€860.00 – €6,880.00
This is an 8-day guided cross-country mountain biking tour that covers the best routes in the Southern Rila and Western Rhodope mountains of Bulgaria. The terrain is 80-85% dirt roads with low technical difficulty and hard descents, the ascents are strenuous and the route varies between 30 to 70km a day.
Crossing the mountains from the West to the East along this route is a fitness challenge and also a chance to see numerous landscapes and views every day with no bus transfer times, loading and unloading bikes, just riding from one accommodation to the other every day.
Luggage transfers, bike support and guiding are provided, as well as accommodation in small villages, family guest houses and mountain huts. The start and end points of the tour can be Sofia or Plovdiv, depending on your preferences.
This route in Rila includes accommodation in a hut at 2100 meters above sea level, also riding along one of the highest dirt roads in the Rila National Park – the Macedonia Hut to Belmeken Dam road. A visit to the Semkovo area and the Belitsa Bears Park is also icluded.
In the Western Rhodopes we will ride across Velijski Rodopi range and the villages of Ortsevo and Zlataritsa. The area is unique with its almost untouched rural communities, breath-taking panoramas of the Rila and Pirin mountains, as well as rolling hills and sandy trails. Further we pass by Dospat Dam and the villages of Yagodina and Trigrad, located near Trigrad Gorge and Buynovsko Gorge. We will complete our route near the villages of Mugla and Gela at the foot of the highest ridge of the Rhodopes – Perelik Ridge. Finally, we visit the town of Devin and depart to Sofia.
Price includes:
✅ Accommodation in 3* hotels and family guest houses (double/twin ensuite rooms) for 6 nights;
✅ 1 night accommodation in a mountain hut, dormitory rooms with common facilities;
✅ Dinners and breakfasts;
✅ All the transfers and bike&luggage transfers from/to Sofia and during the trip;
✅ Certified mountain guide for 8 days;
✅ All the expenses of the guide;
✅ Support for on-the-go repairs;
✅ Local taxes and VAT.
Not included:
❌ Insurance;
❌ Packed lunches for the walks, snacks;
❌ Entrance fees for museums and sights;
❌ Equipment rent/spare parts/bike repairs and cleaning (if your own bikes);
❌ Drinks.
8-day mtb grand tour Rila-Rhodopes day-by-day itinerary – click to download
Rila and Rhodope Mtns, Bulgaria
8 days/7 nights
⛰1000-2300m above sea
🚴🏻♂️ 30-70km per day
↑750-1400m of ascent
🌞Best period June to October
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Rila Mountains: Macedonia Hut – Semkovo – Belitsa Bear Park – Treshtenik – 50 km, +1100 m.
Day 3: Rila Mountains: Treshtenik – Belmeken – Ortsevo – 72 km, +1400 m.
Day 4: Rhodope Mountains: Ortsevo – Zlataritsa – Dospat Lake – 65km, +740 m.
Day 5: Rhodope Mountains: Dospat – Yagodina – 45 km, +1020 m.
Day 6: Rhodope Mountains: Yagodina – Trigrad – Chairski Lakes Hut – Mugla Village – 32 km, +960 m.
Day 7: Rhodope Mountains: Mugla village – Gela village – Solishta village – Shiroka Luka Village – 50 km, +940m
Day 8: Rhodope Mountains: Shiroka Luka village – town of Devin – Sofia
8km, +730 m.
50 km, +1100 m.
72 km, +1400 m.
65km, +740 m.
+/- 500m; 5h.
32 km, +960 m.
50 km, +940m
3,5h
Contact us if you have any additional questions. If you would like to purchase this tour package for 1 or 8+ people, please speak to us or fill out our form and we wll prepare a custom quote for you.
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