Historic sites
Lake Ohrid and Ohrid Old Town
Ohrid
One of Europe's oldest and deepest lakes, shared with Albania, with Ohrid town on its shore, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Historic sites
Bigorski Monastery and Mavrovo
Rostusa, Mavrovo and Rostuša
A monastery in the mountains of western North Macedonia, famous for its spectacular carved wooden iconostasis, with hundreds of human and animal figu…
Historic sites
Heraclea Lyncestis, Bitola
Bitola
An ancient city founded by Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC, on the edge of Bitola.
Natural features
Matka Canyon
Saraj
A deep canyon on the Treska River just outside Skopje, with medieval monasteries clinging to the cliffs.
Historic sites
Old Bazaar, Skopje
Skopje, Karpoš
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…
Historic sites
Kokino Observatory
Staro Nagoričane
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…