With some terrific road trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up everything that Sofia, 35 miles away, has to offer. Among your first few stops here should be Sofia Central Mineral Baths, City Garden and Bulgarian Army Stadium. Locals will also likely point you toward Blagoevgrad, 55 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, let it be Bachinovo Park. (But we’d also highly recommend Church Vavedenie Bogorodichno and Church of Vavedenie Presvetiya Bogoroditsi.)