Ohrid

We will welcome you to Ohrid Airport and transfer you to the hotel in Ohrid. Today we will take you to an orientation walk and familiarize you with your home surrounding for the next 5 days. In the evening we will have a welcoming dinner in one of the traditional restaurants in town. Overnight. The time for this activity depends on the time of your arrival.

Lake Ohrid

In the next 5 days, you will be able to explore the shores of one of the oldest natural lakes in Europe, Lake Ohrid.

National Ohrid Museum - Robevci House

National Ohrid Museum is located next to the handmade paper workshop in the old part of the city. Today, the exhibits are presented in the historical house of the richest family in Ohrid, Robev family, built in 1863-1864. The biggest part of the museum consists in archaeological collection that presents the archaeological treasure from the region of the city.

Ancient Theatre of Ohrid

Ancient Theater in Ohrid is located at the foot of the eastern slope of the higher Ohrid hill, under Samuel’s Fortress. It is near one of the main entrances to the fortified city – the Upper Gate, from where one may capture and enjoy in the unforgettable breathtaking view of the lake and the surrounding mountains.

Plaoshnik

Just under the Samuil Fortress is the Plaoshnik Archeological site. Today around Saint Clement church in Plaosnik settlement there is an ongoing project for reconstructing the first Slavic University where the seat of the Faculty for Theology will be transferred.

Tsar Samuel's Fortress

The remains are a witness of the fortified city that Ohrid one was. The fortress still remains today watching over Ohrid.

Holy Mary Perybleptos

The fresco painting in this church represents some of the first works of the most prestigious medieval painters Michael and Eutychios. Their dramatic expressiveness was the basis of the new trend in Byzantine art from this epoch, called “The Renaissance of the Paleologues”, which was the last chapter of the Byzantine art.

Saint Sophia

The church as it is today was renovated and adorned with frescoes in the time of the archbishop Leo, between 1037 and 1056.

St. Jovan Kaneo

Standing alone on a cliff overlooking the Lake of Ohrid, above the fishing settlement of Kaneo, it is one of the landmarks of the old town of Ohrid and a favorite symbol in the entire city.

Bay of the Bones Museum

The museum was built in 2008; and later 8 replicas of prehistoric houses were built on the platform above the lake. The platform is connected to land by a wooden bridge. In the time of the prehistoric people, there was also a bridge, but back then the bridge was mobile. With this mobile bridge, the prehistoric people could defend and protect themselves from the dangers that came from the ground. As soon as the construction of this museum was completed, it has become one of the most visited sites in Macedonia, so the government decided to expand the museum. In 2010, the settlement on the water was expanded and 16 more prehistoric houses were built.

Monastery of Saint Naum

Saint Naum Monastery is located by the shores of the Ohrid Lake, 29 km from the city, and only 1 km from the Albanian border. The original church which was built by Saint Naum was dedicated to the Holy Archangels, but for unknown reasons was destroyed. Today’s church is from the 17th century, but inside the church is the grave of St. Naum from the original church together with some fragments which date back from the start of the 10th century.

Lake Ohrid

Here you can use some of the free time for taking a bath in the clear lake waters in the St. Naum settlement. The place abounds with small gift shops and traditional folk clothes stores.

Heraclea

After breakfast, we will pick you up from the hotel and drive to the city of Bitola. The first place we will be visiting is the archeological site of Heraclea Lyncestis, a town founded by Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great.

Bitola Museum

In Bitola, we will visit the Bitola National Museum and the memorial room dedicated to Kemal Mustafa Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, who finished military school in this very building.

The Bitola Clock Tower

We will be passing by the landmark of the site, the famous Bitola clock tower. It is located in the immediate center of Bitola on the northern part of the main street Sirok Sokak not far away from Magnolia Square, where there are numerous cultural and historical monuments, as well as new construction.

Kuratica

One of the most authentic villages in Galichica National Park is Kuratica. The old architecture, the beautiful nature around is extraordinary. We will be having lunch in a local host family. We can even participate in making of lunch. In the late afternoon, we can make short hiking around and admire local life.

Ohrid

After breakfast, you are free to take one more tour of Ohrid, buy some souvenirs or simply enjoy a short swim in the lake. We will be transferring you to Ohrid airport in time for your return flight.