Bitola
Travel Blogs from Bitola, Macedonia
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Meat and Raki Overdose!
... ,and explored the capital. With seconds to spare we jumped on our train to Bulgaria thus ending our whirlwind tour of Macedonia! A big THANKS goes out to Niko, his family and Snezana for hosting us and being so generous! ...
finally the sun
... , that's one of my favorite out of 180 synagogues, temples, mosques, and churches (and counting). Ohrid was an episcopal center for Macedonia; this city alone has 365 churches, one for every day of the year. And when you are strolling, you ...
Another short stop
... 2km 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 ...
A Mild Day Trip
... wandered around for three hours and got quite bored. The most exciting part of the trip had to be the drive to and from. We hired a car for the same price as bus tickets and then nearly died of fume inhalation going up and down Macedonia's many ...
A visit to Macedonia's second city
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 ...
Pelister in 9 hours
... and Marc still recovering in bed we made our way to Bitola as we wanted to do some hiking in the Pelister National Park near Bitola. We got a bus there and headed off in search of the tourist information. We eventually found it, with the help of two local ...
Makedonski!!!
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 ...
Macedonia / Macedoine
... and Kraut!), we finally arrived in Bitola at 3 in the morning. For those that don't know the FYRM, more commonly known as Macedonia, is an ex-Yugoslav republic where Alexander the Great was born 2300 years ago. The capital is Skopje, although the most ...
Bitola -- a pleasant surprise!
... all the way here?" We just wish we had more time to spend here as we would love to hike the mountains and see some more of Macedonia's natural treasures. There is a lot to discover here for those who are willing to venture off the beaten path. ...
Bitola and Heraclea
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 ...
Orthodox Monks in Macedonia
Ola and I are in Macedonia, in the lovely southern town of Bitola. Today we got up in the working class town of Prilep. We hiked to this remote monestary (Treskavec) today and chilled with this monk. it was ...
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