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interesting old town - interesting old architecture and old buildings, along with stunning frescoed churches and roman theatre and turkish fortress! - all beside the beautiful Lake Ohrid - beautiful...
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litter, parking inspectors targeting foreign registered vehicles
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great country, great town, great people, great food..
25 Reviews It's a deep and ancient lake, perhaps as old as five million years. There's few lakes as old as that. It's the deepest in the Balkans, and if you placed the Eiffel Tower at its deepest point, once the world's tallest structure, its tallest point would just poke out above the water. The lake is so...
31 Reviews Tsar Samoil´s Fortress dates from the the end of the 10th century, but a fortress has been standing on top of Ohrid hill since at least the 3rd century BC or even earlier. Although most of the walls are still standing, most of the inside of the fortress is destroyed. But surely worth a visit! When...
27 Reviews Right in the centre of Ohrid is the commanding Church of St. Sofia. It's not the most beautiful of Ohrid's churches, but it is probably its most important. It was once a cathedral, whose ecclesiastical domain reached as far as Belgrade in the north, as far east as Thessalonica, and as far west as...
51 Reviews When we arrived at Sveti Liment i Pantelejmon (St. Clements monastery) there was a wedding in progress so we just had a peek at the inside. After the ceremony, the bride and groom came out, the wedding party came out, everyone was dancing including a few of our members. The monastery stands on a...
34 Reviews Ohrid's real importance as a city began with Tsar Samuil's decision to make it the capital of what has become known as The First Bulgarian Empire in the late 10th century. During this period the fortress was constructed as were the defensive walls around the city as fortification against the...
21 Reviews On the south-east side of Lake Ohrid, close to the border with Albania, you will find the Monastry of St Naum. It is a really stunning site, on a cliff high above the lake. Clement (840-916) and Naum (835-910) were native Macedonians. Both had been disciples of the brothers Kiril and Metodi, the...
9 Reviews and 7 Opinions I stayed at this hotel 2 nights. It was quite good. İt needs some renovation. There is no...
4 Reviews and 7 Opinions For 4 years we as a family are coming to Ohrid. This specially because of the nice fresh air, no...
10 Reviews With its decked terrace on the shores of the lake Dalga is one of the best located restaurants in the city - most of the other lakeshore places are more cafe/bar than restaurant. This was the venue for our final dinner of Euromeet 2011 and because most had been late arriving after the bus tour of...
10 Reviews Two restaurants were recommended to us as the best in the city – Antiko and Sveta Sofija. Both are very good, and it would be very hard to pick the better one, so we will not even try to do that. Antiko is probably the best known and the most popular restaurant in Ohrid. It is situated in massive,...
2 Reviews A nice cafe, with a lot of folks! Infested with youth, nice girls and not many guys! Overall music that's allright, good atmosphere most importantly! If you feel Funky then you'll also look that way!
2 Reviews The festival has a lot to offer to lovers of classical music. Nightlife in general: not a place for those seeking a wild nightlife. There are clubs and places for the young to rave at night, but in general most people have a drink in the bars and restaurants and get to bed at a reasonable hour.
21 Reviews After visiting Ohrid, we were heading on to Skopje for an afternoon before heading to Sofia, so we caught a bus. The buses weren't nearly as frequent as I thought they would be so check the timetable before heading over to the bus station. We had the choice of 7am, 10:45am and there were a few more...
11 Reviews This is something else I didn't bother with and to be honest I can't actually see the point (nor did I ever see anyone using these bikes). The problem is that most of Ohrid's main places of interest are in and around the old city and so are uphill, accessible only by the winding cobbled streets and...
7 Reviews Ohrid is famous for its OHRID PEARLS. The Talevi family fervently guard the tradition and the single recipe for the manufacturing of this beautiful and unique jewelery. Since 1924, the Talevi family has been designing Ohrid Pearls. The secret of preparations of the emulsion has been passed from...
11 Reviews Along the promenade, you will see many little motor boats and water taxis. They will offer to take you to the beaches or a relaxing ride to Saint Jovan at Kaneo, where you will have the opportunity to take some breath-taking shots of the monastery perched high up on the cliffs. Hardly a day went by...
3 Reviews Every year, from the middle of July until the middle of August, the Ohrid Summer Festival is held. There are concerts and plays in old locations, such as the Roman Amphitheater and the Church of St Sofia. At the square close to the new port, there is a small booth where you can get information and...
32 Reviews The only active volcano in on the Balkans can be found about 7 km from Ohrid, in the village Kosel along the road from Ohrid to Resen and Bitola. There is a sign along the road that points to the volcano. Volcano probably isn't the right word, because it never erupted. Geothermal surface feature...
10 Reviews Crkvata Sveta Bogorodica Zaumska – the Church of the Holy Mother of God at Zaum is the beautiful, richly decorated edifice. It is located approximately 20 km from the city of Ohrid, at the stunning location, on a small secluded beach squeezed between almost vertical rocks of Mount Galicica on the...
4 Reviews First held in 1924 the Ohrid open water swim is a televised competition held by the city of Ohrid and now FINA and the World Swimming Association. Many national and local swimmers compete for a cash prize and a trophy. It is very fun to watch. When I lived in Ohrid I was on the swim team, but I...
6 Reviews Among Ohrid's treasures is its UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE. The old two-story houses are tall, with eaves, rectangular wooden windows and massive nailed doors. Many are near the old town section near St. Sofia's church. One being, the House of the Kanevce Family. It has a tiny ground floor and two stories...
16 Reviews During our 4 days in Ohrid the light over Lake Ohrid and the old town was always fascinating at around dusk, when the sky was darkening and turning into red colours. A walk along the promenade Kej Marshal Tito towards the old town and the harbour at this time of the day offered many photo...
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Jerusalem on the Balcans - . Ohrid has many natural beauties and very rich flora and fauna. It's beautiful environment (the Lake, the mountains and rivers), and also the geostrategic situation (military and economic), for...
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Q: hey guys, was hoping to get an update from the thread that was down below that was 4 years old. Is it possible to take a bus...
A: MacedonianUK will have the answer to that(Florina to Ohrid)...but others may answer. You can certainly still get a bus from Ohrid to Bitola (May 2011)
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The fact that both the lake and the town of Ohrid are under the protection of UNESCO should say enough. The lake is one of the oldest in the world and the town itself is precious. The Galicica...
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When the idea of holding the "7th official VT Euromeet" in Ohrid and Bitola in May 2011 came up, it was clear to us to combine the meeting with a trip through Albania, Macedonia and even Kosovo. On...
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I've got some interesting experiences in Ohrid. I'd love to share with you the 63 tips I've written, the 106 photos uploaded, and 5 travelogues I've created.
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May 20 to 31, 2011 Located on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia, OHRID is the 7th largest city in the country. Ohrid was once known for having 365 churches - one for each...
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Ohrid – Treasury of Religious Art
Indeed I came to Ohrid in 1945 for the frescoes… Our Renaissance is completely unknown to the west, which for a long time did not understand the Slavic contribution to contemporary painting… Ilya...
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