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Private Day Trip: Rila Monastery & Stob Pyramids

5.05 reviewsRila Monastery

  • 9 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

This is a Private Tour so you will not be combined with other people besides those in your reservation- there will be a private minivan and a private driver- guide just for you! Rila monastery and hiking through the Stob pyramids with a taste of traditional Bulgarian banitsa! If you join this tour you will: walk through the pyramids! See the 19-th century Monastery frescos from the Bulgarian revival and marvelous Iconostasis of the Church. See the unique miraculous icon of the Monastery. Go to the cave of Saint John of Rila. Visit the rich Monastery museum or/and/ the 14th century guard tower of the Monastery.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Visit to the Rila Monastery
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Private tour
  • Hiking
  • Transportation with an A/C minivan
  • Professional driver- guide

What's not

  • Monastery museum entrance fee- 4 euro
  • Lunch & personal expenses
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

  1. Enjoy one of the best ways of exploring and learning more about Bulgaria- with a professional guide while hiking through the amazing mountains. The tour starts from Sofia and first you will go for hiking in the region of the Stob Piramids. A place well know and excellent for hiking where you will enjoy the magnificent nature. The hiking is of moderate difficulty and it is about 1 hour.

    1 hAdmission included

  2. After that you will visit the largest monastery in Bulgaria: the Rila monastery. There your professional guide will take you around and blend you in to the history and the way of life in the monastery. You will spend about 1- 2h in the Rila monastery. Last but not least you will have the chance to taste one of the best and well known special pastry products in Bulgaria, which will be home-made and have some free time for lunch in a great local restourant.

    1.5 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Pickup
Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
City Tour Ltd.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please dress appropriately for hiking
  • Please warn us if you have a 0-2 years old baby when you make the reservation so that we can prepare a special seat for them

How it compares in Sofia

  • Its from-price is 82% above the median of the 611 experiences we list in Sofia.
  • Its length is typical for the group.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 177 of 611.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Sofia

Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, lies below Vitosha mountain, mixing Roman ruins, golden-domed churches, mineral springs and a busy café culture.

Sofia sits in a high basin at the foot of Mount Vitosha, and its centre layers Roman Serdica, Orthodox Bulgaria and the Ottoman and Soviet eras. The gold-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, completed in the early twentieth century, is the city's best-known building. Close by are the fourth-century rotunda of St George, the Banya Bashi Mosque and the remains of Roman streets that show through glass in the metro stations.

Top-ranked sights in Sofia: Rila Monastery, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Ivan Vazov National Theatre.

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