Macedonia Travel

Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, has plenty of the sights to offer the tourists. After the earthquake in 1963, the city was totally rebuilt. Nowadays the most attractive quarter of the city is Skopje Old Town, where the 15th-century Mustafa Pasha Mosque and the old 10th-century Kale Fortress, dating from the Ottoman period, are located. Kursumli An is worth your attention. This former Turkish inn shares its location with a National museum of Macedonia. This type of structure, common for Islamic cities, is known as a “caravanserai”. Bitola is the second-largest town in the country. It is famous for the nearby ruins of the ancient city of Heraclea. Ohrid is considered to be the most frequently visited town of Macedonia. It is situated on Lake Ohrid and has a great variety of natural attractions. Here the foundations of the first Slav university were laid. Moreover Ohrid welcomes a number of ancient churches. The Cathedral of St. Sophia with magnificent 11th-century frescoes is the most popular among the tourists.

Macedonia has a wide range of religious sites. The tourists can visit ancient monasteries, such as the monastery of Saint Panteleimon, monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski, monastery of Saint Naum, and Markov monastery. Being interested in the architecture, pay attention that Macedonia is full of churches, built in different periods. The visitors are attracted by the churches like Macedonian Orthodox Church, Saint George's Church and Saint John Caneo Church. The museums in Macedonia have good collections of exhibits. Apart from Lake Ohrid, one of the most beautiful tourist areas in Macedonia, there are the lake regions of Dojran, Prespa, Mavrovo, and Popova Sapka, being the hot spots for the tourists. Macedonia is the place to visit the bazaars and to appreciate the traces left behind by the various empires through the ages. In addition to all these described above attractions, Macedonia offers many other things for tourists to see and do.