Hotel complex SHIPKA *** is situated in the center of Sofia, 5 minutes away from the National Palace of Culture. Its location provides convenient transport connections to the administrative and trade center of the capital.

The Winter Palace of Sports is a covered private hall for winter sports on ice. It is located next to the National Sports Academy. The ice stadium has 4600 seats and has two ice rinks, offering excellent opportunities for the development of figure skating, ice hockey, short track and other winter sports, both by professionals and amateurs. The ice arena is the most important hockey stadium in the country. It is the home stadium of the national ice hockey team and of the Sofia hockey clubs: "Academic", "Levski", CSKA and others. The hall also hosts international meetings and qualifying matches for European and world championships and Olympic hockey tournaments.