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Sofia in 3 days

Cathedral in the morning, Serdika and the market in the middle, Vitosha Boulevard last; the last day ends with the bags already at the hotel door.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

5km

default plan, all days

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Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

Not offered: our Sofia data has nothing tagged art and museums.

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Alexander Nevsky, a 12:30 lunch table

EasyLow time risk~1.8 km (1.1 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Alexander Nevsky Cathedral by 11:50 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

91 min of buffer left.

  1. 09:00–09:12Walk east along the yellow-brick streets
  2. 09:12–09:57Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
  3. 09:57–10:11Walk back west to the lunch table
  4. 10:11–12:30Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (centre)
  5. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (centre)hard
Why this route?

DFL 1.8 = PFL 1.8 + OFL 0 · walk 1.8 km (1.1 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 91′ · relax L0 · yield 9 · option value 0

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′

trace: generated 2 · rejected none · frontier 1 · seed 3544806261 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Coffee stop 15:00–17:00; Vitosha Boulevard in the evening.

Day 2 — Serdika, the mosque, the market hall, banitsa

EasyLow time risk~1.3 km (0.8 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi
  1. 09:00–09:04Walk to Largo
  2. 09:04–09:34Ancient Serdika complex
  3. 09:34–09:37Walk through the archway
  4. 09:37–10:02Rotunda of St George
  5. 10:02–10:10Walk north along Maria Luisa
  6. 10:10–10:35Banya Bashi Mosque
  7. 10:35–10:38Walk into the hall
  8. 10:38–11:23Central Market Hall
  9. 11:23–11:25Walk to the stall
  10. 11:25–11:50Banitsa stall, Central Market Hall
Why this route?

DFL 1.3 = PFL 1.3 + OFL 0 · walk 1.3 km (0.8 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 29 · option value 0

trace: generated 84 · rejected no_edge×2 · frontier 4 · seed 3544806261 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Optional: the Women's Market and Lions Bridge before 11:00.

Day 3 — Vitosha Boulevard and NDK, metro to the airport at 13:00

EasyLow time risk~2.1 km (1.3 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave NDK and the South Park by 12:15 to keep the 13:00 boarding.

29 min of buffer left.

  1. 09:30–09:40Walk south to the boulevard
  2. 09:40–10:25Vitosha Boulevard
  3. 10:25–10:40Walk down the boulevard to NDK
  4. 10:40–11:40NDK and the South Park
  5. 11:40–11:52Metro from NDK back to Serdika for the bags
  6. 11:52–13:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → airport
  7. 13:00–14:00Bags and metro to the airport at 13:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L2Shorten Vitosha Boulevard to 45 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Bags and metro to the airport at 13:00.
Why this route?

DFL 2.6 = PFL 2.1 + OFL 0.5 · walk 2.1 km (1.3 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 29′ · relax L2 · yield 10.1 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 13:00 → latest arrival 12:50, slack 22′

β vs α: time risk 4% → 0%; margin +26 min; +€0.

trace: generated 6 · rejected p_late>0.15×1 · frontier 3 · seed 3544806261 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Airport: allow 2.5–3 h before an international departure; the metro takes about 25 minutes.

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