Lozenets is Sofia's classic prestige district — just south of the centre, looking straight at Vitosha. Lower Lozenets keeps early-20th-century cooperative buildings and embassy villas, Upper Lozenets adds luxury new construction by South Park, and Hladilnika grows around Vitosha metro station.
Lozenets is the capital's southern inner district — around 53,000 residents on 9 sq. km, at an average elevation of 588 m with direct views of Vitosha. For decades it has been shorthand for a prestigious Sofia address.
Lower Lozenets, right by the centre, keeps low-rise cooperative buildings, embassies and houses from the early 20th century. Upper Lozenets climbs the hill towards South Park with luxury buildings raised after 1990. Hladilnika, around Vitosha metro station, is the zone of the most active new construction. The district holds Sofia Zoo, Tokuda Hospital, the Government Hospital and the US Embassy.
European Union, James Bourchier and Vitosha stations on the M2 metro cover the district, and South Park is within walking distance of most addresses. The market combines expensive older apartments with luxury new builds — Lozenets remains the first choice for buyers who want the centre nearby, with greenery and the mountain on the horizon.