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Skopsko Kale/Kale Fortress Skopje
30 Reviews WARNING: KALE FORTRESS WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE VISITED SUMMER 2011. If you want to escape the reality of Skopje for a quick moment, visit the Fortress Kale. It is situated prominently on a...
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on the lake... Ohrid
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...
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Old Bazaar/Carsija Skopje
20 Reviews The old part of the town can be found in Carsija, the Old Bazaar. It's easily the most pleasant part of the city to wander around. Here you will find lots of tiny, pastel shaded, square little one...
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samuil fortress Ohrid
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...
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Kameni Most/The Old Stone Bridge Skopje
24 Reviews The Stone Bridge (Kameni Most) connects the old Turkish/Muslim part in the north of Skopje via Makedonija Square with the new center of Skopje, south of the river Vardar. Some say there has been a...
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st. sophia Ohrid
28 Reviews when we arrived there was a wedding in progress so we really couldn't see the inside although we did all take a peek. After the ceremony, the bride and groom came out, the wedding party came out,...
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Matka Lake & Canyon Skopje
9 Reviews Matka gorge and lake are wonderful, and I'm glad I was persuaded to go there. Not only the gorge and lake themselves, with the monastery, but also the journey there and the peaceful village...
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old town & architecture Ohrid
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...
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Mother Teresa Skopje
14 Reviews Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was an Indian[3] Catholic nun of Albanian origin born in Skopje who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta,...
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other churches & monasteries Ohrid
50 Reviews Then Ohrid is certainly the place to come as there are reputedly 365 of them, one for each day of the week. However even if churches aren't really your thing it is, in my opinion, still well worth...
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Panteleimon Skopje
8 Reviews Saint Pantelejmon, in the village of Gorno Nerezi, near Skopje. Built 1164 year. The church is beautiful and it is worth the visit. During certain hours of the day there is also a guide there who can...
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st. naum Ohrid
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...
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National Gallery of Art/Daut Pasha amam Skopje
12 Reviews Hammams are great places to see, both from the outside as from the inside. In Skopje I found two of them. Not fuctioning as hammams anymore (after the Ottomans were chased out of Macedonia, the...
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amphitheater Ohrid
21 Reviews We made a stop here on our tour, there is no admission fee so you can have a seat and enjoy the view over Lake Ohrid. The theater is still used for performances during the Ohrid Summer Festival and...
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Sveti Kliment Ohridski Skopje
15 Reviews The other places of interest are: the church of St. Spas, St. Pantelejmon in Nerezi, St. Nicholas, Marko's monastery, The Mother of Jesus church, St Archangel church, the monastery of St. Nikita, the...
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st. jovan kaneo Ohrid
19 Reviews Surely this church must be the most photographed site in Ohrid if not all of Macedonia, it's lakeside perch providing a stunning background to the orthodox church thought to have been built in the...
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Sveti Spas Skopje
10 Reviews " I understand the world solely as a field for cultural competition among nations". Goce Delchev 1872-1903 When you visit Sv Spas, first thing you notice that, altought you are in the middle of the...
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st. climent Ohrid
14 Reviews Our first stop on the walking tour was St. Clement, also known as St. Bogorodica Perivlepta, which is located in the old town near the Upper Gate. If you have an interest in frescoes, this will be a...
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Other Museums Skopje
10 Reviews The Museum of Natural History has, among other objects, a large collection of stuffed animals. These animals are probably better off than their barely alive collegues in the Skopje Zoo, which is right...
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views Ohrid
16 Reviews This stately building on top of the hill can be seen from many places in Ohrid. It is located to the right of Tsar Samoil's fortress and next to the church of Sveti Bogorodica Perivleptos. I was told...
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Skopje Views Skopje
16 Reviews I’ll admit it, much of Skopje is not very pretty. In fact, most the area that was reconstructed by the Communists after the 1963 earthquake (south of the Vardar), is not at all appealing. However,...
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cyrill & metod Ohrid
11 Reviews The Statue of Saints Cyril and Methodius is dedicated to the two Thessaloniki born brothers. They were missionairies of Christianity and invented the Glagolitic alphabet in the 9th century. The...
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Mustapha Pasha mosque/jamija Skopje
14 Reviews The Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Skopje is on Samoilova close to the main entrance of the Kale Fortress. The mosque was built in 1492 and is most ornately decorated of all the mosques in...
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plaoshnik Ohrid
14 Reviews In the 10th century St Kliment founded what is believed to be first Slavic monastery and university on the hill just below Tsar Samuil's fortress. The monastery was dedicated to the 3rd century Saint...
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Millenium Cross Skopje
8 Reviews Itis one of the newest symbols of Skopje and placed on the highest point on Vodno mountain. It was build in 2002. This Cross was build by Macedonian Orthodox Church in order to celebrate 2000 years of...
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Prespa Lake is a stunningly beautiful and tranquil lake between Bitola and Lake Ohrid. Water from the lake drains via underground systems to Lake Ohrid. Located partly in National Park. (Tip in Progress)
Declared a park in 1958, GALICICA NATIONAL PARK is situated between the waters of Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa and consist of an area of 25,000 hectares. The lowest elevation in the park is Lake Ohrid - 695 m above sea level - and the highest point is the Summit Magaro - 2,255 m above sea level. The south border is also a national border with Albania.The flora in the park consists of 800 species. The Park also includes a large number of impressive caves.Attractive for its beauty , especially the area surrounding the Monastery St. Naum. The area also provide vistas of breathtaking beauty. Our bus driver stopped many times, so we could get out and take pictures of the amazing vistas (pic # 2).
