looking to take a deep dive and spend a lovely two hours in Sofia. Thank you, Ivo and Danny, for this amazing tour!
Dany our tour guide was excellent! The car was in great shape and a fun part of history. I don’t speak Bulgarian but his English is perfect. The bell memorial that he ends the tour with is a must see!
Fantastic tour with Raban, very knowledgeable, it was a great experience and highly recommended. A lot to see it was supposed to be 2 hours but ended up as 3.
My husband and I had a great time driving around Sofia in Danny's trabant. Danny does a great job telling you about Bulgaria's communist past and you get to make a few stops at some of the historically important sites, but the trabant is the star of the show. When Danny came to pick us up at our hotel there was a Ferrari parked in the drive and the trabant was parked in front of it- everyone was walking right past the Ferrari to take pictures of the trabant! Take a drive around Sofia and see for yourself how fun it is!
Excellent tour - cool, interesting and knowledgeable guide. Adapted tour to suit our interests. Highlight of trip to Sofia. Loved our Trabants 💜💜
Thank you so much Helen, it's so nice to get positive feedback. Enjoy the rest of your stay. Cheers Dany
Beautiful excursion to discover the historical buildings of Sofia and the museum of socialist art. Our guide accompanied us on a very interesting journey on an original trabant kept very well. It's an experience to do
Rado the guide was excellent. The trip lasted over three hours. We were also lucky to see an old cars exhibition in the centre of Sofia
We enjoyed the tour with the super good guide Rado. He told us a lot about the communist era and showed us a lot. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to do something special. And ask if they can get Rado as a guide!!😊😊
