A one-day tour around Ohrid

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Start your Ohrid morning with a walk from the Samoil's Fortress, and then head for the town's square. Visit the church Mother of God Peribleptos first. Do not forget to enter the part of the church where the relicts of Saint Clement are resting, and in the courtyard spend few minutes on the grave of the great poet Grigor Prlicev, the Macedonian Homer. Head towards Plaošnik, where the excavations of the early Christian basilica are located, and the church of St. Panteleimon (St. Clement's university), the first Slavic university, from the 10th century is currently restored. This place offers a magnificent view to the Lake Ohrid.  At the terrace, overviewing the Lake, see the church St. John Theologian, Kaneo. From there, head towards the city, Visit the Antique Theatre, the cathedral church St. Sophia, the churches St. Nicola Bolnicki and Holy Mother of God Bolnicka ("of Hospital"), the church St. Nicholas Gerakomia, the House of the Robev family) today a museum of archeology, and the House of Uranija, today a Museum of ethnology.

In the period between 13:30 and 14:30 hours, enjoy your lunch in one of the restaurants in the town. They offer a wide variety of cuisines, but we recommend you to taste the famous and endemic Ohrid trout .

At 14:30 start for the St. Nahum Monastery. Before you arrive there, you can see the cave church Holy Mother of God in the tourist camp Gradište. Around 15:15 you will arrive to St. Nahum. Do not forget to hear the heartbeats of the saint who rests in the monastery church. Visit the small chapel of St. Petka and enjoy the tour by a rowing boat around the springs of the river Crni Drim.

You can decide to have your dinner here, or to start for the city at  18:00 hours. On the way back, you can stop at the fishermen's villages of Trpejca or Peštani and dine there, or opt for the city's restaurants. In the evening, stroll around the old Ohrid bazaar (caršija) and treat yourself with a gift of traditional silver filigree (in the living museum - the workshop and store of the master Vangel Dereban) or Ohrid pearls.