Recommended tours
7 DAYS: Skopje, Galicnik, St. Jovan Bigorski / Ohrid / Galicica, Prespa / Kavadarci, Demir Kapija, Dojran, Strumica / Berovo, Vinica, Lesnovo, Kratovo / Kumanovo, Skopje / Stobi, Veles, Štip
Day 1:, Skopje and the monastery St. Jovan Bigorski:
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.
After the dinner, start for the monastery St. Jovan Bigorski in the Debar region. You can spend the night in the monastery lodgings. Or, as a contrast to the monastic silence, you can enjoy the cultural offerings of Skopje (you can obtain information from the free brochure or at the telephone number: 9868) and the vibrant night life of Skopje, and postpone the visit for the monastery for the next day.
If you awakened in Skopje, still reserve some time on your way to Ohrid to see the monastery St. Jovan Bigorski, with a magnificent wood-carved iconostasis and lodgings that are representative of the traditional Macedonian architecture. Alternatively, you caould visit Tetovo (the Painted (Aladza) mosque, the Arabati Baba teke and possibly visit the Lešok monastery, located outside of the city). Then continue your trip to Ohrid.
Start your Ohrid sightseeing tour 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. After lunch, you can have a quick 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.
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 you can stop at the fishermen's villages of Trpejca or Peštani and dine there. Spend the night in the monastery lodgings or in private accommodation in the vicinity.
At 9:00 in the morning start your journey over the Galičica mountain to the region of Prespa. We recommend you to take a light lunch with you. During the ride, enjoy the scenery of this National Park and take the opportunity to find the spot from which you can simultaneously see both Ohrid and Prespa Lakes. At 10:30 you will arrive at Oteševo. Continue your trip to the villages of Stenje and Konjsko, that are starting points for the boat trip to the Golem Grad island. 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.
At about 12:00 hours you will be at the Golem grad island. Walk around 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.
At 13:00 start for the shore. If you haven't had your lunch at the island, you can now eat at Krani. From here, 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.
After the dinner, start for Kavadarci.
4 Day: Kavadarci, Demir Kapija, Dojran, Strumica:
In Kavadarci visit Vataša, with the Memorial House of WW II hero Strašo Pindzur (also representative of the traditional architecture) and the church Assumption of the Virgin. Some of the houses there are made of clay mixed with wine instead of water. Near Vataša are the Mokliški monastery and the Monument of the children killed in the WW II. At 12:30 or 13:00 (if you decide to have a lunch there) leave Kavadarci and start for Demir Kapija. Stop and spend some short time (about 15 minutes) enjoying the beauty of this gorge. At about 14:30 hours you will arrive at the village of Marvinci and you will visit the locality Isar. Spend half an hour there and then start for Dojran. You will need about half an hour's drive to get there.
In Dojran, walk by the lake, see the famous fisherman's mandras (cottages), and you can also have some rest in one of the cafés near the lake. Enter the remnants of the church St. Ilija.
At 16:00 start for Strumica, where you will arrive at
17:00 ~asot. Vo ovoj grad posetete go Kompleksot na St. 15 tiveriopolski ma~enici, a vo negovata okolina i monasteries vo selata Vodo~a i Veljusa. Mo`ete da ve~erate i prespiete vo gradot, a kako alternativa vi se nudi mo`nosta toa da go storite vo Bawa Bansko, kade }e gi vidite starite rimski i turski bawi.
5 Day: Berovo, Vinica, Lesnovo, Kratovo:
Od Strumica (ili Bawa Bansko) trgnete vo 8:00 ~asot i vo Berovo }e stasate vo 9:30. Ostanete do 12:00 i posetete go The monastery Holy Archangel Mihail, kako i berovskoto ezero i borovata {uma. Mo`ete da se odmorite vo edno od kafean~iwata pokraj ezeroto ili pak vo konacite na berovskiot monastery.
