GRAND CULTURAL TOUR OF MACEDONIA

Arrival in Skopje airport and transfer to your hotel in Mavrovo located by Mavrovo Lake. Free afternoon to relax by the lake after the flight. Welcome traditional dinner with your guide, discussion about the tour and local customs. Overnight in hotel.

Breakfast. Transfer to Mount Bistra (1.600m). Easy walking tour in the mountain. Visit to local sheepfold, cheese tasting. Transfer from the mountains by bus to village of Galichnik, famous for its old stone houses, rich tradition and the best Macedonian sheep cheese. Dinner and overnight in hotel in Galichnik.

Breakfast. Departure to St Bigorski Monastery (St. John the Baptist) recognized for its wood-carved iconostasis. Follows short 45min walk in the woods above village Rostuse to Duff waterfalls, and after that, drive to Rajchica monastery where a piece of the cross of Jesus is kept and a small part of the hand of St. John. Traditional lunch in village of Jance. Early evening arrival in Struga. Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Breakfast. Departure to Ohrid. Sightseeing of Ohrid Old Town, the city also known as "the Jerusalem of the Balkans" with its 365 churches. Visit of St Nikola church, St Sophia, St. Kliment, Plaoshnik, St Jovan Kaneo. Free afternoon to explore the city, or Ohrid beaches. Dinner and accommodation in hotel in Struga.

Breakfast. Sightseeing of Struga, the city of poetry. Lunch in a fishermen village Trpejca on the shore of Ohrid Lake. In the afternoon transfer to St Naum monastery. Visit of the monastery. Boat ride in the lagoon of the springs of River Crn Drim. Back to Ohrid. Dinner and overnight in hotel in Ohrid.

Breakfast. Morning shopping in Ohrid open green market for today cooking classes. Free day to explore Ohrid and its beaches. In the afternoon cook your own dinner with our chef. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in hotel in Ohrid.

Breakfast. Departure by bus over Galicica Mountain to Prespa Lake. Short break at the restored ancient fishermen settlement on the beach. Visit of church St. George in Kurbinovo village and traditional lunch in village Brajcino. In the afternoon transfer to Bitola. Accommodation in hotel. Dinner and overnight in hotel in Bitola.

Breakfast. Easy trekking day in Pelister. Path goes through pine woods to Kopanki mountain hut (45min) and to few sites around the mountain hut. Dinner in hotel in Bitola.

Breakfast. Sightseeing of archaeological site of "Heraclea" and Bitola Old town. Free afternoon. Dinner and overnight in hotel in Bitola.

Breakfast. Transfer from Strumica to Smolare waterfalls on Mount Belasica, one of the oldest mountains in Europe, with thousands specific and some endemic species of fauna and beautiful nature. Short break, and we continue to Berovo, a small town in Maleshevski mountains. On the way to Berovo, stop in a little picturesque mountain village Dvoriste. Arrival in Berovo. Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Breakfast. Easy trekking in this so-called "Switzerland of Macedonia" and Berovo Lake. Traditional lunch in nature. In the afternoon visit of St Archangel Michail church and the workshop for hand-weaved traditional blankets in Berovo. Dinner and overnight in hotel in Berovo.

Breakfast. Departure to one of the oldest towns of Macedonia, the town of old bridges and towers - Kratovo. Sightseeing of Kratovo. In the afternoon, visit of the Valley of the dolls near Kratovo with its natural stone sculptures. Transfer to Skopje. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in hotel in Skopje.

Breakfast. Sightseeing of Skopje. Transfer to airport.