One day tour to Rila monastery

Departure at 9:30 a.m.  from south side of Alexander Nevski Cathedral.

Rila Monastery is the most exquisite example of monastery art and architecture of Bulgaria. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin with its miraculous icon of the Virgin and splendid gilded iconostasis, the Monastery kitchen, the Rila Monastery Museum keeping the long and heroic history of the monastery, the beautiful wood-carved cross, created for a period of twelve years by a monk called Rafael, the Hrelyu’s Tower and many spectacular views from the mountain and the surrounding nature are the highlights of this tour.