膶补谤拧颈箩补 is Skopje's hillside Ottoman old town, evoking the city's past with its winding lanes filled with teahouses, mosques, craftspeople's shops, and even good nightlife. It also boasts Skopje's best historic structures and a handful of museums, and is the first place any visitor should head. 膶补谤拧颈箩补 runs from the Stone Bridge to the Bit Pazar, a big vegetable and household goods market. Expect to get pleasantly lost in its maze of narrow streets.
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Tetovo's beautiful Painted Mosque is like something out of the Arabian Tales and quite unique in the Balkans. First built in the 15th century, it was鈥
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Framed by mountains and with a serene, peaceful atmosphere, Sveta Bogorodica is a special spot. Still home to nuns, this working monastery has 18th鈥
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The Daut Pa拧a Amam (1473) were once the largest Turkish baths outside of 陌stanbul and they make a magical setting for the permanent collection of Skopje's鈥
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Dominating the skyline of Skopje, this Game of Thrones鈥搘orthy, 6th-century AD Byzantine (and later, Ottoman) fortress is an easy walk up from the 膶补谤拧颈箩补鈥
Archaeological Museum of Macedonia
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This supersized pile of Italianate-styled marble has been a giant receptacle for Skopje's recent splurge on government-led monuments to boost national鈥
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Sitting in the inconspicuous village of Staro Nagori膷ane, some 15km northeast of Kumanovo, this 14th-century church has some magnificent frescoes and鈥
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Partially submerged 2m underground (the Ottomans banned churches from being taller than mosques), this church dates from the 14th century and is the most鈥
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Sitting inside a concrete brutalist structure 鈥 awful to some, fascinating to others 鈥 the museum's solid historical and ethnological displays are housed鈥
Nearby Skopje attractions
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The 膶ifte Amam is a beautiful old Ottoman hammam (Turkish bath), now sometimes used as a temporary exhibition space under the stewardship of the National鈥
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Partially submerged 2m underground (the Ottomans banned churches from being taller than mosques), this church dates from the 14th century and is the most鈥
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Sitting inside a concrete brutalist structure 鈥 awful to some, fascinating to others 鈥 the museum's solid historical and ethnological displays are housed鈥
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Standing on a plateau at the very top of Skopje's 膶补谤拧颈箩补 is this working mosque where you can see locals come and go for prayers and chit-chat in the鈥
5. National Gallery of Macedonia
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The Daut Pa拧a Amam (1473) were once the largest Turkish baths outside of 陌stanbul and they make a magical setting for the permanent collection of Skopje's鈥
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Located just over the Stone Bridge heading into 膶补谤拧颈箩补, Sveti Dimitrija is a three-aisled church from the 19th century inside a small courtyard. There鈥
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Dominating the skyline of Skopje, this Game of Thrones鈥搘orthy, 6th-century AD Byzantine (and later, Ottoman) fortress is an easy walk up from the 膶补谤拧颈箩补鈥
8. Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia
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The mirrored-glass entrance is bizarrely unwelcoming, but once inside this is a moving museum with fascinating displays that commemorate the all-but-lost鈥