リラ修道院＆ボヤナ教会への柔軟なグループ日帰り旅行

Absolutely great activity. Very informative and full of hidden gems. Strongly recommend. I went with business customers and they were extremely happy which is excellent.

We took this option as it gives us max flexibility qnd we were right. Recommend it as a great value for the money. Our frinds were very happy, we too.

None because you guys stole my money… you are scamers doing fraud. Want my money back. Scamers 😤😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Rila Monastery is beautiful, the journey is a bit long but the enclave is wonderful. After the visit, we were taken to a nearby restaurant to sample local food. Roasted trout, roasted meat, salads and very good breads. After lunch, we visited the church of Boyana. It's the heritage of mankind. They only leave 10 minutes inside, enough because it's quite small. I would recommend that the tour be done in reverse, first visit the church and then the monastery. Impress more.

Do not choose this tour nor the operator. It's a tourist trap. The tour was named "Self Guided Tour", and our first impression was shuttle buses were provided, and guests will guide themselves in the sites. This is a common understanding of a "Self Guided Tour" in Bulgaria. However, this was not the case for this tour operator. The tour operator sent us a PDF at midnight before the tour start, and the PDF contained nothing more than public information (such as public bus and time schedule) between Rila Monetasary and Boyana Church. Every person can google by themself without any cost. The PDF has only 13 pages and with low quality of tourist site introductions, which is not worth the money at all. When I realized this tour was a fraud, it was already too late to cancel. I applied for a refund, however, the operator declined and responded like " It is clearly stated as a Self Guided tour", "It's your responsibility to choose a tour", etc. We asked the tour operator how the 13 page PDF can charge 46 euro for two people (the price is enough for people to join a guided-bus tour), but he didn't explain. Instead, he offered us a two-hour guided tour in Sofia based on a "goodwill". The tour in Sofia is not worth what we paid for and we didn't want it as well. How can anyone comfortably join a guided tour provided by an unreliable operator? I contacted TripAdvisor and received a partial refund from TripAdvisor, which was better than nothing. This is clearly the worst experience I had with tour operators in my life.

Didn't worth the money. We got no service at all. The price for self-guided tour only included a 13 page PDF (only contained public information)!!!! The operator refused to refund and responded very rudely. They claimed it was clients' sole responsibility to choose them.

Watch out!!!! Despite calling the excursion "Private Day Trip to Rila Monastery and Boyana Church from Sofia"; and believing that you will be taken by coach to these two places, it is not. All they send you is a pdf to the mail, which, if you want, you print. No printed guide. No transport. No personal guidance. A few hours before the tour started they sent me an email saying to go to the bus station and buy me a public transport ticket if I want to go to see the monastery. I mean, let it go on my own. For that I don't need to hire any excursions and pay that money. Of course the visit to the church of Boyana was not even put to us how to go there. I also had to go on my own. I conclude that you pay the money just so you have a pdf with information that you could get out of the Wikipedia. That's the whole "self-guided" excursion on your part. Good business.

This operator organized us the cheapest Albena holiday ever and that's where I understood they are dealing with day tours and I had booked this tour directly with them before. This was one of the experiences I booked for my business visitors whom I drove and was with, that's why i took the self-guided option of this tour. The organization of the trip was a real gem, everything structured nicely in the several languages I requested it. It was so easy to drive around the spots and read the provided e-guide to my customers. We were waited on spot by the local people as a part of the logistics. The company helped me book the time for Boyana church which I paid on spot. Very delighted and truly recommend these guys. I took several tours with them after the released Covid measures and all of them were absolutely flawless.

I booked a self-guided trip to Boyana and Rila Monastery. What I didn't know was that self-guided means being totally on your own. You get a pdf with a lot of info about the history. As for organization, the only details you get is the name of the bus station in Sofia from which buses to Rila depart and timetable. As for reaching Boyana, there is no information. I paid USD 22 to for getting the latest bus schedule The description on the website is misleading and refers only to the guided trip.

It's great to be back this time on an organized trip. Fortunately I was lucky that we were 5 people in that day so, it was like a private trip to the Rila Monastery which I visited before on a self-guided trip.Boyana church is only visited with reservation and in small group. It was a fantastic day, truly awesome guide!!!!