One of Europe's oldest and deepest lakes, shared with Albania, with Ohrid town on its shore, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The little church of St John at Kaneo, on a cliff above the lake, is one of the most photographed in the Balkans. See also Samuel's Fortress, the ancient theatre and Plaošnik.
Take a boat to the monastery of St Naum near the Albanian border, beside the springs of the Black Drin. Swim in the clear water in summer.
An ancient city founded by Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC, on the edge of Bitola.
A monastery in the mountains of western North Macedonia, famous for its spectacular carved wooden iconostasis, with hundreds of human and animal figu…
A deep canyon on the Treska River just outside Skopje, with medieval monasteries clinging to the cliffs.
One of the largest old bazaars in the Balkans, a lively Ottoman quarter with mosques, caravanserais and hammams, now galleries, and narrow lanes of c…
A Bronze Age megalithic observatory about 3,800 years old, on a volcanic hill near Kumanovo, where marks carved in the rocks line up with the sunrise…
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