Ohrid Lake

Bay of the Bones (Plocha Mikov Grad)

This entry was posted in Scenic and tagged Bay of Bones Bay of the Bones Lake Ohrid Museum Museum on Water Muzej of Plocha Michov Grad of Plocha Mikov Grad Ohrid Ohrid Lake Ohridsko Ezero Pile Dwelling Settlement Prehistoric prehistoric settlement scuba scuba diving on by

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 […]

Ohrid (City of Pearls)

This entry was posted in Villages, Towns & Cities and tagged city of pearls Kanevce Lake Ohrid Ohrid Ohrid Lake Oxrid Robevi Каневце охрид Робеви on by

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, […]

Galičica (Galichica)

This entry was posted in Mountains Scenic and tagged Galichica Galichica National Park Galičica Galičica National Park Lake Ohrid Lake Prespa Ohrid Lake Prespa Lake Галичица on by

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 […]

Mount Galichica & National Park
Two-toned blue boat on Lake Ohrid

Lake Ohrid

This entry was posted in Lakes Scenic and tagged Ezero Ohridsko Lake Ohrid Ohrid Lake Ohridsko Ezero Охридско Езеро on by

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

This entry was posted in Scenic and tagged Black Black Deer Black Dream Black Drin Crn Drim Crn Drin Deer Dream Drim Lake Ohrid Ohrid Ohrid Lake Oxrid Reka River Struga Дрим Струга Црн Дрим Црн Дрин on by

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 […]

Zaum – St. Mary

This entry was posted in Churches & Monasteries Debar - Kičevo Diocese and tagged Bogorodica Zahumska Galičica Lake Ohrid Ohrid Lake St Mary St. Zaum Trpejca Zaum on by

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. […]

Radožda (Radozhda) – St. Michael

This entry was posted in Churches & Monasteries Debar - Kičevo Diocese and tagged Archangel Michael Arhangel Mihail Arxangel Mixail cave cave church Holy Archangel Michael Lake Ohrid Michael Mihail Ohrid Lake peshterna crkva pesterna pesterna crkva Radožda Radozhda Saint Michael St. Michael Struga Sv Arhangel Mihail Sv Arxangel Mixail Sveti Arhangel Mihail Sveti Arxangel Mixail Архангел Михаил Михаил пештерна црква Радожда Св. Архангел Михаил Свети Архангел Михаил on by

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 […]

Plaošnik – St. Panteleimon

This entry was posted in Churches & Monasteries Debar - Kičevo Diocese and tagged Clement Kliment Lake Ohird Ohrid Ohrid Lake Ohrid Literary School Panteleimon Pantelejmon Plaoshnik Plaošnik St. Clement St. Panteleimon Sv Kliment Sv Pantelejmon Sveti Kliment on by

St. Panteleimon & St. Clement, Sveti Pantelejmon i Sveti Kliment – Plaošnik. This church and monastery dedicated to St. Panteleimon is located on a very picturesque setting, just a few hundred meters below King Samuel’s fortress in Ohrid, above Lake Ohrid on an area called Plaošnik. Legends states that when […]

Kaneo – Birth of St. Mary

This entry was posted in Churches & Monasteries Debar - Kičevo Diocese and tagged Birth of St. Mary Kaneo Lake Ohrid Mala Bogorodica Mary Ohrid Ohrid Lake Saint Mary St Mary Мала Богородица on by

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 […]

Kališta (Kalishta) – St. Mary

This entry was posted in Churches & Monasteries Debar - Kičevo Diocese and tagged Bogorodica Church of the Holy Virgin Holy Mother Holy Virgin Kalishkiot Manastir Kalishta Kalishta Monastery Kališta Lake Ohrid monastery of kalishta Ohrid Lake Presveta Bogorodica Saint Mary St Mary Struga Sv. Bogorodica Sveta Bogorodica Богородица Калишкиот Манастир Калишта Пресвета Богородица Св Богородица Света Богородица Струга on by

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 […]