GPS&Audio Guided Winter Tour to Rila Monastery & Stob from Bansko
- 12–14 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
A concept, that offers you the best of two worlds where we create your own personalized excursion or choose from recommended routes. We bring your car personally to your accommodation in Sofia, the cultural capital of Bulgaria. With an audio guide, access to unique places, the best restaurants, leisure, and outdoor adventures; all-inclusive: kilometrage, maps, GPS coordinates, vouchers, and tickets., our experienced team is 24/7 at your disposal. In this tour, we bring you from the Museum of Mining, Stob Pyramids, and the Rila Monastery to the Varosho of Blagoevgrad; a personalized excursion in the intimacy of your own relatives. Your schedule and itinerary will be both online and as a hard copy be made available. This is a self-guided audio tour with all-inclusive car + services, device, map, GPS coordinates, audio guides + videos, excess kilometrage, entry tickets, restaurant reservations, vouchers, etc.
Inclusions
What's included
- All Inclusive Car fully Covered
- Audio & Video Guided
- Vouchers for à la carte Menu
- GPS Coordinates
- Entry Tickets
What's not
- Parking Fees
- Personal Expenses
Itinerary
08:30 Departure Drive 69 km, 1 Hour, 3 Minutes 09:30 Arrival Stob Pyramids In the western Rila Mountains, you can see from far the dramatic rock pinnacles known as Stob’s Earth Pyramids. Wander through pure nature to reach the highest point and admire the colourful fairy-tale formations. 11:00 Departure
Drive 27 km, 33 Minutes 11:30 Arrival Rila Monastery After the visit to the Stob pyramids our self guided tour to Rila Monastery from Sofia will take you to the most amazing landmark in Bulgaria – the Rila Monastery, nestled in the Rila Mountains offering beautiful scenery, full of energy. The Rila monastery is listed on the UNESCO list of world heritage and it is a place where all of the Bulgaria Spirit comes together and where nature meets religion. You will have the opportunity to enter the monastery museum and visit the Rila monastery kitchen and explore the life of the monks. 12:30 Departure
Drive 0 km, 0 Minutes 12:30 Arrival Restaurant Enjoy your well-deserved lunch, we made a special reservation for you at Restaurant Stranopriemnitsa Rilla. Departure: 14:00
Drive 40 km, 46 Minutes 14:45 Arrival Blagoevgrad Varosha Dive into the past in the oldest part of Blagoevgrad. Well preserved houses of the Bulgarian Revival surrounded by narrow cobbled streets. The romantic atmosphere is completed with traditional restaurants, and galleries Find Just over the river a large pedestrian area for original and contemporary shopping. Maybe drive uphill to the famous Cross? Departure: 17:00 Drive 108 km / 1 hour, 23 minutes 18:30 Arrive back in your accommodation in Sofia
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Avatar Tour Ltd
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
- Drivers must be 22 years old minimum and/or hold at least one year his/her driver license
How it compares in Bansko
- Its from-price is 16% above the median of the 35 experiences we list in Bansko.
- It is longer than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Bansko
Bansko is a mountain town at the foot of Bulgaria's Pirin range, with cobbled lanes of stone houses, taverns and one of the country's main ski areas.
Bansko lies in the Razlog valley in south-west Bulgaria, under the jagged peaks of Pirin National Park. The old town keeps lanes of stone houses with wooden balconies and high-walled yards, along with the Holy Trinity church, and the poet Nikola Vaptsarov was born here. Several traditional taverns, called mehanas, serve food in rooms of wood and stone.
Top-ranked sights in Bansko: Rozhen Monastery, Neofit Rilski Museum, Vihren Peak.
