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Odiseya Says: City square "Freedom" (Macedonian: Градски плоштад „Слобода", read: Gradski ploštad "Sloboda") is central area of city's downtown. The focus point of...
Odiseya Says: Isar fortress is one of main landmarks of Stip.Located high above, it guarded the town of Stip in the state of Czar Samoil. Today there is also a metal cross, in honor of 2000 year of Christianity in this region. Strategic position of hill is reason way Stip is refers like...
Saint Archangel Michael Church
Odiseya Says: Saint Archangel Michael Church is build under the fortress Isar. It estimate that was build in 14th century and it was documented that in 1334 Serbian Tzar Dušan Silni (as at the time this region was under his rule) devoted this church to famous Hilandarion Monastery on...
Odiseya Says: For visitors of Štip unfamiliar with Ottoman architecture I believe that it could be quite intriguing to see a pyramid-look-a-like massive stone building in city center surrounding with typical towns building. I was been surprised and I must find out what is it. And... this...
Odiseya Says: The Blues (Macedonian Cyrillic: Сини) are popular name for local soccer club FK Bregalnica Stip. It is a town honor. Correctly their play in Macedonian first soccer League. From Isar hill it can be seen the City Stadium Štip. It has a capacity of...
Odiseya Says: The walking by the river, no matter where is it, is always a good way to relax (at least for me).Otinja river is very interesting. It is small river who bisects the town.The river springs out near the town Čeprovka, flows into Bregalnica river little further from Stip,...
The Church of St John the Baptist
etfromnc Says: On the right bank of the river Otinja, on the south side of the Isar hill, a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist was built in 1350.It is a single-room church with no cupola. Its construction was supported by Jovan Probistipovic, Despot Oliver’s landowner. Today only...
Who could resist the challenge to write a Stip Tip
etfromnc Says: Between the Otinja and Bregalnica rivers, about 500 feet high on the rocky hill over the town, known as Isar, the Stip, or Isar, Fortress, stands guard.People say that the fortress was built by King Marko, while his sister Maria was building a road and bridge through the...
Pijlmans Says: This Monastery dedicated to St Petka is located outside of Stip, along the same road to the archeological site Bargala and Vrteska. It is located between Bargala and Vrteska.There are several sources with holy water.You can spend the night in this monastery.We where there...
Pijlmans Says: You can visit this cave from the Mountain Hut Vrteska, but only with a guide from the Mountain Club Lisec. Our guides were Lazar from the website below, and his friend Marija.The cave is closed with an iron gate, so even in the unlikely case you find it by yourself, you...
Pijlmans Says: You can visit this cave from the Mountain Hut Vrteska, but only with a guide from the Mountain Club Lisec. Our guides were Lazar from the website below, and his friend Marija.The cave is closed with an iron gate, so even in the unlikely case you find it by yourself, you...
Pijlmans Says: Mountain hut Vrteska is about 40 km from Stip, near the village Vrteska on the Plackovica mountain.About 50 people can stay here, it has 6 rooms with 2, 4, 6 or 14 beds. There is a kitchen, where you can prepare the food that you have to take yourself if you stay here.The...
Church of St George at Bargala (II)
Pijlmans Says: Some pictures of what is left of the frescoes inside the Church of St George at Bargala.In 2010 the frescoes were being renovated. Even on the pictures you can see that there were several layers of frescoes made over the years.
Pijlmans Says: Mal Odmor means "small rest". It seemed the waiters take this name very seriously, because it took a long time before somebody even came to our table (although the place was almost deserted).We had a nice table outside.My dish (grilled meat with some fries) was OK, but for...
Roma: Famous Pastrmajlija from Stip
Pijlmans Says: When we asked the staff at our accommodation (Kezovica Spa) for a good restaurant, they recommended pizzeria Roma in the center of Stip. They couldn't have done us a bigger favor!We had dinner there twice, both of the times the Pastrmajlija Stip is famous for. Pastrmajlija...
Pijlmans Says: Vinica is a village about 40 km northeast of Stip.It has an interesting and relatively well preserved fortress.You can also try to find the overgrown ruins of the Basilica at the archeological site Gorica just outside Vinica.See my Vinica page in the link below for more...
Pijlmans Says: In Morodvis you can see the remains of a 5th century Basilica .Morodvis is about 40 km from Stip, 7 km south of Kocani.See the link below for my Morodvis page.
Odiseya Says: Walking is one of the simplest forms of exercise for pleasure, which reduce everyday tensions, which leaves no consequences and do not require special preparation, equipment and etc. The Stip Fortress, or better known as the Isar stands guard, is on the top of Isar hill. The...
Dizzyhead Says: In Stip they have a swimmingpool where you can go and swim and play in. It is very popular among the local people, and that can be a very good tip to do, if you want to make contacts with the locals and at the same time exercise a little. When I was in August in Macedonia,...
The panorama of Stip from Isar fortress
Odiseya Says: To the Isar fortress from the town it can be be approach from several directions. Although there is easy path to the stairs, I was choose a little more complicated way. Through poorly blazed trails and wild grass with a little effort I climbed to the fortress.The hill offer...
A day in Stip for tresure hunting
Štip is center of municipality Štip in Eastern part of FYR of Macedonia. The municipality borders Probištip Municipality and Sveti Nikole Municipality to the north, Radoviš and Karbinci...
Stip may not be the first town you think of when visiting Macedonia. But besides being an interesting city itself with many churches, it is a good base for visits to for instance the archeological...
Central city of eastern Macedonia
Štip is the largest urban center in the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment, and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities....
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