Guide to Macedonia
Must See Macedonia
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Ohrid is the Macedonian tourist mecca, with stunning Byzantine churches, small cobbled streets, art galleries, good accommodation and picturesque pebbly beaches to relax on. The town rests by the waters of Lake Ohrid, a natural tectonic lake which is Europe's deepest and one of the world's oldest.
During summer the town is packed and there are numerous festivals. For quieter moments, Galičica National Park is nearby, on the way to the marvellous 17th-century Church of Sveti Naum. The church is on a hill above the lake, 20km (12.4mi) south of Ohrid towards the Albanian border.
Some 30 'cultural monuments' in the area keep visitors busy. Predictably, the oldest readily seen ruins are Roman. Lihnidos (Ohrid) was on the Via Egnatia, which connected the Adriatic to the Aegean.