Ohrid in a Day: UNESCO & Hidden Gems

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1. Ohrid is a city in Macedonia and the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, Ohrid once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as a "Jerusalem of the Balkans" The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located 170 km south-west from Skopje. In 1979 and in 1980 respectively,Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Ohrid is one of only 28 sites that are part of UNESCO's World Heritage that are Cultural as well as Natural sites.

   3 h

2. Samuel's Fortress is a fortress in the old town of Ohrid, Macedonia. It was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the rule of Tsar Samuel at the turn of the 10th century. Today, this historical monument is a major tourist attraction.

   30 minAdmission included

3. The Ancient theatre of Ohrid of the Hellenistic period is located in Ohrid,Macedonia.It was built in 200 BC and is the only Hellenistic-type theatre in the country.

   30 min

4. The Church of Saint Sophiais a church in Ohrid, Macedonia. The church is one of the most important monuments of Macedonia, housing architecture and art from the Middle Ages.The current church was built on the foundations of a Metropolitan Cathedral demolished in the first decade of the 6th

   30 min

5. Saint John the Theologian, Kaneo or simply Saint John at Kaneo is a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on the cliff over Kaneo Beach overlooking Lake Ohrid in the city of Ohrid, Macedonia. The church is dedicated to John of Patmos, the writer of Revelation, who has been by some considered to be the same person as John the Apostle. The construction date of the church remains unknown but documents detailing the church property suggest that it was built before the year 1447.

   1 hAdmission included

6. Museum on Water represents a reconstruction of a settlement from the Iron and Bronze ages, and it will be a tourist attraction for Macedonia but also for many visitors from abroad. On the south coast of the Gradishte peninsula in the Bay of Bones , there is the prehistoric (palafitte) settlement which according to the investigations, spread on a surface of about 8500 sqm. A reconstruction of a part of the pile-dwelling settlement was made, identical to the remains of the underwater archaeological site Plocha Michov Grad, chronologically belonging to Bronze Age and the beginning of Iron Age, between 1200 and 700 B.C.

   45 min

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How it compares in Skopje

• Its from-price is 23% below the median of the 66 day trips we list in Skopje.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 16 of 66.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Skopje

Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia, a Balkan city on the Vardar River with an Ottoman bazaar, a stone bridge and many statues.

Skopje straddles the Vardar River in a wide valley, its two halves joined by the fifteenth-century Stone Bridge. On the north bank the Old Bazaar is a web of lanes lined with workshops, cafés and mosques, with the Kale fortress above it. On the south bank, Macedonia Square is dominated by a giant statue of a horseman, popularly taken for Alexander the Great, amid the monuments, bridges and neoclassical façades added in the early 2010s. An earthquake in 1963 destroyed much of the city.

Top-ranked sights in Skopje: Skopje Kale Fortress (Skopsko Kale), Memorial House of Mother Teresa (Spomen Kuka na Majka Tereza), Skopje Old Bazaar.

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