Places

Shirok Sokak In the year of 1851, the Austrian-Hungariam Emire opened the first consulate in Bitola, exactly in Shirok Sokak. Later on, the British and the French would follow this example, and afterwards the consuls of Russia, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania came. The first lights on Shirok...

The Clock Tower (17th century) The Clock Tower is the most remarkable monument by which Bitola is identified. It is located in the center of Bitola where the Clock Tower dominates the space because of its height. Although there is no record for its construction, it is believed that it was built...

National Park Pelister Pelister is the first protected area in Macedonia and a national park since 1948. It is situated in the south part of the country – on the mountain Baba, it is 15 km from Bitola, 65 km from Ohrid. It covers 12500 hectares; it is at 800-2601 Meters altitude up to the peak...

Lake Prespa Lake Prespa is located in the southwest part of Macedonia on a junction of three state borders among Macedonia, Greece and Albania. It is 10 km from Lake Ohrid connected with canals which have limestone bottom, and because of its location at 150 m altitude, its water goes into Lake hrid...

Vevchani Springs Vevchani Springs is a place you simply must not miss while travelling these regions. Perhaps one of the most famous and most frequently visited springs in Macedonia is located right above Vevchani. The remarkable beauty of Vevchani Springs as well as pure cold water and fresh air...

The Cave Church St. Archangel Mihail (13th century) In one of the most beautiful places on the western shore of Lake Ohrid, into the natural cave located above each other, high on the rock, onto the steep rock above the village Radozhda is the church dedicated to the military commander of Divine...

Bay of the Bones Bay of the Bones is reconstructed prehistoric settlement dating back to the 12th – 7th centuries BC, it is set onto a platform supported by wooden stakes. It is a new-open museum on water, there are exhibited the relicts of the wooden settlement found in water, there is a diving...

Monastery Saint Naum of Ohrid The monastery was built on a high cliff above Lake Ohrid on the ultimate south point in a place with rare natural beauty. This monastery is one of the most significant spiritual monuments of medieval Macedonian past. Building of this monastery is connected to the name...

Situated in southern Bucharest, with an area of about 200 hectares, is now the largest park in the city. Architect Valentin Donose, the Park's designer, planned to build a vast green area for recreation of the population, so, the planting of the park began in 1965 and the works lasted until 1974...

Samuil’s Fortress This Fortress is trademark of Ohrid and it is one of the biggest medieval towns on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Samuil’s Fortreess was mentioned in the 5th century AD by the Roman historians, therefore Ohrid as well as a lot of cities all over Europe was defending...