The Side of Bulgaria NO ONE Talks About | Rila Monastery & Seven Rila Lakes Hike | Travel Guide Vlog

[@RachaelMartin]

Great video! That hike looked jaw-droppingly gorgeous! :)

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you! it was a great hike :)

[@mountainlakehorizon]

Mega schön😍☘️

[@ki5739]

The monastery dates back to the 10th century, when Ivan Rilski had lived in solitude in a cave nearby. The only remaining building from that time is the watch tower at 11:28. The other structures have been burned and destroyed and re-built multiple times through the ages.

[@MattandRachelTravel]

Never would've guessed you could find this in Bulgaria. The lakes are unbelievably beautiful. If we ever go, definitely adding seven lakes to the list!

[@AshleyandChristian]

So beautiful! Well worth a stop

[@HG-if6pc]

we have so many other beautiful places, this is just one of them :)

[@chrissmith7881]

Thanks for sharing! Do you know what shuttle service you used to take you to the hike and monastery? Was it a private ride or a group?

[@AshleyandChristian]

I’ll look it up! It was a group shuttle. But it wasn’t a group trip or anything, transport only

[@AshleyandChristian]

www.rilashuttle.com/

[@chrissmith7881]

Awesome! Thank you so much! My wife and I are going to Bulgaria and Romania this spring, we appreciate all of your information!

[@AshleyandChristian]

@@chrissmith7881 You're welcome! We spent a good amount of time in both of those and really enjoyed it :)

[@pavlinpetkov8984]

Aha sunny beach is the best. The alcohol is cheap and you have a beach. Don't get the entire lake thing but maybe it's just me.

[@danielebrooks6475]

Love this! My sister lives in Bulgaria and I'm going back to visit this summer. I've never done the seven lakes hike, but you made it look stunning! Bulgaria is SO underrated and I love seeing this secret little part of the planet. A couple Bulgarian pronunciation tips: Sofia is often mispronounced to sound like the girl's name, but it's actually soh-fya, not so-fee-ya. And the Rila mountains/monastery is pronounced ree-la.

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you! It was such a beautiful hike! I feel like our pronunciations suffered the most in Bulgaria because our phones never had service to look them up 😭 thank you though, I didn’t know that about Sofia!

[@TomaszBadtke]

Amazing views. Thanks for sharing this video with us :) There are very useful information in this video

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thanks so much! The hike was beautiful 😍

[@kaylaandmarkalan]

Why does this remind me of Colorado so much?! That hike looked AMAZING. I would have been worried about making it down too, especially if you didn’t make that scary chair lift and had to hike another two hours back down! 😂

[@AshleyandChristian]

I think the shades of green/blue are similar 😂 yeah we were obviously very concerned about making that chair lift!

[@radoslavpetkov]

Аз съм Радо! Кой по дяволите е Колорадо?

[@awitnessuntoallnations]

Well done! Our favorite part of this video was definitely the hike. Breathtaking views and serene lakes! Thank you for sharing your experience and this beautiful part of the world with us. Glad we found your channel! 👍

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you! It’s such a beautiful part of the world 🤗

[@gmeye6503]

💚💚🇱🇰

[@GreatCityAttractions]

A nice video guys. Some lovely places to visit in Bulgaria.

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you! and we didn’t even scratch the surface!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

yes - looks like plenty to do. @@AshleyandChristian

[@SDRAVKO]

Pay attention, it’s not Sophia , but it’s Sòfia !,

[@veseliniliev9650]

Thanks!

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you so much!! ☺️

[@KraliMishev]

C - Cyrillic. Not Kirilic..

[@nikoladd]

This is the ONLY side of Bulgaria youtubers talk about. Rila lakes and food(Sofiyska Banitsa). Basically the current algorithm hype with easy access from Sofia. There are many more places with arguably better views in Bulgaria. Not that Rila is bad, it's great, but far from the only or top place in Bulgaria.

[@AshleyandChristian]

Definitely agree at this point 😂 when we originally went I had a hard time finding a vlog on it! By the time we posted the video, I’d see 4-5 hiking videos here

[@adaml99a]

Heading here at the end of the week! Thanks for sharing the video. ❤

[@AshleyandChristian]

Ahh have fun! We loved it!