Prilep is a city of 65,000 people, situated in the heart of the fertile Pelagonian Plain, one of the world's most significant tobacco-growing regions. Evidence of tobacco cultivation and drying can be seen in the houses of the city and surrounding villages, as well as [...]

Veles is a historic city situated near the Vardar Gorge, about an hour's drive south of Skopje. At its heart stands a clock tower, a museum, and several streets lined with ancient houses. The city and its surroundings are home to numerous churches and monasteries, [...]

An hour's drive east of Veles lies Štip, a city similar in size, with a population of about 50,000, and known as a center of industry and economy. Both Veles and Štip once had ancient and significant Jewish communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust, [...]

The ancient town of Stobi was situated at the confluence of the Vardar and Crna rivers, the two longest rivers in Macedonia. The Crna River originates north of Prilep in central Macedonia and flows for more than 200 km before merging with the Vardar, which [...]

The name Demir Kapija means "Iron Gate" in Turkish and refers to the narrow canyon carved by the Vardar River as it flows south near the town of Demir Kapija. Until this point, the river moves through a broad valley with rolling hills and plains, [...]

Strumica is an ancient and significant city situated in the heart of a fertile valley that connects to the plains of northern Greece and Bulgaria, making it a major settlement since classical times. Overlooking the city is a massive fortress, whose remains date back to [...]

From Strumica, a road ascends into the mountains of eastern Macedonia, leading to the town of Berovo. Nestled at the edge of a fertile valley at an altitude of 900 meters, Berovo enjoys pleasant summer weather. The town itself has a quiet pedestrian street and [...]

The Osogovo mountain range in northeastern Macedonia is home to several significant monasteries, founded by the disciples of Ivan Rilski, the 10th-century founder of Bulgarian monasticism, who established the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria, not far away. Gabriel of Lesnovo was a contemporary of Rilski, and [...]

Kratovo is a Macedonian town that has preserved its ancient character and is situated in a particularly unique location—inside the crater of an ancient volcano, from which it derives its name. Known since antiquity as a mining town, it has abundant iron ore deposits. The [...]

Cocev Kamen is often called the Balkan Stonehenge. It is the oldest stone circle in the world, more than 9,000 years old, located in northeastern Macedonia. It consists of a sacred rock the size of a small hill and protruding stones scattered across the surrounding [...]