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Rila Monastery & Blagoevgrad tour from Skopje
Rila Monastery & Blagoevgrad tour from Skopje
Rila Monastery & Blagoevgrad tour from Skopje

Rila Monastery & Blagoevgrad tour from Skopje

By Experience Balkan
Free cancellation available
Price is $380 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 12h
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  • Instant confirmation
Overview

We will be able to visit one of the most beautiful Orthodox monasteries in the Balkans. Rila Monastery is a remarkable structure in the middle of nature. Situated in the center of the Rila mountain, the monastery is a hidden gem. We will also visit the city of Blagoevgrad, a student city that features a pedestrian downtown with preserved 19th-century architecture and numerous restaurants, cafés, coffee shops, and boutiques.

Activity location

  • Rila Monastery
    • 2643, Rila, Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Boulevard Krste Petkov Misirkov
    • Boulevard Krste Petkov Misirkov
    • 1000, Skopje, Greater Skopje, North Macedonia

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Rila Monastery & Blagoevgrad tour from Skopje
  • Activity duration is 12 hours12h12h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:30am
Price details
$379.95 x 1 Adult$379.95
Total
Price is $379.95
Until Thu, Jun 6

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedExperienced English-speaking guide/driver for the tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedPick-up and drop off from your hotel or any other preferred location in Skopje
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll transfers with a comfortable A/C car or minivan
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal expenses

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In this tour we are crossing the border with Bulgaria. You MUST confirm and obtain any visa requirements prior to border crossing. All visa requirements are the sole responsibility of the traveler
  • The tour operates in various weather conditions, please dress accordingly

Activity itinerary

Rila Monastery
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila (876 - 946 AD), and houses around 60 monks. Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe.
Rila Mountains (Pass by)
We will be able to witness beautiful sceneries that offer the Rila mountain, and take some photos on the way.
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Church
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
We will have some free time for lunch or a coffee break in the city center and have a chance to shop in the city malls and boutiques. We could visit the Church Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, Located in Varosha settlement in Blagoevgrad. This church reminds you of the Rila monastery building. And this is no accident because, at the place where the temple in Varosha (the old town) is today, there was a convent of the Rila Monastery.
Югозападен университет „Неофит Рилски“ (Pass by)
Somewhere in the city, we can make a lunch or a coffee break. Blagoevgrad is best known for being a student town with two big universities. One of them is the South-west university Neofit Rilski.
American University in Bulgaria (Pass by)
And the other one is the American University of Bulgaria, founded in 1991.
Monument of Gotse Delchev (Pass by)
After our city tour, we will get back in our comfortable vehicle, and drive back to Skopje.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRila Monastery
    • 2643, Rila, Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBoulevard Krste Petkov Misirkov
    • Boulevard Krste Petkov Misirkov
    • 1000, Skopje, Greater Skopje, North Macedonia

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