Plastic bottles clink at the warm taps beside the old Central Mineral Baths, where people stop to fill up with spring water as part of their daily routine. The same springs drew the first settlers here, and Roman Serdica still lies under the center, its streets on view around the Serdika metro station.
Past the old center, Vitosha Boulevard runs south toward the mountain, and book stalls crowd Slaveykov Square. Winters are cold and snowy, summers warm and sunny, with short, changeable seasons in between. A Local Friend can lead you through doors you would never have tried yourself, from a student bar in Studentski grad to a quiet trail on Vitosha.
