BG Guide, pt 7. Rila Monastery

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@ RILA MONASTERY



I. GETTING THERE

1. From Sofia by bus: (duration 170 min)
Sofia - Rila - Rila Monastery: 10:20 (from Sofia Bus Station West "Ovcha Kupel", 130 Tzar Boris III Blvd., next to Slavia Stadium)
Bus #260 from Russian Monument, NW of N.D.K.Sofia.
Rila Monastery - Rila - Sofia: 15:30
Rila - Sofia: 6:20, 18:25
[Company: Rila Express 2000 -- +359 887 648182]


II. HOTELS


1. Gorski Kut Resort Complex (5 km before Rila Monastery)
http://www.gorski-kut.eu/index.php?l=en&s=1
+359 70542170, +359 888 710 348, +359 887 584 572
Double room=30 EUR


2. Hotel Pchelina (3 km from Rila Monastery)
http://www.pchelina.com/index.php?language=en
+359 888 393 058, +359 889 405 401, +359 701 98545
Double room=23 EUR


3. Hotel Tzarev Vrah (0.5 km from Rila Monastery)
http://www.tzarevvrah.com/index.php?lang=en
+359 7054 2180
Double room=23 EUR


4. Rila Monastery Cells (within Rila Monastery itself)
-- ask at the Rila Monastery reception
+359 70542208


III. SIGHTS OF INTEREST

See area MAP.
See official WEBSITE.


1. Hrelyo's Tower

2. Church Birth of Mary
3. Church St. Ivan Rilski
4. Church St. Luka
5. Nunnery Orlitsa (2.5 km East)
6. Nunnery Pchelina (4 km SW)