Heraclea Bitola

... suedlich. Als Tourist hat man dies alles fuer sich. Philip II, Vater von Alexander dem Grossen, gruendete nahe Bitola die Stadt Heraclea Lyncestis die bis in die byzantinische Zeit eine bedeutende Stadt war, im 4 Jahrhundert auch wichtige christliche ...

For a little change of pace, I've spent the day out from Ohrid at Macedonia's second city, Bitola. The place has quite a long history, dating back to Greek times at the site of Heraclea (the ruins of which still sit outside of town), and it became ...

... cooked some typical camping stove dinners and headed early to bed! The next morning we got taxis back into Bitola and went to the archeological site of Heraclea on the outskirts of town. We got a private explanation of the site by the guide inside the ...

Zdrova! Hello from Bitola in FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). I'm back dating this and am cheating! I am back in Siatista, Greece. We left Bitola this morning but as I haven't updated anything since I landed, I thought I'd cheat a bit!!! Ok ...

Nice enough old town, but the really awesome highlight was the ruins of the ancient Greek (or is it Macedonian?!) city of Heraclea, founded by Philip II (Alex's dad) that are being excavated at the edge of the city. Many amazing mosaics are clearly ...