We stopped in the village Kalpaki and from there we explored the Zagori region in the Pindus mountains in northwestern Greece. The whole region has beautiful nature protected in two National Parks with imposing snow-capped Mt Tymphe and the famous Aoos and Vikos Gorge. There are 46 tiny...
The town was built at the height of 600 meters on a mountain slope of the Pindos Mountain range overlooking the valley where the rivers Aoos and Voidomatis meet. We were not sure about the winding road up, so we parked on the main road and took our scooter to drive around the city to see...
Our next stop was a charming Kastoria city on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains Grammos and Vitsi. We strolled around the tranquil Doltso, a picturesque corner of the town where buildings date back to the 17th and 18th centuries when the...
It was very smooth at the border, without any customs check, we crossed the border between North Macedonia and Greece and entered the forgotten region of Macedonia forever associated with Alexander the Great. It’s littered with ancient cities, holy places, and natural wonders that...
A shortstop in one of the oldest cities in Macedonia. The city has been founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century B.C. by Philip II of Macedon. The city was also the last capital of Ottoman Rumelia. It was really long walk to the archeological park from the place...
The Monastery of Saint Naum is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in North Macedonia situated 29 km south of Ohrid (parking fee 150 MKD). It is an imposing Byzantine-style structure on a cliff near the Albanian border named after the medieval Saint Naum who founded it. Naum was a contemporary...
We knew that Museum on the water is closed on Monday, but since it was on the way to St Naum Monastery, we gave it a try. And we were lucky enough to find a friendly guard, who opened it for us (entrance 150 MKD). In prehistoric times Lake Ohrid was home to a settlement of pile dwellers...
Our first stop in Macedonia was a small city on the shores of Lake Ohrid with a compact old town, where medieval churches, monasteries, and open-air ruins stand alongside traditional houses with red-tiled roofs. The massive walls of the centuries-old Samoil’s Fortress, at the top of the...
This revered 1020 Byzantine monastery surrounded by dense forest is nested above the canyon of River Radika on the foot of Bistra Mountain. The monastery got its name Bigorski because it has been built with large blocks of travertine. The frescoed church houses what is alleged to be St...
We spent all day driving road R1201 through National Park Mavrovo. It is the largest national park in North Macedonia located in the west of the country. It was established in 1949 covering an area of 780 km2. It is characterized by deep gorges, karst fields, lakes, waterfalls, and dense...