EDay ~as patuvawe ve deli od Vinica, kade mo`ete da ru~ate i da go posetite Vini~koto kale. Vo 14:30 napu{tete ja Vinica, upatete se kon Lesnovskiot monastery, kade }e stasate vo 15:30. Tuka imate mo`nost da ostanete eDay ~as i po polovina ~as vozewe da stasate vo Kratovo. Vo ovoj grad videte gi srednovekovnite mostovi i kuli i The church St. Jovan Obse~en. Ve~erajte i prespijte - vo gradot ili vo The monastery St. Joakim Osogovski.
6 Day: St. Joakim Osogovski, Kumanovo (kumanovsko), Skopje:
Ako vo 9:00 ~asot trgnete od Kratovo, vo 10:00 }e stasate vo The monastery St. Joakim Osogovski.
Vo 11:00 trgnete kon seloto Psa~a kade }e stasate okolu 11:30. Dvaesetina minuti razgleduvajte ja The church St. Nikola, a potoa upatete se kon kumanovskiot kraj seloto Staro Nagori~ane, kade okolu polovina ~as mo`ete da se zadr`ite vo The church St. Gjorgji. Na oddale~enost od okolu 15 minuti vozewe od ova selo, se nao|a seloto Mlado Nagori~ane so churches St. Petka, St. Gjorgji Pobedonosec i arheolo{kiot lokalitet Kostoperski rid. Ostanete vo seloto polovina ~as i upatete se kon Kumanovo. Vo gradot mo`ete da ru~ate i okolu 14:30 da trgnete za Skopje, kade }e stasate po okolu polovina ~as vozewe.
Popladneto posetete gi muzeite vo Skopje (kraj Starata ~ar{ija - kompleksot Muzei na Makedonija, so Istoriski, Etnolo{ki i Arheolo{ki muzej, ~ii postavki postojano se zbogatuvaat; Muzejot na sovremena umetnost nad Kale i Muzejot na grad Skopje, vo prostorot na starata @elezni~ka stanica vo Centarot na gradot. Ve~erta posvetete ja na umetni~kata programa na teatrite vo Skopje (Makedonski naroDay teatar, so Drama, Opera i Balet i Dramski teatar, kako i Teatar za deca i mladinci, ili na nekoja od likovnite izlo`bi ili muzi~ki slu~uvawa - informacie za eventste mo`ete da pro~itate vo Turisti~Kiot informator, koj besplatno se deli na pove}e punktovi vo gradot, ili da dobiete na telefot 9865).
Ako vo 9:00 izlezete od Skopje, vo 10:00 }e bidete vo Stobi. Ne zaboravete po pat da zastanete pokraj monasteries Sv. Bogorodica (Holy Mother of God) i St. Jovan Krstitel pokraj rekata P~iwa, kade patnicite zapiraat da se napijat voda, pomislat `elba, ostavat pari~ka za sre}a i za dobar pat. Vo Stobi, so pomo{ na tamo{niot vodi~, vo tek na dva ~asa }e go razgledate celiot kompleks na ovoj arheolo{ki lokaltet.
Zaminete za Veles. Tuka posetete ja The church St. Pantelejmon, pro{etajte niz starite vele{ki maala, videte go The monastery St. Dimitrija i malite churches {to se nao|aat vo negova blizina. Za ru~ek vi ja prepora~uvame poznatata vele{ka pastrmajlija.
Vo 15:00 napu{tete go Veles i vo 15:40 ste vo [tip. Vo ovoj grad ne propu{tajte da se ka~ite na Isarot, da gi vidite srednovekovnite churches vo podno`jeto na ridot, pogledajte ja galerijata na ikoni vo The church St. Nikola vo centarot na gradot, a na patot kon Novo Selo vlezete vo Sv. Bogorodica (Holy Mother of God). Ve~erajte vo gradot, kade mo`ete i da prespiete ili da zaminete za Skopje (patot trae pomalku od dva ~asa).
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