first Ohrid
Where? Macedonia.
Lake Ohrid is sandwiched between Macedonia and Albania, almost forming a bowl in the middle of surrounding mountains. The lake is surrounded by pretty holiday villages and monasteries (noticeably more so on the Macedonian side than the Albanian) but the major town of Ohrid itself is the real treat.
It has always been a popular resort among eastern Europeans but the rest of the world is just cottoning on. It'd be easy enough to just enjoy the boat trips and beaches but head up into the forests and along the cliff tops and you find numerous photogenic forts and churches. Ohrid is also fairly lively in the evening, as twilight promenades morph into a cafe-terrace eating and drinking culture where the volume inevitably ramps up.
Oh yes, and it is dirt cheap as well - don't expect to pay much more than $2 for a beer.
Local secret The beaches closest to Ohrid can get crowded - many locals prefer to head to those outside the Sveti Naum monastery on the south-western side of the lake, just across the Albanian border. It's quieter and has fabulous views of the town across the lake.
Tuesday 02 February 2010
In their list of top destinations for 2010 lists the Macedonian town of Ohrid on the same lake, one of the deepest in the world. UNESCO awarded the old town with its churches, town houses, the fortress and the Roman theater, but also the medieval monasteries and archaeological excavations around the lake are the readers Tip for the international tourism is recommended. Specifically, the report of the NYT, the Church of St. Clement and the excavations around the church mentioned in Plaosnik and the 14th Century boldly on a rocky peak above the lake built church Jovan Kaneo.
for the cultural tourism Ohrid has received in recent years thanks to the program of the government and the zeal of the archaeologist Pasko Kuzman Macedonian chief several new first-class objects. Last year, the Museum of the Neolithic pile village opened in the old town and spectacular golden 17 with additions furnished princely tombs dating from the 5th century BC discovered. But
Nature tourism has to offer with the ensemble Ohrid / Prespa and the mountains that separate them Galicica much. Swimming, hiking, climbing, mountain biking and kite boarding are classic deals take place but in a unique, natural setting with hundreds of endemic, that is just around the lakes occurring plants and animals. At the silent rock-bays of Lake Ohrid, birdwatchers can observe kingfishers, eagles and mountains in the Lake Prespa Galicica pelicans.
Next to the monastery of St. Naum, the 10th at the Century is going to visit a unique natural phenomenon. The Drim Source: This breaks the water of Lake Prespa, the 200 meters is located on Lake Ohrid, in dozens Under-and water-source pots naturally filtered through the rock of Galicica Mountains and flows into Lake Ohrid. The source area with his (great) wood, which may be visited by boat and guide, is an intact habitat that is populated by a variety of fish, rare birds and colorful dragonflies.
restaurants and hotels
In recent years, been modernized, especially in Ohrid and of the Riviera were many hotels and small boutique hotels and apartments.
In March will expand the construction of a new class hotels offer in Ohrid. The restaurant is based on a number of very good Fish and Macedonian Spezalitäten restaurants. New are the likes of the visitors adopted beach clubs, drinks, light meals, beach terraces with sun and beach bars offer Liegenn
Ohrid vacation destination for many!
Ohrid, the tip of the New York Times, offers a wide range of activities from cultural tourism on boats and tours to beach clubbing and added by spring at the lake with flowers and snow-capped peaks of the classic summer lake tourism to mild autumn days, a season comprising almost 8 months.
Promotional story on Ohrid appears in Dutch Telegraaf
13 April 2010, 08:39, Ohrid
The travel section of the major Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf run a story on Ohrid's tourism potentials.
The article contains history facts about Macedonia and Ohrid, which is presented as a vacation getaway and vacation paradise. In the headline Back to Macedonia, the newspaper says a number of Dutch tourists travel to Ohrid.
Macedonians who live in the Netherlands say the published article is a big commercial for Ohrid, as DeTelegraaf is being red by roughly 5 million people in the Netherlands.
The promotional story refers to the upcoming summer holiday season. Local travel agencies expect the summer season of 2010 to be much better than a year.
Here You can find information about the natural and cultural heritage of the region of Ohrid in Macedonia. The region is a UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO. Ohrid in southwestern Macedonia was in the 9th and 10 Century, a major intellectual and cultural center of Orthodox Christianity.
The Romans recognized the great location of the "Lychnidos" founded by the Illyrians Ohrid, which in the 4th Century it was the Bishop. Clement and Naum, students of the Slavic Apostles Cyril and Methodius, founded here in the late 9th Century, several monasteries. End of the 10th Century, Ohrid was Greek Orthodox bishop's residence and temporary imperial capital of the Bulgarian Samuil. The subsequent Serb domination of the potentates Duschan ended in 1394 the Ottomans. They remained until 1913 in Ohrid.
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Cultural heritage Natural heritage of Europe, Ohrid Macedonia
In the 11th Century was built by Archbishop Leo, the Church of St. Sophia. Under the Turkish occupation the building was rebuilt to a mosque, with their dome its bell tower and the interior galleries lost. From 11 to 14 Century medieval murals they painted over with white lime paint. Initial restoration work in the 1950s, they brought back to light. Klement The church houses the most precious collection of icons of the former Yugoslavia. They also decorate Byzantine murals. Sexy in the listed Old Town are the many houses in the Macedonian style.
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