Description
TOUR PROGRAM: Skopje-Rila-Sofia
Starting from your hotel in Skopje, traveling to Rila Monastery for about 3 hours, after that free time to explore Rila Monastery.
The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery “Sveti Ivan Rilski” is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rila River at an elevation of 1,147 m above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila (876 – 946 AD), and houses around 60 monks.
After that great opportunity to have a lunch in some of the local restaurants in nature.
Continue to Sofia where will drop off you on your address.
