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Pijlmans Says: Some more pictures of this nice and quiet town along the Crni Drim river.On one of the pictures you can see the scene of boys jumping from the bridges into the Black Drim river. In the summer this is a very common sight!
Pijlmans Says: The Church of St Gorgija or St George was built in 1835 on the foundations of an older sacral object.The iconostasis was completed in 1850. The iconostasis is quite exceptional, with the lower part being made out of stone. This is something I have not seen before in...
Pijlmans Says: This statue is officially called "A girls' going for water", and symbolizes the traditional going for water to public fountains by young girls and brides.The monument is from the middle of the 1980s.Maybe it should be renamed to "a girl's going to a cafe" because in the...
Miladinov Brothers Memorial House
Pijlmans Says: The Miladinov brothers Dimitar (1810-1862) and Konstantin (1830-1862) were born in Struga. The memorial house is the house where they were born and raised.The brothers are famous for putting together an important collection of Folk Songs.Dimitar was a teacher, who followed...
Pijlmans Says: The Town Hall is the building with the blue windows on the left side of the picture, in front of it you can find the Monument of the Revolution.We usually visit the town hall when we are in a new town, since they often have free maps, booklets about the town and surroundings...
Mosaics from Early Christian Basilica in Oktisi
Pijlmans Says: Isn't it great when you are surprised during your travels? In 2009 we visited the ruins of an Early Christian Basilica in Oktisi, not far from Struga. The Bradt Guide Macedonia mentioned that there were some excellent examples of late Roman mosaics at this site....
Natural History Museum, Struga
Pijlmans Says: The Natural History Museum in Struga houses over 10000 examples of flora and stuffed fauna from the Ohrid and Prespa regions in the southwest of Macedonia.From the outside it looks pretty bad, but inside it is a really interesting museum which gives a good overview of the...
Pijlmans Says: This small but impressive gallery is part of the Dr Nikola Nezlobinski Museum in Struga. The museum was founded in 1928 with the opening of the department of natural history and the permanent zoological exhibit. In 1961 the archeological department was formed and in 1974 the...
Statue of Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu
Pijlmans Says: This statue is for Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu (1915-1944). The statue is located in front of an old city house. A sign next to the statue says:In this house on 23 September 1941 in the presence of the national hero and member of the regional committee of the communistic party of...
Pijlmans Says: This example of an old house can be found directly opposite to the Memorial House of the Miladinov Brothers and next to the Vangel Kodzoman Art Gallery.It has limited opening hours, from 09.00-11.00, and unfortunately it was closed when we were there.In front of the house...
Pijlmans Says: In 2012 we had a lunch is this pizza restaurant next to the river Crni Drim (Black Drim).I ordered a pastrmajlija with egg and bacon. Pastrmajlija is a Macedonian style pizza, normally oval shaped and with a slightly different and thicker bottom than a pizza.The egg/bacon...
Restaurant V-Plazza: A drink by the beach at Lake Ohrid
SWFC_Fan Says: My girlfriend and I stopped for a drink at Restaurant V-Plazza during a day trip to Struga in March 2012.This beachside restaurant, with outdoor tables on the edge of Lake Ohrid, is located a few minutes walk east of River Drim at the end of the town centre beach.It was a...
Buses between Struga and Radozda
SWFC_Fan Says: My girlfriend and I visited the small picturesque fishing village of Radozda from nearby Struga during our trip to Macedonia in March 2012.We took a taxi from Struga to Radozda (a journey of a little under 10km and costing 300 MKD) and had intended to take a taxi back to...
Taxis between Struga and Radozda
SWFC_Fan Says: While visiting the town of Struga in March 2012, we decided to make a side trip to the fishing village of Radozda close to the Albanian border.The bus service was infrequent (and we didn't know where to catch one) so we flagged down a taxi on Vlado Maleski, the main street...
Pijlmans Says: Struga has a covered market where you can buy many things, from fresh vegetables to clothes.The market is next to the Church of St George.
Don't leave Macedonia whithout a silver filigrane!
merak Says: A small jewellery shop selling silver filigranes. You may find them also in Ohrid and in the Bashcharshiya of Skopje, but don't leave the country whithout some piece as a souvenir. Filigranes are sold by wheight. For 3,7 g I payed 1000 denars on the street.
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We visited the town of Struga from Ohrid during our holiday in Macedonia in March 2012.
After a day of sightseeing in the town, we located the inter-city bus station on the map in our guidebook and began to walk there. It is located some 1.5km north of the town centre, along busy dual carriageways. It took us 15-20 minutes to walk there from Marsal Tito in the centre.
When we got there, we discovered a crucial fact that our guidebook omitted to mention:
The buses to Ohrid do not leave from the inter-city bus station!!!
Instead, they pick up passengers at the roadside in the centre of town where we had just come from!
Long distance buses to Debar, Tetovo and Skopje and international buses to Belgrade, Istanbul and Sofia leave from this bus station, but please let me re-iterate:
The buses to Ohrid do not leave from the inter-city bus station!!!
Written Apr 25, 2012
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There where the river Crni Drim goes in from the lake, the stream is very tough and you can train your condition swiming against it.
The water is clear and there are ladders all the river long for people to get in. And locals do it.
Written Jul 28, 2005
Makedonski Sumi; Forest Authorities
Pijlmans Says: In August 2012 the Macedonian government announced a nation-wide ban to enter the Macedonian forests because of forest fires.This meant that it was not allowed to enter the forests or mountains, on penalty of a 3000 euro fine.The sudden ban was of course a disaster for those...
say-no-more Says: Struga is also known for its wonderful bridges over the river Crn Drim.At the spectacular poetic event entitled "Bridges", poets read their works from the bridge under which the River Crn Drim flows out of Lake Ohrid, before an audience of some ten thousand people. Some of...
Struga is located at the northern point of Lake Ohrid. It has a long sandy beach. Struga is booming as a tourist location, not far from the famous town Ohrid. Characteristic of Struga is the long...
Struga, the grand lady of the Lake
T'ga za Jug Orelski krilja kak da si metneh i v nasi st'rni da si preletneh! Na nasi mesta ja da si idam, da vidam Stambol, Kukus da vidam, da vidam dali s'nceto i tamo mratcno ugrevjat, kako i...
Struga is situated on the northern part of the Lake Ohrid, on the both sides of river Crn Drim. Here, one is charmed by the source of the river Crn Drim, which flows into Lake Ohrid and runs across...
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