Located in western Macedonia near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar, is the Macedonian Orthodox MONASTERY OF ST. JOVAN BIGORSKI. The Monastery Church, built in 1020 is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The Ottomans destroyed the monastery in the 16th century and was rebuilt in 1743, along with several Monk quarters. Expanded again in the period from 1812 to 1825.One of the Monastery's most valuable treasures is one of the three wood-carved Iconostasis created by the famous brothers, Petre and Marko Filipovski. The Icon has over 500 human and 200 animal carvings and also depicts scenes from the Old and New Testament. The other iconostasis can be found in Sveti Spas in Skopje and Monastery of Sveti Gabriel Lesnovski in Lesovo (which we also visited).Another valuable treasure is an Icon dating from 1020 with supposedly miraculous healing powers.Before entering the Church,...
Located in the village Rajcica, near the town of Debar, is the MONASTERY OF ST. GEORGE THE VICTORIOUS, (Sveti Gjorgi Pobednosev), one of the most beautiful Macedonian monasteries.Thought to be established at the beginning of XIV century, however construction of the Female Monastery's living quarters (pic #1) was in 1835.The Church (pics # 2 & 3) was painted in the period from 1840 to 1852. I have to say, the frescoes on the outside of the Church (Pics # 4 & 5) are stunning. We were not allowed to take pictures inside.Before we could enter the Church, we had to put a skirt on over our clothes. Inside the church, it was absolutely beautiful. It had such a sweet smell to it - perhaps from the candles.
The Bay of the Bones is a re-creation and archeological research area centering on a prehistoric pile dwelling on Lake Ohrid. Pilings and artifacts dating from as far back as 1200BC. The first underwater archaeological research was first performed in 1997. Since the discovery a settlement has been re-created allowing one to feel how such a settlement would have felt like. A museum also does an excellent explanation and has some great exhibits.
Monday, May 30, 2011Built in 1459 on the foundation of an older edifice, THE PAINTED MOSQUE or Sarena Dzamija, is an example of early Constantinople Style. It is located near the Pena River in the old part of the town of Tetovo (west of Skopje).This Mosque is adorned with an elaborate facade, with floral and geometrical motifs, making it unique in Macedonia. In the yard next to the Mosque are the graves of the two women (Hurshida and Mensure Hanuma), who provided money for the mosque to be built.The interior was quite plain and had red carpeting throughout - we had to remove our shoes, before we could go in.
Sunday, May 22, 2011The MONASTERY OF ST. JOACHIM OSOGOVSKI is near Skopje (100 km east), in the northeastern town of Kriva Palanka. We were able to visit this amazing Monastery, thanks to Valentina.It was founded in the 12th century and rebuilt many times during the ensuing centuries. Its Frescoes are especially characteristic of the 19th century. The Monastery complex has always been an important cultural, religious and educational center. It consists of the Church of St. Joachim Osogovski (1847 - 1851), a smaller 14th century church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God, a three-story dormitory, a bell tower with a charnel house at the bottom, guardhouse, new dormitories and a residency for the Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. There is also a small restaurant where Hans and I had something to drink.The most impressive wall paintings were done by Dimitar Andonov Papradishki. You...
The Village of VEVCANI is located 14 km north-west of the town of Struga and was one of the stops we made during our bus tour of Western Macedonia. Our driver parked in town and then we got out and started walking up the hill. Lots of ancient but charming buildings (pic #5). Then we saw the first of many Waterfalls for which Vevcani is famous. We hiked up more steps until we came to the biggest and prettiest of the waterfalls. It was so serene and the air was so fresh. On the hike down (pic #2 ), we passed by a tiny chapel (pic #3) along the path.
We accompanied Valentina on a drive to Skopje and to visit two Monasteries. One of which was the LESNOVO MONASTERY. It is also known as the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel and also known as St. Gavril Lesnovski (circa 1347 A.D.) and it is located at the beginning of the village Lesnovo, near Zletovo and Probistip - in the north-east part of Macedonia.When we arrived, we needed to put on skirts to cover our legs. Then a Monk joined us to tell us much about the Monastery. We were not allowed to take pictures inside, but I can tell you that the Murals are magnificent art achievmennts from the 14th century. The Murals were painted in two stages: 1) in the time between 1341 and 1346 2) in 1347 1348 and 1349.Lesnovo Monastery is a very famous and important spiritual literacy center.Also the Church contains a tall and beautiful iconostasis from XIX century, carved in walnut and made by...
Part of our tour was a visit to the village of KURBINOVO and the simple but beautiful Christian Orthodox ST. GEORGE CHURCH which dates back to 1191 A.D. The Church is situated on the slope of Mt. Pelister about 2 km from the village of Kurbinovo. This is a very simple church on the outside, but don't let looks fool you - it is very important culturally, as the inside contains some amazing frescoes. On the Macedonian 50 Denar note you will find the fresco of Saint Archangel Gabriel from St. George.
Hotel Riviera Ohrid
9 Reviews and 7 Opinions I stayed at this hotel 2 nights. It was quite good. İt needs some renovation. There is no...
Hotel Imperial Skopje
4 Reviews and 14 Opinions A great place. I had a longer stay since working on the employment project was few months. Staff was...
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Hotel Millenium Bitola
8 Reviews and 8 Opinions It's not often I stay in a hotel that I can unreservedly describe as absolutely faultless but the...
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