There are 12 ways to get from America to Rila Monastery by plane, taxi, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Eindhoven Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
- Take the taxi from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rila Monasterytaxi
7h 35m$188–543Train, bus, taxi via Villach
- Take the train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Dupnitsabus
- Take the taxi from Dupnitsa to Rila Monasterytaxi
30h$294–662Train, taxi
- Take the train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 961 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the train from Sofia to Dupnitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the taxi from Dupnitsa to Rila Monasterytaxi
45h 49m$530–1,003Drive 2,064.4 km
- Drive from America to Rila Monasterycar 2,064.4 km
19h 1m$426–615Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
- Take the taxi from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rila Monasterytaxi
8h 48m$262–527Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
- Take the taxi from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rila Monasterytaxi
9h 11m$212–527Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
- Take the taxi from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rila Monasterytaxi
9h 28m$245–501Train to Dortmund Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Venlo to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
- Take the taxi from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rila Monasterytaxi
9h 30m$206–641Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dupnitsabus
- Take the taxi from Dupnitsa to Rila Monasterytaxi
31h 2mTrain, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendilbus
- Take the bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsabus
- Take the taxi from Dupnitsa to Rila Monasterytaxi
34h 19m$214–250Train, bus, taxi #2
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Dupnitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the taxi from Dupnitsa to Rila Monasterytaxi
38h 40m$196–310Drive, car train
- Drive from America to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Rila Monasterycar
23h 39m$391–543
Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from America to Rila Monastery is to train and bus and taxi which costs $210 - $250 and takes 34h 19m.
The fastest way to get from America to Rila Monastery is to fly and taxi which takes 7h 35m and costs $180 - $550.
The distance between America and Rila Monastery is 1843 km. The road distance is 2064.4 km.
The best way to get from America to Rila Monastery without a car is to train and bus and taxi via Villach which takes 30h and costs $290 - $700.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from America to Rila Monastery, including transfers.
Rila Monastery is 1h ahead of America. It is currently 10:24 AM in America and 11:24 AM in Rila Monastery.
Yes, the driving distance between America to Rila Monastery is 2064 km. It takes approximately 19h 1m to drive from America to Rila Monastery.
There are 117+ hotels available in Rila Monastery.
What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Rila Monastery, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from America to Rila Monastery. However, you can take the taxi to Horst-Sevenum, take the train to Eindhoven Centraal, walk to Eindhoven, Station B, take the line 401 bus to Eindhoven, Airport, walk to Eindhoven Airport (EIN) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), then take the taxi to Rila Monastery. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Horst-Sevenum, take the train to Venlo, take the train to Muenchen Hbf, walk to München Hbf, take the train to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, walk to Salzburg Hbf, take the train to Villach Hbf, take the train to Ljubljana, walk to Ljubljana, take the bus to Dupnitsa, then take the taxi to Rila Monastery.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $35–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–330
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–330
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–430
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–430
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–105
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $90–105
- Couchette Carriage
- $55–70
- Seating Carriage
- $22–27
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $25–30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $44–48
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–4
Train from Sofia to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–4
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $96
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $135
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 7855 0204
- tic@kustendil.bg
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Estimated price
- $30–140
OK Supertrans
- Phone
- +359 2 973 2121
- Website
- oktaxi.net
Panda Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 998 2121
- Website
- panda-taxi.com
Taxi Stars
- Phone
- +359 877 144 144
- Website
- taxistars.net
Yellow Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 962 1333
- Website
- yellow333.com
Mega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 955 2222
Vega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 87 712 0120
Mega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 955 2222
Vega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 87 712 0120
OK Supertrans
- Phone
- +359 2 973 2121
- Website
- oktaxi.net
Panda Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 998 2121
- Website
- panda-taxi.com
Taxi Stars
- Phone
- +359 877 144 144
- Website
- taxistars.net
Yellow Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 962 1333
- Website
- yellow333.com
OK Supertrans
- Phone
- +359 2 973 2121
- Website
- oktaxi.net
Panda Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 998 2121
- Website
- panda-taxi.com
Taxi Stars
- Phone
- +359 877 144 144
- Website
- taxistars.net
Yellow Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 962 1333
- Website
- yellow333.com
OK Supertrans
- Phone
- +359 2 973 2121
- Website
- oktaxi.net
Panda Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 998 2121
- Website
- panda-taxi.com
Taxi Stars
- Phone
- +359 877 144 144
- Website
- taxistars.net
Yellow Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 962 1333
- Website
- yellow333.com
OK Supertrans
- Phone
- +359 2 973 2121
- Website
- oktaxi.net
Panda Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 998 2121
- Website
- panda-taxi.com
Taxi Stars
- Phone
- +359 877 144 144
- Website
- taxistars.net
Yellow Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 962 1333
- Website
- yellow333.com
Mega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 955 2222
Vega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 87 712 0120
Mega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 955 2222
Vega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 87 712 0120
Mega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 955 2222
Vega Taxi
- Phone
- +359 87 712 0120
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