IN THE SPOTLIGHT

• National Museum

  
  Skopje » Sightseeing » Museums

  The large white building just below the Mustafa Pasha mosque houses the rambling and under-appreciated National Museum. The ethnographic section houses a stunning collection of instruments and traditional costumes, arranged by the region of origin in Macedonia and surrounding territories. Read on
  

• Kale

  
  Skopje » Sightseeing » Essential Skopje

  People have been camping out on the strategically placed hill above what is now the bazaar area since before the Bronze Age. A town was first started here in the early Byzantine era (6th-7th century), the big blocks dragged from Scupi, the nearby town that was destroyed in the 518AD earthquake. Read on
  

• Church of the Holy Saviour

  
  Skopje » Sightseeing » Churches

  This small church can easily be overlooked by the careless tourist as it huddles behind a massive wall with just the wooden bell tower sticking out. Read on
  

• Macedonia Square

  
  Skopje » Sightseeing » Essential Skopje

  Dramatically widened by the destruction of the massive neoclassical National Bank and Army House during the 1963 earthquake and now surrounded mostly by nondescript architecture, Makedonija Square feels a bit large and empty nowadays. Read on
  

• St. Pantelejmon Monastery

  
  Skopje » Sightseeing » St. Pantelejmon

  Built in 1164 by Alexis Comnène (Aleksij Komnen), the grandson of Emperor Alexis the First, the humble looking Orthodox St. Pantelejmon Monastery hides within its walls a treat beyond comparison for anyone with even a passing intereSt. Read on
  

• Mustafa Pasha Mosque

  
  Skopje » Sightseeing » Ottoman Skopje

  Towering above the old bazaar area with its 16-metre-wide dome and thin 42-metre-high minaret, the elegant Mustafa Pasha Mosque was built in 1492 and incredibly survived all disasters that befell the city intact. Read on