Sopot Monastery

Sopot Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this Buddhist site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Sopot Monastery

Season: October to March.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Sopot Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.66417, 24.74972. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sopot Monastery

• Nunnery Convent “Introduction of the Virgin Mary” · church · Plovdiv · ~2 km · Must-see
• Anevsko kale · fort · Plovdiv · ~3 km · Must-see
• Vasil Levski National Museum · museum · Plovdiv · ~6 km · Must-see
• Водопад "Сучурум" · waterfall · Plovdiv · ~6 km · Must-see
• Kursum Mosque · dargah · Plovdiv · ~7 km · Must-see
• Vasil Levski · fort · Plovdiv · ~7 km · Must-see
• Museum of History · museum · Plovdiv · ~7 km · Must-see
• Амбарица · viewpoint · Lovech · ~8 km · Must-see
• Stara Reka Reserve · sanctuary · Plovdiv · ~9 km · Must-see
• "Водопад "Карловско пръскало"" · waterfall · Plovdiv · ~12 km · Must-see
• Steneto · sanctuary · Lovech · ~12 km · Must-see
• Kumanitsa · cave · Lovech · ~13 km · Must-see
• Св. Архангел Михаил · church · Plovdiv · ~15 km · Must-see
• Botev Peak · viewpoint · Plovdiv · ~19 km · Must-see
• Райското пръскало · waterfall · Plovdiv · ~19 km · Must-see
• Сувчарско пръскало · waterfall · Plovdiv · ~20 km · Must-see
• Hisarya Roman Thermae · dargah · Plovdiv · ~23 km · Must-see
• Dzhendema Reserve · sanctuary · Plovdiv · ~23 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Sopot Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Sopot Monastery

• Sokolski Monastery · Buddhist site · Gabrovo · ~63 km · Must-see
• Transfiguration Monastery · Buddhist site · Veliko Tarnovo · ~108 km · Must-see
• Glozhene Monastery · Buddhist site · Lovech · ~73 km
• Belashtitsa Monastery · Buddhist site · Plovdiv · ~85 km
• Bachkovo Monastery · Buddhist site · Plovdiv · ~101 km
• Merdanya Monastery · Buddhist site · Veliko Tarnovo · ~119 km
• Lozen Monastery · Buddhist site · Sofia-City · ~126 km
• Kokalyane monastery St. Archangel Michael · Buddhist site · Sofia-City · ~136 km
• Bistrets Monastery · Buddhist site · Vratsa · ~143 km
• Kalofer Monastery "Nativity of the Theotokos" · Buddhist site · Plovdiv · ~24 km

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