Top choice in Ohrid
This stunning 13th-century church is set on a cliff over the lake, about a 15-minute walk west of Ohrid's port area, and is possibly North Macedonia's most photographed structure. Peer down into the azure waters and you'll see why medieval monks found spiritual inspiration here. The small church has original frescoes behind the altar.
Little bobbing boats cluster beneath the church around the cliff base, waiting to whisk passengers who don't fancy the walk back to the harbour (300MKD).
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Adrift on Lake Prespa, Golem Grad was once the king's summer playground but is now home to wild tortoises, cormorants and pelicans, and perhaps a few鈥
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Sveti Naum, 29km south of Ohrid, is an imposing sight on a bluff near the Albanian border and a popular day trip from Ohrid. Naum was a contemporary of St鈥
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Skimming the surface of the water along Ohrid's shore, snaking towards Kaneo fishing village and the town's most famous church, this over-water boardwalk鈥
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Located 1km south of central Bitola, Heraclea Lyncestis is among North Macedonia's best archaeological sites, though the neglected state of the on-site鈥
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Propping up the base of Pelister, just 5km from Bitola, the 830m-high mountainside hamlet of Dihovo is a charming spot, surrounded by thick pine forests鈥
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Saluting the lake from Ohrid's hilltop, 笔濒补辞拧苍颈办 is home to the multidomed medieval Church of Sveti Kliment i Pantelejmon, the foundations of a 5th鈥
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Cradled by the foothills on the western edge of Pelister, little 叠谤补箩膷颈苍辞's lungs are fit to bursting with fresh mountain air, making it a thoroughly鈥
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Prespa is separated from its sister lake, Ohrid, by Gali膷ica National Park and a road crosses the ridge of the park, linking the two. Prespa's mirrorlike鈥
1. Ohrid Boardwalk & City Beach
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Skimming the surface of the water along Ohrid's shore, snaking towards Kaneo fishing village and the town's most famous church, this over-water boardwalk鈥
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Saluting the lake from Ohrid's hilltop, 笔濒补辞拧苍颈办 is home to the multidomed medieval Church of Sveti Kliment i Pantelejmon, the foundations of a 5th鈥
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Ohrid's grandest church, 11th-century Sveta Sofija is supported by columns and decorated with elaborate, if very faded, Byzantine frescoes, though they鈥
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The massive, turreted walls of Ohrid's 10th-century castle indicate the power of the medieval Bulgarian state. The ramparts offer fantastic views over the鈥
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Ohrid's impressive amphitheatre was built in the Hellenistic period (around 200 BC); the Romans later removed 10 rows to accommodate gladiators and used鈥
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Ohrid's National Museum is housed over three floors of this remarkably well-preserved Old Town house, which dates from 1863 and was once owned by the鈥
7. National Workshop for Handmade Paper
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Here's a slightly random fact for you: Ohrid has been printing paper since the 16th century and this museum-cum-shop has one of only two copies of the鈥
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This small museum contains an impressive collection of Macedonian religious icons, from the 13th to the 18th century. It's right by the Church of Sveta鈥