Plocha Mikov Grad, Bay of the Bones & the Museum on Water The Museum on Water, a reconstruction of a prehistoric pile dwelling settlement on the site of Plocha Mikov Grad (Плоча Миков Град), is located in the Bay of the Bones on Lake Ohrid adjacent to the Gradishte Campgrounds about […]
The City of Ohrid (Охрид) The city of Ohrid by the lake of the same name is a jewel in the Balkans. In 1979 the city was designated by UNESCO as a Cultural World Heritage Site. This popular tourist destination is a cultural treasure brimming with churches, monasteries, a few ruins, […]
Mount Galičica (Галичица, Galichica) Mount Galičica (Galichica) and the Galičica National Park are situated between Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Closer to the Ohrid side you will see a chapel dedicated to St. George and this is a great place to stop and enjoy the vistas of the lake, mountains […]
Lake Ohrid – Охридско Езеро – Ohridsko Ezero Lake Ohrid is located by the city of the same name in the southwestern part of Macedonia. This tectonic lake is one of the oldest and deepest in Europe. The lake covers 358 square kilometers (138.2 square miles) and is 693 meters […]
Black Dream – Crn Drim – Црн Дрим The source of the Crn Drim are these springs that are very close to the monastery of St. Naum on Lake Ohrid. The springs are often referred to as the Springs of Sveti Naum. The water actually originates from Lake Prespa on […]
St. Mary– Holy Mother of God – Sveta Bogorodica Zahumska – Света Богородица Захумска near Zaum This church dedicated to St. Mary was built in 1299 and is located at Zaum on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid at the foot on Mount Galičica. The frescoes were painted in 1361. […]
Holy Archangel Michael – Sveti Arxangel Mixail in Radožda (Радожда, Radozhda) This cave church (pešterna crkva) dedicated to the warrior Archangel Michael is located on the western shore of Lake Ohrid above the village of Radožda (Radozhda), 10.8 kilometers (6.7 miles) south of Struga and a little over 2 kilometers […]
Saint John the Theologian – Sveti Jovan Bogoslov – Свети Јован Богослов – Kaneo (Канео) On a peninsular cliff overlooking Lake Ohrid near the fishing village of Kaneo (west of the city Ohrid) is the church dedicated to the Apostle John. Written records establishing the founding of the church are […]
Church of the Birth of St. Mary – Sv. Mala Bogorodica – Цв. Мала Богородица in Kaneo (Канео) This church, dedicated to the Holy Virginy, is located on the Kaneo peninsula on Lake Ohrid just below the Church of St. John the Theologian (Sv. Jovan Kaneo). Above the entry into […]
The Church of the Holy Virgin – Света Богородица (Sveta Bogorodica) in Kališta (Kalishta, Калишта) – Kalishta Monastery (Калишкиот Манастир) This monastery is located four kilometers south of Struga in the village of Kalishta on the western edge of Lake Ohrid. This church dedicated to St. Mary began in a cave […]
