Transportation options
- Public transport in Sofia: schedule is available on Google Maps to get from Airport to the Center of Sofia
- Taxi service: look up google
- Car rental
From Airport direct to Rila taxi:
Taxi service from Sofia Airport, Sofia’s official taxi partner, Yellow!, is a recommended choice. Other trusted companies include OK Supertrans, TaxiMe, and MegaTaxi. TaxiMe is also recommended for its user-friendly app and payment options. Brother Stanimir has a taxi 9am-8pm, prefers communication over Viber: +359 89 862 4975.
Arrange ahead of time, and ask for the price BEFORE you enter the car.
From the Sofia to Rila Camp: public transportation and combination:
- From the airport you can take the metro or a taxi to the central Bus station.
- Then a bus from Sofia to Dupnitsa.
- From Dupnitsa you can take a taxi to the lift at Pionerska Hija or take a bus to Sapareva Banya and then a taxi to the lift.
- Taxi from Dupnitsa to the lift will be around 50-60 lv.(25-30euros)
- Taxi from Sapareva Banya to the lift at Pionerska Hija around 30 lv (15euros) Taxi drivers phone numbers: Vasko: +359 887 72 62 22, and Vladi: +359 894 71 63 93
- Ski-lift gondola from Pionerska Hija to the Rilski Ezera Lodge, it is about 15-20euros. You can buy a round trip ticket only if you are coming back within one week, otherwise buy two separate tickets.
- Transport from Sofia Central Bus Station to Rila: to be organized by Byalo Bratstvo (To be announced mid-july 2025 – in Bulgarian: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYcbnuwWzqk1NhytZJTkNdeheyXuCIzjSwEbif7_FyBVpbQA/viewform Other languages tbd)
- Luggage is transported on the lift as well, from Pionerska to RIlski Ezera Lodge it is 10levs per bag.
- There is an option to hire horses to transport tents and backpacks to the camp from the ski lift, the name of the horse owner is Zdravko: +359 87 9618613. He only speaks Bulgarian, so you have to find an intermediary who speaks the local language. If you arrive before 10th of August, you can hire horses on the spot, reservations are needed if your arrival is after 10th.
