THE WINE - EARTH’S ANSWER TO MACEDONIAN 300 SUNNY DAYS

Welcome to Skopje! Walk from the busy center and the city square with over 100 monuments and grand baroque buildings, over the Stone Bridge into the cobblestoned narrow streets of the Old Town... Taste their traditional dishes in an old Ottoman inn, and enjoy your night out in the wine club in the Old Town.

See Kokino, the 4th oldest Megalythic observatory in the world! Continue to the jewel of Byzantine art from XI century up in the Staro Nagoricane village. Take a tour of King Alexander’s winery, a living museum of winemaking since 1924! Lunch in the gardens of Villa Marija paired with the king’s best wine. See how winemaking started in Macedonia over 2000 years ago in the Wine museum. Enjoy your winetasting and dinner and the 360 degrees view from tower over the surrounding vineyards and the rocky Iron Gate.

Taste the rich, intensive Vranec that was exclusively served at the Marshal Tito’s table in Brioni! Continue to Bovin winery in Negotino region, and learn all about wine making “secrets” on a private tour of their cellars with their passionate enologist. Lunch with winetasting of 8 premium wines. Later, hear the story of the fairy springs and their miraculous powers by the sacred springs at St George monastery.

Enjoy September sun on a picnic in the vineyards. Roll up your sleevs, and start picking and crushing those sunny grapes and turn them into wine! BBQ lunch with selection of Tikvesh premium wines – a gigantic winery with over 20 million liters production per year, extensive cellar hallways, and the amazing wine archive locked underground. Afternoon visit of Tikves winery and the Museum of tastes.

Visit Stobi, the ancient city where traders travelling through Via Egnatia road were supplied with gold, white and pink marble, iron, and – WINE! Compare the story in contemporary Stobi winery over lunch and sharp sheep Galichnik cheese paired with their best wines. Last evening in Macedonia for the best: the Kamnik winery! A blind wine-tasting of a real rainbow of colors, shades, flavors, aromas and fragrances bottled together under the brand of Chateau Kamnik, gold and silver winner of Decanter, Vins du Monde, and many international prestige competitions.

Transfer to airport for flight home, or extend your tour in the countryside.

Meet the rural side of Macedonia! The genuine hospitality of the Macedonians who live far from the busy capital; breath the fresh air coming from the surrounding mountains and the little river valley; get-together with your family and friends in nature (evening by the fire is a must!). You may pick up the eggs for your breakfast from the roost nextdoor, and meet the locals and their little home farms. Or, you are welcome to mess with our LaSoy expert in your “make-100%-natural-cosmetics” course.

Wake up with the smell of freshly baked breakfast and coffee, and join the breakfast table in the beautiful garden of your household. Learn and taste the nature: what is lemon balm, mint, rosemary, chamomile, St Johns wort, marigold, thyme and basil, and how to use it in your kitchen, what are their medical benefits, how to make aromatic wines and liqueurs. Make-your-own-lunch with the locals: the tasty Balkan “Gibanitza”, but in the original way: with hand-made dough layers. And enjoy it with pure homemade yoghurt.