Recommended tours 

other tours

Day 5a: Prilep, Bitola / Prespa, Ohrid / Ohrid, Kicevo / St. Jovan Bigorski, Galicnik, Tetovo / Skopje

Day 1: Prilep, Bitola:

The morning is reserved for Prilep and its vicinity, and the afternoon for Bitola. In the morning, from 9:00 to 10:00 hours walk through the old Prilep bazaar and visit some of the small stores and see the Prilep Clock Tower. After this walk, we offer you two options. If you have a vehicle with four-wheel drive,  you can spend the time from 10:00 to 13:00 hours at the Marko's Towers, and then climb to the monastery Treskavec. The second option you have is to visit the medieval churches in the Prilep quarter Varoš. At 11:00 start for Mariovo, and until 12:30 hours enjoy this picturesque region and visit the village od Štavica, where the film "Dust" of the Macedonian director Milco Mancevski (opening the Venice Film Festival in 2001) was filmed. After Mariovo start for Bitola. Choose whether you will have your lunch on the road, or after you arrive to Bitola.

At 14:30 hours start for Heraclea. Until 16:00 hours sightsee the complex og buildings and attractive mosaics, and also visit the museum with artifacts from this locality.

From 16:00 to 19:00 hours, walk through Bitola, walk through Širok sokak (Broad Lane), see the Railway station and the old park. You can also visit the mosques in the center of the city, the Jewish cemetery and the catholic church on Širok sokak.

Enjoy your dinner andstay the night in Bitola.

Day 2: Pelister and Prespa:

After the breakfast, at 8:00 start for Pelister. Until 11:00 hours enjoy the forest of the endemic pine - molika, the glacial lakes - Pelister Eyes, the locality Kopanki..

At 12:00 hours you  will arrive at Resen. Decide whether you will visit the island of Golem grad or you will spend longer time sightseeing the cultural monuments on the mainland and the picturesque villages of Dolno Dupeni, Ljubojno and Brajcino.

You have two possibilities: the first is to stop at the village of Stenje and hire a boat (and a boatman) here - the boat trip should last about an hour and a half; or, driving through the woods, get to Konjsko and hire a boat there. The boat trip from Konjsko to the island will last for about half an hour, but we have to warn you that the road from Stenje to Konjsko is fairly bad.

Once you arrive at the island, enjoy its natural and cultural treasure - the church of St. Petar, the remnants of the church Sv. Dimitrija, the Early Christian basilica, etc. Here you can eat the lunch that we recommended you to take with you. Before going back to the mainland, take a boat cruise around the island.

After you have completed your visit,  start for the shore. If you haven't had your lunch at the island, you can now eat at Krani. From here, at 15:00 hours start for Kurbinovo. Enjoy the astonishing frescopainting of the church St. Gjorgji in this village. At 16:00 hours, you should be at the Slivnica monastery, near Kurbinovo. Spend half an hour in sightseeing of the monastery and its surroundings.

At 16:30 start for the  village of Brajčino. Between 17:00 and 17:45 pay a visit to the monastery St. Petka and you can also stroll through its picturesque surroundings.

At 17:45 you can visit the village of Dolno Dupeni and decide whether you will have your dinner here, or in Resen or Krani.

Day 3: Galicica and Ohrid:

In the morning, at 8:30 start across the mountain Galicica to reach the town of Ohrid. The trip should last until 10:00 hours, and spend it enjoying the beauties of this National park. Use the opportunity to see both the Ohrid and the Prespa lakes from the marked spot on one of the slopes.

Spend the period from 10:00 to 14:00 hours at  St. Naum monastery. Do not forget to hear the heartbeats of the saint whose grave is in this monastery church. Visit the 

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 lunch here, or in one of fishermen's villages of Trpejca or Peštani.

Then start for Ohrid. On the way you can see the cave church Sv. Bogorodica (Holy Mother of God) in  Gradište, or the cave church St. Nikola in the village of Ljubaništa. Between 14:00 and 19:00 hours get  acquainted with its cultural monuments. Start 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 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..

Day 4: Kicevo, Tetovo, St. Jovan Bigorski, Galicnik:

From Ohrid start for Kicevo. At 20 minutes drive from  Kicevo is the monastery Sv. Bogorodica (Holy Mother of God) Precista. Until 12:00 get acquainted with all the specificities of this monastery and do not forget to drink the holy water for health. Afterwards, you can have your lunch in Kicevo, ut we recommend it to be a light lunch, so that later, when you arrive at the village of Trnica (where you will be around 13:30) to try the tasty peasant cuisine (bakrdan, selska pita - peasant pie, cottage cheese, kajmak). Around 15:00 hours arrive at the Monastery St. Jovan Bigorski. Stay for an hour and a half in this monastery, and then leave for Mavrovi anovi, where you will arrive after  40 minutes. Here, enjoy the beauty of the National Park, and then start for Tetovo. The journey will last half an hour. Here you can see the Painted mosque, and also the dervish Arabati - baba teke. Enjoy the Tetovo specialties (beans, lamb). After the dinner, start for Skopje.

Day 5: Skopje:

After the breakfast, start for Matka. We recommend you to spend two to three hours there. A large number of cultural monuments, and great natural treasure is concentrated at Matka. Do not miss the monastery St. Andreja and the cave Vrelo, that was equipped with a lighting generator with the funds from the EU Phare CDP. If you have some time left, you can see Monastery Matka, but you should also devote your attention to the beautiful nature that surrounds you.

At 12:00 hours you should be at the St. Panteleimon monastery in Nerezi, on the slopes of the mountain Vodno. After you have seen the church and its surroundings, you can have your lunch here, or you can choose from among the restaurants in the city.

The period from 12:30 to 13:30 is reserved for lunch.

At 14:00 start your sightseeing tour through the cultural monuments in the city. Go to the its old part, on the left bank of the river Vardar. There, you can visit the Skopje Fortress (Kale), that offers a panoramic view to the city. In the immediate vicinity of the Fortress are the church Sv. Spas (Holy Salvation) and the Mustafa-Pasha mosque. Near the mosque are the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Macedonia (complex of Museums of History, Ethnology and Archaeology) that hosts the biggest icon collection in our country. In the courtyard of the museum is Kuršumli an (Lead Caravanserai), that connects you to the Old Skopje Bazaar. There you can see many old craftsmen shops, the old houses and, at its entrance from the Stone Bridge, the Daut-Pasha amam (Turkish bath), today the National Art Gallery.

Enjoy your dinner in one of the many restaurants in the Old Bazaar, or cross the Stone Bridge and choose from among the restaurants in the center of the city.