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The Essentials: Bachelor Party Package in Sofia

The Essentials

€134 per person, five things on the list: a guided bar crawl, an escape room, a Bulgarian food tasting, an hour of bowling and both airport transfers. A driver meets the flight with a name board, the venues are reserved before you land, and nobody in the group has to plan a thing while you are here.

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  • Sofia locals doing the planning
  • One fixed quote for the whole trip
  • Direct reservations with every venue

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What you get

  • Guided Bar CrawlAn English-speaking local guide, 4 bars and a popular club, none of them on the tourist strip. A free welcome shot at each stop, the deadly local shot included, free entry and drinking games are in the price.
  • Escape RoomThe clock runs for 60 minutes. Your Game Master briefs the group in English, and if there are enough of you, the group splits across two rooms and the halves race each other.
  • Bulgarian Food TastingBanitsa, lukanka and the rest of the 8 to 10 tasting plates, each one named by the guide before it lands. This is dinner rather than a snack, so come hungry.
  • BowlingOne hour on the lanes, shoes included for everyone. Whoever finishes last buys the next round, and the screen above the lane keeps the evidence.
  • Airport Transfers Both WaysOne minibus for the whole group, from arrivals to the hotel door and back to the terminal on the last day. The driver has your flight times, so nobody has to bargain over a fare at the taxi rank.

€134per person

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What you'll do

  1. Guided Bar Crawl

    Your guide is a Sofia local and the route is 4 bars and a club. Nobody pays €15 for a beer in a tourist trap, and nobody has to decide where the group goes next. Every stop pours a free welcome shot, one of them the deadly local shot, and entry is free everywhere.

    What's included
    • An English-speaking guide for the whole route (other languages on request)
    • 4 bars in different styles, finishing at a popular club in the city center
    • A free welcome shot at each stop, including the deadly local shot
    • Free entry at every stop, the club included
    • Drinking games between the stops
    • Extra drinks can be added: ask your planner
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  2. Escape Room

    A locked room, 60 minutes on the clock, and a set of puzzles between your group and the door. By the first padlock you can tell which of the guys thinks under pressure, which one reads every label twice, and which one finds the clue that matters by walking into it.

    What's included
    • A private booking, with nobody in the room but your group
    • Game masters who brief the room in English before the clock starts
    • 1 to 2 hours of puzzles, clue hunting and open disagreement
    • A finishing time to brag about, or one to answer for
    • Photos of the group, whether the door opens or it does not
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  3. Bulgarian Food Tasting

    Bulgarian menus are full of dishes nobody in the group would risk ordering alone, which is how a weekend ends up on international food. A tasting settles it in one sitting: 8 to 10 dishes, every ingredient named before the plate reaches the table, and a clear answer on whether the guy who says he eats anything actually does.

    What's included
    • A local food guide who knows the traditions behind each dish
    • 8 to 10 dishes from several Bulgarian regions, all served in tasting sizes
    • A traditional mehana, the kind of restaurant Bulgarians eat in
    • The ingredients, the cooking method and the occasion each dish belongs to
    • Rakija, local wine and Bulgarian beer, poured to match each course
    • Recipe cards and background notes on the food to take home
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  4. Bowling

    Bowling asks nothing of your group except that everyone shows up. No fitness, no experience, no gear of your own. You get private lanes, a bracket that runs to a final, food and drink at the table, and a score on the screen above the lane that nobody can argue with.

    What's included
    • Private lanes reserved for your group alone
    • Bowling shoes and lane equipment for every player
    • Multiple games across a session of 2 to 3 hours
    • Food and drink packages that include beer, spirits and food from the alley kitchen
    • Electronic scoring, with the tournament bracket set up for you
    • A winner's trophy and photo evidence of the gutter balls
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  5. Private Airport Transfer

    Sofia Airport is where a weekend loses its first hour: half the group at the ATM, one guy still at baggage claim, and a taxi line that splits you into threes and fours. A private transfer settles all of that before you land. One vehicle, one driver, one address, and your group is checking in while everyone else is still negotiating a fare.

    What's included
    • English-speaking drivers with a local's read on the city
    • Vehicles seating 8 to 16 passengers with room for every bag
    • One run from the terminal to the door of your accommodation
    • A return run to the airport, timed against your flights home
    • Meet and greet in arrivals, with the driver holding a name board
    • A support line staffed 24/7 for anything that goes wrong with transport
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