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"Great place: cosy atmosphere, nice common area, traditionally-comfortably fitted, helpful and friendly staff, organised a good transfer to airport, great hospitality, very much enjoyed my stay in this place, post office 2 mins away so easy to send cards." — source Hostelworld
"Highly recommend this hostel - Michel and Sylvia go above and beyond in service and hospitality - great location." — source Hostelworld
"Hello my frineds I would like to recommend this hostel to you." — source Hostelworld
"I would highly recommend this hostel, I have no complaints." — source Hostelworld
"I would go back to Sofia just to stay there again." — source Hostelworld
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"Had a great time in Sofia, and staying at the Nightingale hostel helped => Very nice and helpfull staff, great location, clean rooms and bathrooms, great breakfast." — source Hostelworld
"The only bathroom consists of a plastic wall separating the toilet from the shower (which is actually a handle sticking out from a sink and was not clean." — source Hostelworld
"Nightingale staff were very friendly and helpful and the rooms were clean and spacious with large comfortable beds." — source Hostelworld
"The showers and toilets were clean but the bathrooms and the reception area full of junk." — source Hostelworld
"Nice place to meet others n clean place , very friendly staff." — source Hostelworld
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"The staff is really helpful and makes you feel at home: a good way to experience Bulgarian hospitality while having access to all the services and the flexibility associated with hostels." — source Hostelworld
"This hostel has great things about it - central location, nice communal area, lovely breakfasts with home-baked bread, and mostly very friendly staff (one or two in particular)." — source Hostelworld
"Even though we were only in Sofia for one night, you were kind enough to even walk with us to purchase train tickets and arrange for a car service at our next destination." — source Hostelworld
"Simple but decent accommodation, but the real draw is the friendly staff, who bent over backwards to make sure we enjoyed our stay." — source Hostelworld
"Very friendly staff and good location in the center of town." — source Hostelworld
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"I think its very good hostel and the staff are excellent helper and i love the location cause i can reach everything in the city and the prices are resonable,showers are hot all the time ,the best felling that you are not alone even yoy." — source Hostelworld
"super location, fiber internet connection, showers/beds tall/long enough for me at 6\'8\", overlooks the book market, half block from the park with all the chess players, large common room - and plans to improve." — source Hostelworld
"Excellent location, huge all you can eat breakfast, welcome beer, security lockers, free city map and guide, excellent private box to shower with room enough to leave your clothes, and very comfortable beds." — source Hostelworld
"Very nice place - Great Central Location, very friendly the manager - they offer us a bottle of bulgarian red wine and i recomend this Hostel." — source Hostelworld
"Good location and 3 computers were nice given the size of the hostel. Tight quarters but reasonable given the location." — source Hostelworld
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"not bad for the price though, wireless connection is good." — source Hostelworld
"good value for money." — source Hostelworld
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"The guy who did our check-in was very friendly and helpful, but who are those two strange guys that apparently run the hostel, but just bumped into rooms and made rude comments to literally everyone." — source Hostelworld
"If you are staying during the weekend you might want to ask them for the quieter rooms that don't have the door directly on reception and kitchen." — source Hostelworld
"That guy on reception made us feels so uncomfortable and didnt even have the double room that we booked available." — source Hostelworld
More information on Nightingale Hostel
The BEST VALUE AWARD - MAY'09.The BEST PLACE to STAY ! Comfortable and Cheap in the Most Attractive , Chill-Out Zone Of Sofia City.No One Can Offer Better Accommodation For Groups In A Very Central Location. We Are One Minute Walk From All The Sites And Attractions Of Sofia Including The Best Nightlife Hotspots. We Offer Big Rooms With Great Views Of The Open-Air Book Market Below, King Size Beds, Air-Conditioning In Summer, Spacious Shower Rooms With 24 Hour Hot Water, All You Can Eat Breakfast, And Free Broadband Internet And WI-FI . For Your Entertainment We Have Cable TV And A Large DVD Collection Of Latest Releases, A Book Lending Library, Pool Table, Mini Soccer, And Chess Or You Can Relax In Our Bar And Chill-Out Lounge. All Guests receive Free City Guide + Map. We Can Arrange Your Pick Up From Airport Or FREE Pick Up From Central Railway And Bus Station and A Number Of Activities And Day Trips Such As Paragliding, Skiing, Hiking, City Walking Tourist Tour And A Visit To Rila Monastary or Koprivshtica . It�s Incredible, Is It True? Oh Yes, Just Try. MORE ! If you stay 3 nights in PRIVATE room you have FREE PICK UP FROM AIRPORT OR CENTRAL STATION (rail and bus). Really the Best Location! Lowest prices! Spacious and Comfortable Accommodation ! Helpful and Talkative Staff! It's not like we are not in the center of Sofia...It's not like we don't have the lowest prices...And it's not like we don't speak 4 languages. It's that and the fact that we offer free breakfast, free internet. We have got it all: Location Above the famous Slaveykov Square.The biggest Open-Air book market in the city, just next to the most famous city attractions and we are also based exactly in the Party Area of Sofia ! Whatever you need, it's either next to us, or right next to whatever is next. Prices - a bit lower than whatever the lowest is, plus we'll accept your Credit Cards. English, German, Russian and Bulgarian are spoken in Nightingale Hostel !We offer Walking Tours for a small fee we'll tour you around everything that is worth seeing in Sofia. Plus we offer many facilities including Self Catering, Iron, Hair Dryer, Breakfast from 8.30 till 11.30 h. Pay attention breakfast, sheets, locker and internet are Not Included in prices below 9.90 E ! And we do the laundry for you !
Directions
- The best way to come from the Airport:OUR PICK UP service - 5 EUR/ 10 LEVA. Don't make change at the Airport - bad rates!Take a taxi to Slaveykov Square(Ploshtad Slaveykov in BG) No 2A or use bus 84, 284 to the centre.- From the Central Railway Station to our hostel:- We recommend to arrange OUR FREE PICK UP by public transport. Don't take taxi in front of the station - they 'll cheat you. Call us to arrange a good taxi for you -only for about 2E.If you come yourself :1.Most important - buy a ticket from the nearest newspaper kiosk - 1.00 lv (0.50 euro) + ticket for bag also. 2.Then you take tramline - No 9 or 12 to Slaveykov Square(Ploshtad Slaveykov - Площад Славейков in BG) stop - the 6th.3.Then you have to go back through the book market, you`ll see a Mac Donalds restaurant,next to it there is A big shop Bonjour. We are based in the next building so should get in a small tunnel and we are on the second floor.You can take also tram lines 1 or 7 and get off on 5th stop- Solunska street stop (ул.Солунска) and turn on the left - to EAST on it .After 2 Crossing. You will see a bench with two sitting figures(statues) of famoust writers Slaveykov so we are west from them only several meters.To find the entrance get into the SMALL TUNNEL situated just right on shop Bonjour and you will see our advertisements.The address is Slaveykov Square No2 A. JUST RING ON THE DOOR !NOTICE: After 23:20 there is no public transport, so if you're arriving late at night, it would be best for you to order Pick Up or get a taxi. The price from the railway station to our hostel is not more than 6 leva (3 euro).- From the Central Bus Station:- The Central Bus Station is very nearby the Railway Station, so we could give you the same recommendations.
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