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• Avoid if raining and be prepared!

  Megan aylett,,Dec 12, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  We went on a hike on the side of a wooded mountain. We were under the impression we might get some equipment for this - we did get the hiking sticks but no rain coats. Our visit to Bulgaria was through a mystery holiday so we had no idea where we were going, hence not packing any rain jackets. Our tour guide was friendly and gave us an option of hiking at the top of the mountain where there could have been snow but it was windy and raining that day, or the wooded hike. The hike itself was ok, the weather and temperatures probably made it a little worse. Our tour guide also picked us up from our hotel which was really useful and dropped us off after.

• Black Peak hike, Sofia

  Safari598621,,Apr 18, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a great day in the mountains with our guide Tosho. The Black Peak hike was reasonably strenuous, especially near the top when we were walking on snow. The views and sense of an achievable were amazing though! We walked for about 2hours uphill, had a break in the cafe at the top, and the walk down took about an hour. Tosho was a great guide and shared many stories with us. We stopped off at a monastery on the way back to Sofia. Thoroughly recommend this trip!

  

  

  

• Changes last minute and great guide

  604amitg,,Mar 23, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I had last minute changes in the plan and team worked hard to meet the needs of, guide was an awesome guy too , will be using them in the future when in the town next time

• Beautiful Winter Hike

  Roger J,,Jan 15, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Our guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. Because the lift is not running the police close the road up the mountain after a certain number of cars each day. Our guide, knowing this, contacted us to leave earlier and we arrived be for the road closed and before the trail was busy.

• Beautiful hike

  GeriC094,,Nov 6, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Had a great day exploring Vitosha mountain, really great views from the top of black peak! great hike with a really lovely guide! Thank you for a lovely experience

  

• Great walk

  simeonk590,,Oct 30, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  This is a really good walk. Nice views it is a challenging walk but well worth it Stefan our tour guide he was fantastic nice honey and lemon tea before we set off to the mountain definitely wear walking boots

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Great private tour!

  Emmy H,,Jun 25, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a great time at our private tour with Petya! She picked us up and dropped us off at our accommodation. Hotel “Moreni” was the starting point for our hike to the summit Black Peak (Cherni Vruh). It was four of us- 2 adults, 11 yo and a 9yo. The hike was about 7mi (approximately 11 km) on a moderate uphill. Our kids did great. We walked through the bedrock formation Moreni and even enjoyed some snowy patches in the hot day. The views from the summit were stunning. It was an easy hike. It took us about 4 hours for the round trip. We’re very happy with our experience! Thank you!

  

• Good good trip

  jakob77krogh,,May 22, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  cool cool trip we got up the mountain and good guides can only be recommended have hiked quite a bit in Austria, but this can also determine something

  

• Recommend this amazing hike

  Kelly C,,Oct 17, 2023

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Really great guided walk with knowledgeable and experienced local mountaineer, it was tough at the start, steep ascent but worth it, beautiful scenery and panoramas, really recommend it!

• Don't bother - shambolic service

  Iwona S,,Oct 23, 2022

  - Review from Viator

  1.00

  Since I was getting conflicting messages online on how to access Vitosha mountain (mainly the transport info being in Bulgarian) I decided to book a self guide tour to provide me with the local knowledge which will save me time and energy. Or, so I thought anyway. I booked this tour in advance and had to message as to what will happen next since I did not receive any info beforehand at all. I was told I will receive bespoke instructions a day before which I have, but they were not bespoke at all. For starters, my starting point was a random hotel (I was not asked where I stayed at any point). Never mind I thought, get yourself to the Hladilinka bus terminal where I was told to get bus #122/#123. Well, bus #123 was not even listed on the display and I waited over 40 minutes for bus #122 which did not arrive, so I messaged the company for further instructions using the Viator app. Having waited another 30 mins for their reply during which the bus still wasn't there and getting radio silence I decided to make my own way to Vitosha i.e. ask members of public for directions, get a taxi etc. I had to basically use my own initiative which I shouldn't have to having paid for a service. I ended up reaching Cherni Vrah late afternoon using my phone/following the trail, which was hard but also so rewarding, but due to having wasted time first thing, this was the only summit I did that day as the last bus from Hotel Moreni departs at 18:15 and you really need to get off the mountain when it gets dark. To summarise my experience, I was expecting bespoke, clear instructions, so I could pack in as much as I could in a day. What I was given felt like copy and paste, out of date and inaccurate manual. I have contacted the company afterwards and asked for a refund since their instructions were incorrect which resulted in additional costs and wasted time which is precious when you're travelling, so in my opinion they have not fulfilled their obligations, only to be told I am being pushy and they are not at fault here. I doubt the above is what you're after, so avoid them like the plague and go elsewhere or do your own research (I know it's tricky since all the transport info is in Bulgarian). Trust me, you will be so much better off.

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