GPS & Audio Guided Winter Tour to Rila Monastery and Stob Pyramids from Borovets

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12 to 14 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: German and 5 more

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.

What's Included

All Inclusive Car fully Covered
Entry Tickets Tsari Mali Grad Fortress
Audio & Video Guides
Entry Tickets Tsari Mali Grad Funicular
Vouchers for à la carte Menu
GPS Coordinates
Entry Tickets Rila Monastery
Entry Tickets Stob Pyramids
Parking Fees
Personal Expenses

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We will meet you at your accommodation, deliver the car, instructions, devices, itineraries etc.

Itinerary

Duration: 12 to 14 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    08:30 Depart from your accommodation in Borovets Drive 24 km / 26 Minutes 09:00 Arrival at Tsali Mali Grad The first stop during the road trip from Borovets is Țsari Mali Grad – a unique Roman fortress built with a ditch and fortifications. Walking around the fortress you will go back in time and imagine that you live the daily life of the people of that period. 10:00 Departure

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 2

    Drive 62 km / 58 Minutes 11:00 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. Departure: 12:30

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Rila Monastery

    Drive 27 km, 33 minutes 13:00 Arrive Restaurant Enjoy your well-deserved lunch, we made a special reservation for you at Restaurant Stranopriemnitsa Rilla. Departure: 14:30

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Rila Monastery

    Drive 0 km / 0 minutes Arrive 14:30 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. Departure: 15:30

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 5

    15:30 Departure Drive 40 km / 46 Minutes 16:15 Arrival to 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? 18:30 Departure Drive 97 km, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes Arrival 20:00 Borovets

    2 hours 40 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • 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
  • Wheelchair accessible
Supplied by Avatar Tour Ltd

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Day Trips
Nature and Wildlife Tours
Full-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Audio Guides
Historical Tours
Car Tours
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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