Slivnica Travel Guide

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According to the locals, Slivnica has the nicest beach on the southern shore of Lake Prepa.

Indeed, a long sandy and quiet beach with shallow shoreline was waiting for us!

The water is not as clear as the water of Lake Ohrid, but this of course does not mean it is not clean! There are more water plants though, and the bottom is more muddy than the sandy and stony bottom of Lake Ohrid.

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The church dedicated to the Holy Virgin (Sv Bogorodica) in the the Monastery of Slivnica has many well preserved frescoes.

More pictures of the church and monastery can be found in my Slivnica Travelogue, see the links below.

The Slivnica Monastery with its Church dedicated to St Bogorodica (The Holy Virgin) is not very well known. To us, it came as a very pleasant surprise, located in the mountains about 4 km from the village Slivnica. When we visited, we had to walk most of the way to the monastery, but the building of a road was in progress.

Inscriptions state that the church was built and painted in 1607. A nartex was built and fresco painted in 1612 and in 1645 the damaged parts of the frescoes from 1612 were covered with new paintings.

The iconostasis has been preserved in its authentic state with its throne icons, the Royal Doors and the Holy Cross carved in wood.

Outside, there is a spring of holy water with miraculous healing properties. It should work especially well for people with fertility problems.

The monastery's lodging houses have been in the 19th century and are restored nowadays.

There is no monastery life at the moment. Before you go to the monastery, ask for the key in the shop in Slivnica: Key of the church = klucot od crkvata, pronounced "klutsjot od serkvata".

We were told that it is even possible to stay as a guest in this monastery for a small donation. There is a toilet building outside the monastery.

Given the fact that a brand new road is built at the time of writing, it is very likely that the monastery will be more active in the near future, and that there will be more visitors and guests.