A very interesting outside Sofia - Our driver was wonderful. Nice, professional. Good driver. Beautiful, comfortable hike, with all amenities. Highly recommended

We loved this trip!... - We loved this trip! Alexander was so informative and interesting to talk to. He is clearly very smart and enjoys sharing his passion for history. Plovdid is such an interesting place! The two hour tour was a good overview but I need to come back and spend a week next time. Rila monastery was beautiful but an hour was plenty of time there. If you have limited time like we did, this was a great way to see two of the best bulgarian sights.

Plovdiv and Rila Monastery: Consolidate two Unescorted sites in a day - This was a long day, but it was worth the time and money. Our driver/host Apostolos inew a lot about the country and kept us on track while ensuring we had opportunity to stop for food and bathroom. We very much enjoyed the 2hr walking free tour (tip based) that Apostolos arranged for us( we learned a lot about Plovdiv from our very knowledgeable local tour guide. We had enough time at the Rila Monastery to walked around and admire the architecture and religious wealth. We wished that we had received the audio tour hyperlink from the company that runs the tour one day in advance, as we had planned our time there more efficiently. However, we strongly recommend the tour.

Wonderful day outside of Sofia - Apostolous was a great guide and very knowledgable. It was a long day but he was very accommodating and paced the trip right for our group. I am so glad we got to venture outside of the city with him!

TRAVEL TO RILA MONASTERY AND PLOVDIV - The experience has been very good, excellent behavior of our Guide. A little long journey but worth it We will repeat

Day trip with Ognyan - We had a great day with Ognyan exploring the Rila monastery and the town of Plovdiv. Would highly recommend to anyone staying in Sofia and looking to visit other sites outside the city. Our guide was friendly and well informed and the trip was well worth the money.

Beautiful sights but rushed - We enjoyed Plovdiv and the Rila Monastry. Both are must sees when you are in Bulgaria. In retrospect we don't find the combination of these two tours in one day convenient because there is too little time to look around, no time for lunch, and you are in a van for a total of 8 hours. Tip not to join the hike in Plovdiv because you will not see everything

Beautiful sites worth visiting from Sofia, but this tour was not entirely as described on the site - Both locations were beautiful, interesting, and worth visiting from Sofia. However, the description on the website is not quite what we received. First, we were not picked up from our hotel like described. Nor did the van have WIFI despite the description saying its included. Neither were dealbreakers; the meetup location wasn't far from our hotel and the van was comfortable overall. We started by going to Plovdiv and had done our research about the distances/times from Sofia, so no issues there. However, once we got there, instead of being taken on a small, 6 person tour, we were delivered to the Free Walking Tours of Plovdiv. The free guide was great for the 2.5 hour tour, but it was a large group and not what we were expecting. We returned to the meetup location, picked up 2 more guests, and went to Rila Monastery. Again, no surprises for the distances/times, though the return to Sofia definitely added unnecessary time to the already driving-heavy tour overall. Upon arrival to the monastery, we were given about 3 sentences of information about the site then sent on our own to explore for 45 minutes. Any information learned was from Googling it ourselves or paying extra for the small museum. Overall, the fees went to gas and transportation, which would've been fine if we understood what we were getting in the first place. I believe there are cheaper shuttles for both locations available from other companies.

Disappointment. - Rila Monastery is highly recommended. I score low because the Bulgarian agency canceled the day before the visit to Plovdiv, and in exchange offered us a hike on high lakes on our own in December, or spend 5 hours in a village without major attraction, which is what we ended up doing. The driver was just that, taxi driver who told us absolutely nothing about the excursion.

Rila monastery and Plovdiv - It's impossible to see both places in one day, not recommend. The driver vas driving to fast for my taste , no lunch brake to. 30 minutes in the monastery and 45min. In Plovdiv isn't close to enough... very disappointed.