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Top attractions in Ohrid

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Exploring a new city is super fun, and Ohrid has so many cool places to offer.   Whether you're a fan of ancient architecture, churches from the middle ages, or something more modern, you'll be able to find it here, and the best part is that almost everything is in walking distance from the centre.
 
Places of interest

Samuel’s Fortress
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Tsar Samuel (?-1014) is a controversial figure in modern Macedonia and his fortress overlooking the town is another of the town’s buildings shrouded in myth …
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Churches

Church of Sts Clement & Pantelejmon
Kuzman Kapidan
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A Byzantine beauty whose precise origins are shrouded in mystery and that’s thought to have been built on the site where the Glagolitic script, the forerunner …
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Church of St John at Kaneo
Kaneo Plaoshnik Pateka
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Fusing together Byzantine and Armenian architectural church styles and almost as famous for its location as for the building itself, the date of construction …
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Church of St Sophia
Car Samoil
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Constructed during the period when the Bulgarian Empire ruled over the town, many experts claim that this massively important and absolutely unmissible church …
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Places of interest

Amphitheatre
Ilindenska
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Dating from around 200BC, the remains of this spectacular outdoor theatre laid buried and forgotten for centuries before being discovered completely by …
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Macedonian

Biljanini Izvori
Naum Ohridski bb
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Aka the Biljana Springs and located at the popular attraction of the same name, we came here for the legendary trout čiorba (sour soup) for breakfast, an …
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Out of town

St. Naum Monastery
Ljubanishta
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Boasting some of the most extraordinary frescos and icon paintings in Macedonia and dating from 905AD, the beautiful monastery complex of St. Naum a shade …
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Churches

Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos
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One of the oldest churches in Ohrid, this magnificent structure was built in 1295 and is particularly interesting for the frescos that lie within. Among the …
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National Park

Galičica National Park
Velestovski pat
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Covering an area of over 200 square kilometres and located on the mountain of the same name, this beautiful region is perfect for a whole range of land-based …
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