There are 12 ways to get from London to Rila Monastery by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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 London Heathrow Airport, bus
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LHR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
10h 42m$128–285Train to Luton Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LTN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
11h 3m$63–213Train, bus, drive via Munich
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbftrain 83
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Kočanibus
- Drive from Makedonska Kamenica to Rila Monasterycar
27h 55mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rila Monasterycar
24h 5mFly from London Stansted Airport, bus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
11h 27m$73–255Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LGW - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
10h 53m$82–233Fly from London City Airport, bus
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LCY - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Rila Monasterybus
12h 30m$182–364Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Kočanibus
- Take the bus from Kočani to Delčevobus
- Drive from Delčevo to Kocherinovo City Centercar
29h 5mTrain, bus, drive #2
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Delčevobus
- Drive from Delčevo to Kocherinovo City Centercar
35h 53mBus
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Blagoevgrad Bus Stationbus
46h 32mBus, drive
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Delčevobus
- Drive from Delčevo to Kocherinovo City Centercar
2d 3hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Rila Monasterycar
25h 13m$486–737
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Rila Monastery is to train and fly and bus which costs $60 - $220 and takes 11h 3m.
The fastest way to get from London to Rila Monastery is to fly and bus which takes 10h 42m and costs $120 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Rila Monastery. However, there are services departing from Charing Cross and arriving at Rila Monastery via Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station, Blagoevgrad and Kocherinovo City Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 32m.
The distance between London and Rila Monastery is 2189 km.
The best way to get from London to Rila Monastery without a car is to bus which takes 46h 32m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 42m to get from London to Rila Monastery, including transfers.
London to Rila Monastery bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Bounds Green Road London station.
London to Rila Monastery bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Rila Monastery is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 9:44 PM in London and 10:44 PM in Rila Monastery.
There are 111+ hotels available in Rila Monastery.
What companies run services between London, England and Rila Monastery, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Charing Cross to Rila Monastery via Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station, Blagoevgrad, Kocherinovo, and Kocherinovo City Center in around 46h 32m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–400
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–390
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–410
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–110
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $34–35
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Kočani
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- +389 33 471 139
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kočani to Delčevo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Berovo-trans-862062503867001/
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Delčevo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Berovo-trans-862062503867001/
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $94
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $36
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Blagoevgrad Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Nuremberg to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Nuremberg to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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