Explore two amazing sights of the Rila Mountains in a single day - the most beautiful natural sight of Rila the Seven Rila Lakes and the most important cultural sight, the Rila Monastery.

• Visit the Seven Rila Lakes
• Visit the Rila Monastary
• Acompanied by a live guide
• Includes transportation by A/C vehicle

An intensive hiking & sightseeing programme, which shows you the best of nature and culture merits of the Rila Mountains: Rila Monastery (UNESCO) and the Cirque of The Seven Rila Lakes. The program doesn’t allow much free time on either site but it is quite enough to explore both places. The tour begins with an early transfer to the Rila, followed by a brief cable car ride to the Seven Rila Lakes Cirque. The glacier lakes are at between 2100 and 2500m/6800 and 8200ft above sea level, with name fitting their shapes, like Babreka (the Kidney), Okoto (the Eye), and Salzata (the Teardrop). As we need to follow strict time schedule depending on your fitness we can either walk the whole trek around all lakes, or make the stroll shorter and skip some of them (normally the two highest ones). After the hiking around one of the Rila’s most remarkable and beautiful parts, we are transferred to the Rila Monastery: the largest and most significant Bulgarian Orthodox Church establishment. The 20m/70ft high walls shelter impressive cloisters, a church, and a chapel with unique murals and museum collections.

• All transportaion fees
• Live guide
• Chairlift to the Seven Rila Lakes
• Visits of the Seven Rila Lakes
• Visits of the Rila Monastary

• Food and baverages
• Optional visit of the Rila Monastery museum

• As the schedule of this tour is very strict, we recommed that you bring your own food and drinks on this tour as there might not be enough time for meals in restaurants alog the way.
• The tour includes about 4 hours of walking in total, so it's of moderate dificulty. The hiking on the Seven Rila lakes in some parts is steep. You can however choose between a shorted or longer walking path depending on your fitness level. We recommend wearing hiking shoes or at least sneakers, flip flors and sandals are nor accepted.

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