Amazing😍😍 - It was great!! I liked it very, very! I am happy about your offer! Everything was organized great, comfortable and superb! It was possible to see everything, to see everything. Perfect offer. Our tour guide Apostolos was amazing !!! Thank him for comfort and interesting storys!! 🌎🗻🌍😇🥰😍

Great! - We loved our experience!!!! The monastery and the mountain were incredible. Going to both in the same day was really worth the price. We felt like the time spent in each place was just enough. But what made the tour especially great was the friendliness and knowledge of our guide, Apostolos and bus driver, Dimi. Thank you!!!

Rila trip - The travel started from Sofia like agreed at the location and time. There was a dedicated bus for our trip to Rila monastery and up to the mountain. We got an hour to explore at Rila monastery after which we began our journey to mountain. This journey is like almost 2 hours. By the time we reached the base of mountain it was like 1 pm. The tour guide told us we will be leaving by 4pm back and asked us to come back before that time. The only problem here is that one cannot explore all seven lakes on mountain. First of all, in winter or spring, like in beginning of April or late March, the snow fall can be quite hectic and as told by the guide it can take 2 hours minimum to just go and come back to 1st lake from the lift point. This information is not shared anywhere, except it's advertised as one can see all seven lakes. Maybe in summer time, one could go and see at least one lake in the allocated 3 hours on top of mountain. Other than that the guide, transportation arrangements were good and we had no problem of that kind.

Excursion to the Monastery and the Seven Lakes of Rila - The experience was great but we ran out of seven lakes. Our guide warned us about the snow but it was very foggy too and nothing was visible. I would still recommend this type of excursion when you can see the lakes because in the end you are paying to see the lakes and it made me a bit angry not to be able to see them. It's for you to keep in mind.

Good experience, guide... - Good experience, guide apostolos shared the history of Bulgaria and rila mountain during the trip...

Great trip but don’t expect to see the Lakes in Winter - It was a great day. We visited the Monastery first which was really nice and as we were there early it wasn’t busy. We then travelled to the mountains and took the ski lift to the top. It was difficult to walk in the snow but we enjoyed the views. We visited in March and the lakes were all frozen over and there was snow on top of them. We had something to eat in the chalet which was good. We were lucky with the weather as it was a beautiful, sunny day. Our guide Apostolos was excellent at sending us information on times and other things via What’s App. Overall we really enjoyed the day even though we didn’t actually see any lakes.

Great experience... - Great experience traveling to the monetary and the mountain. We traveled in April and so the lakes were unable to be seen because they were frozen over. The ski lift was also down so we hiked the whole way up to the chalet. Beautiful views- but no one gave us any idea of how long of a hike it would be or how long it would take- and had to meet the jeeps to pick us up at a specific time.

Excursion monastery and lakes of Rila - Very well but we could not see the lakes because of the fog, so this fact makes the experience has not been so spectacular. Yes, the guide warned us but I would have liked to know before catching and paying for the tour as we had paid to see the lakes and it was disappointing.

Unexpected...but not in a good way - The monastery visit was good. However, we didn't get to the lakes as the snow was still very thick, the shops were all closed so this wasn't the best time to run this tour in Apr. The 4x4 left us and other tourists mid way up the snow trail asking us to hike without proper instructions, notice of gear. The ski lifts were closed for maintenance works during weekdays. Upon further checking online, we understood that the ski lifts and shops were usually closed during weekdays given lower traffic. In this case, they should not advertise or allow tourists up when the sky lifts and shops are closed as it is very dangerous.

Do not go on Monday! - The Monastery was amazing, and I would highly recommend visiting it. The driver did a good job of getting us there before the large tour busses arrived, but other than that I was very disappointed with the tour. I have never left a bad review for a tour before, but I was very unhappy with this experience. There was very little information given by the guide, and what little he did speak I could not hear because he spoke so softly. It was stuffy in the van, and I was in the back, so I asked for some air. He barely cracked the window, and it did very little to help. It was miserable. We were quoted 16 euros for the lift, but when we arrived were told it was 20 euros for a Jeep that only took us partway up. The Jeep got stuck for about 45 minutes, and when it was finally free, drove about 100 more meters and stopped. We could have hiked the rest of the way in far less time than we sat in the Jeep waiting for it to pull free. This left us with the remainder of the way to hike up a steep incline. It took me about 45 minutes, and I am an avid hiker. Only four in our group even had time to make it to the second lake before we had to turn around. Many of the places were closed because it was Monday, and were not informed before the trip. Overall, I would not recommend this tour.