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Cancellation Policy
Free Cancellation
June 19100% refund
June 20No refund
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Plovdiv and Rila Monastery tour in one day
2 Adults x $317.44
$634.88
Approx Total
$634.88
Inclusions / Exclusions
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
WiFi on board
Driver
Air-conditioned vehicle
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Overview
We are the only company that offers this unique combination of tour to Rila Monastery and Plovdiv in just one day. Visit the two most visited locations in one day with this amazing tour. The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila is the largest and most famous monastery in Bulgaria. Plovdiv’s history spans 8,000 years, it’s the second biggest city in Bulgaria.
IMPORTANT: Entrance in the monastery is only allowed with covered shoulders and covered knees. Please have appropriate clothes.
We won't have time for a restaurant meal, just packed lunch or fast food.
Approximate schedule, it can be plus/minus 30 minutes at those stops depending on the day and the traffic:
08:30 Meet and leave Sofia
11:00 Joining the Free Plovdiv Tour (this is a donation based tour, and the tip for the guide is not included in the price of the tour)
13:30 Little time for packed or fast food lunch
14:00 We leave Plovdiv
16:45 We explore the Rila Monastery
18:00 We leave for Sofia
19:30 We arrive back in Sofia
Itinerary
Plovdiv Old Town
Visit to Plovdiv
3 hours
Rila Monastery
Visit to the Rila Monastery
1 hour
Sample Menu
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Free Cancellation
June 19100% refund
June 20No refund
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
5 stars
56
4 stars
7
3 stars
7
2 stars
5
1 star
4
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Day trip with Ognyan
Published on Mar, 2020
We had a great day with Ognyan exploring the Rila monastery and the town of Plovdiv. Would highly recommend to anyone staying in Sofia and looking to visit other sites outside the city. Our guide was friendly and well informed and the trip was well worth the money.
Amazing
Published on Mar, 2020
Both tours were great, just one thing about the toilets in the monastery- NO toilet papers. Amazing monastery church though NO electricity @ the time of visit so it was very dark!
Wonderful Tour
Published on Feb, 2020
I had a wonderful day with my tour guide visiting great places of interest.
My Guide was friendly, kind and knowledgeable. This tour combines historic and beautiful Rila Monastery and Provdiv in one day, ideal if you have only a short time in Sofia. I would definitely recommend this tour.
Enjoyable packed tour of Bulgaria and its gems
Published on Jan, 2020
The tour covers a lot of Bulgaria for one day, If you are in rush and want to see a lot, but are short of time, then this is for you.
You will be seating in a car for long, but that could be a plus if you have good companions and tour guide and then could enjoy the chat and nice scenery of Bulgaria.
Recommend it.
Very nice day
Published on Dec, 2019
We planed to spend one more day in sophia but we took the advice to see the country side and we are glad that we did. It was a lovely day. The monstry is beautiful, realy we didnt axpected to what was sudenely appeared to us after climbing in a rainy day with the car on a rainy cludy day. Tony the driver is realy nice, though driving a litle bit fast but he knows every stone on the roads I guess.
Flovidiv was a surprise. We arrived exactly when the tour began and Adi the guide was wonderful. A place to come again. I didnt care about the long drive, because I used it to sleep part of the way. it was worth driving a lot to see 2 places we didnt have a chance to see in a weekend trip to Bulgaria.
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