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Full Day Tour to Boyana Church and Rila Monastery from Sofia
Full Day Tour to Boyana Church and Rila Monastery from Sofia
Full Day Tour to Boyana Church and Rila Monastery from Sofia
Full Day Tour to Boyana Church and Rila Monastery from Sofia
Full Day Tour to Boyana Church and Rila Monastery from Sofia

Full Day Tour to Boyana Church and Rila Monastery from Sofia

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Free cancellation available
Price is AU$270 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Discover Boyana church and Rila Monastery with your professional guide.
We will pick-up from your hotel or any address in Sofia.
UNESCO world heritage - Boyana church is one of the most complete and perfectly preserved monuments of east European medieval art and the old monastery is the treasury and spiritual centre of the Bulgarians.
Enjoy with this tour - one lovely day away from the busy city with one of our comfortable vehicles.
Special attention to guests - our guide will tell you interesting stories.
We will provide enough time if you wish to explore each of the 5 museums in the monastery.
You will feel the fresh mountain air and the beauty of the Vitosha and Rila mountains.
Spare time for lunch close to the river.
Small group.

Activity location

  • Rila Monastery
    • 2643, Rila, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rila Monastery
    • 2643, Rila, Bulgaria

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Full day tour Rila Monastery
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$270.20 x 1 AdultAU$270.20
Total
Price is AU$270.20

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pick-up/drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish speaking giude
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntry fee for Boyana church - 10 BGN (Optional)

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The entrance to the Rila Monastery is free. There are 5 museums on the territory of the monastery. Entrance tickets for all museums are BGN 24 in total, they are offered as an option and their visit is not mandatory.
  • Travel time is included on the total tour duration
  • It is NOT allowed to wear shorts, short skirts.

Activity itinerary

Rila Monastery
  • 2h
First and the main stop for the tour. The biggest and most important orthodox cloister in the country. The monastery was built on the site of an old post house in 927 - 941 by St. John of Rila the Wonderworker (according to some authors - by his students) in the Rila mountain. In the courtyard of the present monastery, in 1335, a defence tower and a small one-nave church were erected by the local feudal lord Protosevast Hreljo. The tower is the oldest preserved building in the monastery complex. At the top of the tower is the "Holy Transfiguration" chapel with valuable frescoes from the 1430s. On September 21, 1378, King Ivan Shishman (1371 – 1393) issued the Rila charter, signed and sealed with a golden seal, giving the monastery 20 villages as feudal possessions, together with their lands.
Boyana Church
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Located on the outskirts of Sofia, Boyana Church consists of three buildings. The eastern church was built in the 10th century, then enlarged at the beginning of the 13th century by Sebastocrator Kaloyan, who ordered a second two storey building to be erected next to it. The frescoes in this second church, painted in 1259, make it one of the most important collections of medieval paintings. The ensemble is completed by a third church, built at the beginning of the 19th century. This site is one of the most complete and perfectly preserved monuments of east European medieval art.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRila Monastery
    • 2643, Rila, Bulgaria

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERila Monastery
    • 2643, Rila, Bulgaria

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