Rila Monastery
Rila, Bulgaria
Entry to the courtyard and the main church is free, which catches out visitors who expect a ticket.
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Bulgaria’s Orthodox heritage centres on the Rila Monastery in the mountains south of Sofia, a World Heritage Site with painted galleries, and the Boyana Church on the edge of the capital, with frescoes from 1259. Sofia also has the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, and Bachkovo, Rozhen and the rock monastery of Aladzha are reached from Plovdiv, Melnik and Varna.
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Boyana Church
Sofia, Bulgaria
The ticket is cheap and the rules are unusual: only eight people may be inside at a time and only for ten minutes, to…
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Bachkovo Monastery
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bachkovo Monastery stands in the Rhodope Mountains, about thirty kilometres south of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, beside the…
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Rozhen Monastery
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Rozhen Monastery stands in the Pirin Mountains of south-western Bulgaria, about six kilometres from the town of Melnik,…
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Aladzha Monastery
Varna, Bulgaria
Aladzha Monastery is a medieval rock monastery carved into a limestone cliff in the Golden Sands Nature Park, about…
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Zemen Monastery
Zemen, Bulgaria
Zemen Monastery stands near the town of Zemen in western Bulgaria, about seventy kilometres south-west of Sofia, near…
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Entry to the cathedral is free. The crypt below houses the national gallery of icons, one of the finest collections of…
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Church of Saint George, Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
The Rotunda of Saint George stands in the courtyard of the Presidency building and the Sheraton hotel in the centre of…
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Saint Sophia Church, Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
The Church of Saint Sofia stands on a square in the centre of Sofia, Bulgaria, beside the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral,…
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Monasteries are free to enter, with small fees for museums, while Boyana admits small groups for short visits. The pages below explain how to reach each.