Sofia National Palace of Culture Tickets

Learn more about Bulgaria's history with these tickets to the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. Avoid the queues as you enter this grand, eight-storey complex, including underground, from the communist era, where you can find your way around with a multilingual audio guide . If you choose this option, you can go with a private guide at an additional cost.

Throughout the palace you will see around 80 monumental works of art located in the corridors and halls of this building, whose construction was completed in 1981.

It is one of the largest congress and exhibition centres in southeastern Europe with a very particular modernist and communist architecture. It features a combination of sharp angles, glass facades and metallic elements that give it a contemporary and picturesque appearance.

Considered one of the symbols of Sofia, it is one of the largest multifunctional buildings in the Balkans with an area of approximately 123,000 square metres and various halls and facilities, such as the Congress Centre, concert halls and exhibition halls.

This is the venue for some of Bulgaria's most famous festivals. These include the Sofia Film Fest and the Sofia Jazz Peak. Artists who have performed here include José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, Montserrat Caballé and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Herbert von Karajan, among others.