Sofia Fantasy Guide
Sofia FANTASY Guide is anything but an ordinary city guide. Colourful, playful and bursting with imagination, it takes readers on an unconventional journey through Bulgaria's capital, where genuine historical facts meet comics, urban legends and fictional characters. From ancient Serdica and Sofia's famous yellow cobblestones to its socialist-era neighbourhoods and the story of Bulgaria's first chocolate, the city emerges as a living character with its own humour, mythology and wonderfully eccentric personality.
Creative collages, infographics and dynamic comic stories lead through Sofia's markets, parks, neighbourhoods, local slang, underground catacombs and urban myths. Along the way appear such imaginative characters as Vatman, guardian of Sofia's boulevards; the Yellow Pup, boasting ten generations of true Sofia blood; and Woman Tetka, ruler of the Women's Market. Created for locals, visitors and anyone curious to discover a different side of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia FANTASY Guide transforms sightseeing into a witty visual adventure.
- • Authors: Viktor Mukhtarov, Todor Karagyaurov, Dimitar Petrov, Georgi Murdzhev, Yordan Terziyski, Violeta Keremedchieva, Ani Yordanova, and Rayna Traykova (Sofia Municipality Portal)
• Publisher: 5 za 4
• Year of publication: 2025
• ISBN: 978-619-93800-0-0
• Language: Available in Bulgarian and English
• Type: Guidebook / comic book / illustrated edition
• Content: Tourist information, historical facts, urban legends, comic stories, collages, and infographics
• Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
• Themes: Serdica, history of Sofia, the yellow cobblestones, Sofia’s neighborhoods and markets, parks, urban slang, catacombs, myths, and urban culture












