Private Vitosha Mountains Hiking with Black peak & Dragalevtsi Monastery
Overview
Available languages
6 hours
Mobile ticket
The highest peak in Vitosha Mountains – at its foot lies the city of Sofia – is easily accessible. In this trekking tour to the top you will have the opportunity to enjoy fantastic views of the Rila and Balkan Mountains as well as visiting Dragalevtsi Monastery en route.
The whole capital of Bulgaria will be just in front of you uncovering its beauty from the top. Enjoy this tour with a private mountain guide at your own pace and time.
The tour operates in all the 4 seasons in Bulgaria - summer, autumn, winter and spring.
Choose between privately-guided or self-guided tour.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
What To Expect
Vitosha Mountain
The mountain for our tour today
Dragalevtsi Monastery
One of the must see monasteries in Bulgaria
Options
Privately guided
Our transport,guide,logistics: Flexible starting time. Includes physical guide with you and transportation. Pickup included
Self-guided
Your transport, our logistics: For the self-guided tour option we send all instructions to be followed. No physical guide with you or transportation.
What‘s Included
Transport (if the privately-guided option is chosen)
E-guide with all info for your convenience
Private mountain local guide (if the privately-guided option is chosen)
Hotel pickup and drop-off (if the privately-guided option is chosen)
Food and drinks
Personal expenses & insurance
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
19 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great experience
CD20132017,May 26, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience and would use again! We had two children under 3yo with us and they were able to modify the Vitosha hike trip to be fun and manageable with our little ones. Our guide was great and spoke excellent English. He really ensured we enjoyed our time and was very knowledgeable about the mountain. Pick up and drop off were on time and the car was great. They were very responsive to our inquiries and questions. Really a great experience end to end.
Avoid if raining and be prepared!
Megan aylett,Dec 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00We 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
5.00We 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
5.00I 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
5.00Our 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
5.00Had 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
5.00This 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
5.00We 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
5.00cool 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
5.00Really 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!
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