It is our pleasure to recommend some of the greatest cultural & historic values, including: the church of St. Sophia famous worldwide for the frescoes from the 11th century; the Gallery of Icons as one of the world's most prominent art collections; the Archeological Museum presents the thousands years of local history...
The town of Struga is positioned on the northern side of Lake Ohrid, on the banks of the Black Drim river. The main attractions of Struga are: the Natural History Museum, the Vangel Kodjoman Gallery, the Church of St. George, the Cave Churches at Kalishta...
The monastery of St. Naum on a cliff above Lake Ohrid and the Springs of the Black Drim river are just attractive enough to make a trip across the lake on a boat when the weather is good, or by car/bus around the most attractive eastern lakeshore. On the way to the monastery one can always enjoy the beauty of Lake Ohrid and Mount Galichitsa...
Lake Prespa area is the perfect place for relaxation and meditation offering a mixture of cultural heritage and natural beauties: the church of Kurbinovo is one of the finest collections of medieval paintings; Mr. Yone Eftimoski in Podmochani has a collection of jewelry, coins, and over 160 national costumes from all over Macedonia; the valley of Prespa is the main apple producer in Macedonia....
Some villages of the Macedonian Lakeland still offer an escape from the urban way of living providing many forms of traditional village life: people still keep domestic animals and do farming, food is prepared according old methods, cultural traditions are part of everyday life...Worth visiting are the villages of Velestovo and Elshani in Ohrid, or Braychino and Luboyno in Prespa.
Bitola is an extraordinary mixture of the old and the new, a meeting point of different cultures and civilizations! Here, side by side and for many centuries, Christinas, Muslims and Jews had lived together. Just like the skyscraping minarets are ovelooking the churches - Catholic or Orthodox. On the outskirts of Bitola, ruins and magnificent mosaics remind of Heraclea Lyncestis and its afme from the time sof the ancient Macedonian kingdom and the later Roman conquest...
Krushevo is the "Eagle's Nest": the highest town of the Balkans situated 1, 250 meters above the sea level. In this town, during the Macedonian Ilinden Uprising of 1903, the Republic of Krushevo was created. The Ilinden Memorial stands above the town as an eternal guardian and reminder of the past. Besides its four Orthodox churches, Krushevo proudly displays many houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, all built in the traditional style, which is a mixture of architectural influences from the West and the Orient.