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From Sofia: Full-Day Tour to Rila Monastery with Options

By V Travel Ltd
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Free cancellation available
Price is AU$58 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the course of one day
  • Explore Bulgarian nature and countryside during a picturesque drive
  • Discover the beautiful Rila Monastery and its surrounds
  • Choos between many options

Activity location

    • Sofia
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Sofia Center, bul. "Knyaginya Maria Luiza" 2, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria | On th emain boulevard across McDonalds on 2, Maria Luisa boulevard just 50 meters before The Mosque
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Full-Day Tour to Rila Monastery and Boyana in English

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 30 minutes8h 30m
    8h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
AU$57.67 x 1 AdultAU$57.67
Total
Price is AU$57.67

Full-Day Tour to Rila Monastery and Boyana with Audio Guide

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 30 minutes8h 30m
    8h 30m
  • English

Tour to Rila Monastery with 1 audio guides per person. Commentary is available in Spanish, Italian, German and Russian.

Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
AU$57.67 x 1 AdultAU$57.67
Total
Price is AU$57.67

Full-Day Tour to Rila Monastery and Struma Rafting

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 30 minutes8h 30m
    8h 30m
  • English

Includes: transfer from meeting point in Sofia, online audio-guide for Rila Monastery in Eng, Fre, Ger, Ita, Spa and Rus (smartphone and internet are required to use the audioguide).
Boat rafting experience is paid separately cash only 35€ to driver.

Starting time: 8:30 AM
Price details
AU$59.32 x 1 AdultAU$59.32
Total
Price is AU$59.32

From Sofia: Full-Day Tour to Rila Monastery and Outdoor Spa

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 30 minutes8h 30m
    8h 30m
  • English

The tour includes: departure and return to Serdika Meeting point, online audio guide for Rila Monastery, English guide/driver, outdoor spa (optional) without Boyana church. Online audio Guide in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian and German=

Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
AU$59.32 x 1 AdultAU$59.32
Total
Price is AU$59.32

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    English-speaking guide/driver
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fuel
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Parking fees
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Online audio guides in English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, and Italian
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Meals
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Pick-up from the hotel (10€ per booking) - upon request
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel drop-off

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Short skirts, Sleeveless shirts
  • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Spend the day exploring 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located outside of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital city. Begin by meeting with your local guide at behind St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia who is ready to make the best of your day, sharing historical facts and insider tips.
Sit back and relax for the next 2 hours as your English-speaking driver transportsyou to Rila.

Upon arriving, spend 2 hours exploring the area and visiting the Rila Monastery, the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. Then enjoy lunch at a local restaurant that features a speciality of grilled trout.
Hop back in the van for another 2-hour journey, eventually arriving at Boyana Church, a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Sofia. Check out the elaborate frescoes that have made this site famous, before your tour returns you to your meeting point.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Sofia
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Sofia Center, bul. "Knyaginya Maria Luiza" 2, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria | On th emain boulevard across McDonalds on 2, Maria Luisa boulevard just 50 meters before The Mosque
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Sofia Center, bul. "Yanko Sakazov" 7, 1527 Sofia, Bulgaria | Vasil Levski Monument (Embassy of Slovakia) - bul. "Yanko Sakazov" 7, 1527 Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Sofia Center, bul. "Knyaginya Maria Luiza" 2, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria | On th emain boulevard across McDonalds on 2, Maria Luisa boulevard just 50 meters before The Mosque
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Sofia Center, bul. "Knyaginya Maria Luiza" 2, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria | On th emain boulevard across McDonalds on 2, Maria Luisa boulevard just 50 meters before The Mosque
    • Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria