There are 12 ways to get from America to Rila Monastery by train, plane, 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.
Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
10h 51m$93–374Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Kočanibus
- Drive from Makedonska Kamenica to Rila Monasterycar
25h 20mDrive 2,064.4 km
- Drive from America to Rila Monasterycar 2,064.4 km
19h 11m$426–615Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Venlo to Neuss Hbftrain
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
12h 24m$108–344Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
12h 7m$163–371Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Venlo to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
12h 52m$116–391Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Venlo to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane DTM - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Rila Monasterycar
10h 47m$157–507Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven 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 bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
13h 13m$166–381Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Roermond to Maastrichttrain
- Take the bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
14h 17m$105–367Bus
- Take the bus from Venlo to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
31h 20mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
- Take the bus from Eindhoven JF Kennedylaan/Limbopad to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
37h 54m$135–191Drive, car train
- Drive from America to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Rila Monasterycar
17h 42m$336–1,533
Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from America to Rila Monastery is to train and bus which costs $130 - $200 and takes 37h 54m.
The fastest way to get from America to Rila Monastery is to train and fly and drive which takes 10h 47m and costs $150 - $550.
The distance between America and Rila Monastery is 1851 km. The road distance is 2064.4 km.
The best way to get from America to Rila Monastery without a car is to bus which takes 31h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 51m to get from America to Rila Monastery, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between America to Rila Monastery is 2064 km. It takes approximately 19h 11m to drive from America to Rila Monastery.
There are 111+ hotels available in Rila Monastery.
What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Rila Monastery, Bulgaria?
You can take a vehicle from America to Rila Monastery via Sevenum, Berghemweg, Venlo, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, Belgrade New Bus Station, Sofia Serdica Bus Station, Central Station, Serdika, Sofia Serdika, Sofia University, and Sofia Vasil Levski Monument in around 31h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–250
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–250
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–310
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–210
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–19
- 1st Class
- $21–40
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $100–160
- 1st Class
- $220–370
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $18–30
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $33
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- 1st Class
- $50–85
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–16
- 1st Class
- $17–28
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–24
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $21–24
- 1st Class
- $29–33
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monastery
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from München, ZOB to Kočani
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- 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 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $44
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Eindhoven JF Kennedylaan/Limbopad to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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