A monastery in the mountains of western North Macedonia, famous for its spectacular carved wooden iconostasis, with hundreds of human and animal figures, made in the 1830s. The monastery also offers simple rooms.
Nearby, the Mavrovo National Park has a lake with a half-submerged church, the ski resort of Mavrovo, and the village of Galičnik, famous for its traditional weddings in July.
One of Europe's oldest and deepest lakes, shared with Albania, with Ohrid town on its shore, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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…
An ancient city founded by Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC, on the edge of Bitola.
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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