Sofia's central shopping street is now fully pedestrianised between bul.Patriarch Evtimiy and ul.Alabin and has just experienced its second spring! This is the place to stroll along with family or friends on a sunny afternoon, enjoy a coffee, ice cream or drink, watch buskers and street artists and generally watch the world go by.
Once upon a time this was the only place to shop in Sofia, with the Central Department Store (TsUM) at one end and any shop worth its salt being located here. With the arrival of the shopping malls 'Vitoshka' went into decline, a lot of people thinking its not worth trying to park in the city centre in order to do their window shopping.
As the new pavements and planters came so did the cafes, and with that the crowds especially on a warm evening. And once the people returned so too did the shops, and now in fact many shops that first opted only for the malls on the outskirts are also opening on bul. Vitosha.