Skopje in 5 days: complete itinerary with map

St. Demetrious Church

Skopje Fortress

The Skopje Fortress, commonly referred to as Kale, is a historic fortress located in the old town of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. It is located in Centar municipality and situated on the highest point in the city overlooking the Vardar River. The fortress is depicted on the coat of arms of Skopje, which in turn is incorporated in the city's flag.

Church Of The Ascension Of Jesus, Skopje

The Church of the Ascension of Jesus is an Eastern Orthodox church in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is situated east of Kale Fortress.

Mustafa Paşa Mosque

Mustafa Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman-era mosque located in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia.

Museum Of Skopje Old Bazaar

Skanderbeg Square

Skanderbeg Square is a square in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Warrior On Horseback

Warrior on Horseback, also translated as Warrior on a Horse, is a monument in Macedonia Square in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The monument consists of a 12-metre bronze statue, on top of a 10-metre pedestal including a fountain. The monument was installed as part of the Skopje 2014 infrastructure project. It was sculpted by Valentina Stevanovska.

Mother Teresa Memorial House

The Mother Teresa Memorial House is a museum dedicated to the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa. It is located in her hometown Skopje, in North Macedonia, where she lived from 1910 to 1928. The memorial house was built on the Macedonia Street in the Centar municipality, on the location of the former Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, where Mother Teresa was baptized.

Pella Square

The Pella Square is one of the main squares of Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia.

Stone Bridge In Skopje

The Stone Bridge is a bridge across the Vardar River in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, built by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.

Macedonia Square

Macedonia Square is the main square of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The square is the biggest in North Macedonia with a total extent of 18,500 m2. It is located in the central part of the city, and it crosses the Vardar River. The Christmas festivals are always held there and it commonly serves as the site of cultural, political and other events.

Scupi

Scupi is an archaeological site located between Zajčev Rid and the Vardar River, several kilometers from the center of modern Skopje in North Macedonia. A Roman military camp was founded here in the second century BC on the site of an older Dardanian settlement. It became later Colonia Flavia Aelia Scupi and many veteran legionnaires were settled there.

Andreaš Monastery

Saint Andrew's Monastery is located in the Municipality of Saraj, in the western part of Mount Vodno, North Macedonia. Situated next to the Treska River, it is found before the dam that created Lake Matka, approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Skopje. The monastery was founded in 1389 by Andrijaš, one of the two sons of King Vukašin.

Vrelo Cave

Black Drin

The Black Drin or Black Drim, is a river in North Macedonia and Albania. It flows out of lake Ohrid in Struga, North Macedonia. It is 149 km (93 mi) long and its drainage basin is 3,504 km2 (1,353 sq mi). Its average discharge is 118 m3/s (4,200 cu ft/s). After flowing through North Macedonia for 56 km (35 mi), the Black Drin crosses the border to Albania, west of Debar.

Tauresium

Tauresium, today known as Gradište, is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, near the village of Taor. Tauresium in Dardania was the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths (480).

Bylazora

Bylazora or Vilazora was a Paeonian city from the period of early classic antiquity. It is located near the village of Knezhje, which is part of the municipality of Sveti Nikole in North Macedonia. In early times, the chief town and seat of the Paeonian kings was Bylazora on the Vardar; later, the seat of the kings was moved to Stobi.

Hadži Hamza Mosque

Ancient Theatre Of Ohrid

The Ancient theatre of Ohrid is located in Ohrid, North Macedonia. It was built in 200 BC and is the only Hellenistic-type theatre in the country as the other three in Scupi, Stobi and Heraklea Lynkestis are from Roman times. It is unclear how many people the original theater used to seat, as only the lower section still exists.

Samuil's Fortress

Samuel's Fortress is a fortress in the old town of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the rule of Tsar Samuel at the turn of the 11th century. Today, this historical monument is a major tourist attraction and was heavily restored in 2003 with the addition of entirely new battlements where none had survived.

Saint Panteleimon

The Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon is a Byzantine church situated on Plaošnik in Ohrid, North Macedonia. It is attributed to Saint Clement of Ohrid, a disciple of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius. Archaeologists have come to believe that the church is located on the site where the first students of the Glagolitic alphabet were taught in the First Bulgarian Empire.

Church Of St. Sophia

The Church of Saint Sophia is a church in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The church is one of the most important monuments of North Macedonia, housing architecture and art from the Middle Ages.

Ali Pasha Mosque

The Ali Pasha Mosque is the main mosque in the city of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It is the seat of a muftiate.

Heraclea Lyncestis

Heraclea Lyncestis, also transliterated Herakleia Lynkestis, was an ancient Greek city in Macedon, ruled later by the Romans. Its ruins are situated 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the present-day town of Bitola, North Macedonia. In the early Christian period, Heraclea was an important Episcopal seat and a waypoint on the Via Egnatia that once linked Byzantium with Rome through the Adriatic seaport of Dyrrachium.

Bitola Zoo

The Bitola Zoo, is a zoo in Bitola, North Macedonia. It was founded on 1 May 1950 with the help of zoos in Skopje, Zagreb, Belgrade and Subotica.

Co-Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart, Bitola

The Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic church that is located in the city of Bitola in North Macedonia and is the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Skopje. The establishment of the church dates back to the nineteenth century, by the Vincentians, who set out to spread the Catholic faith among the Orthodox population of the Ottoman Empire.

Jeni Mosque

The Yeni Mosque situated in Bitola, North Macedonia, was built in 1558 by Kadi Mahmud-efendi. It is well known for its exquisite decorative ornaments and stalactites. The glazed decorative features found on the Yeni Mosque are the only examples of their kind in the country. Today, this mosque houses an art gallery. Yeni means "new" in Turkish.

Zandan Tower

Zandan Tower is a former Ottoman defensive and prison tower in Bitola, North Macedonia. It was built in the early 17th century by Haci Mahmud Efendi, the mufti of Bitola, on a private homestead next to a multi-family housing block in which Turkish and Albanian residents lived. It is accessed via a staircase leading up to the double door made of thick oak wood on the tower's south façade.

Church Of St. George

The Church of St. George is a 12th-century Macedonian Orthodox church located 2 km away from the village of Kurbinovo in North Macedonia. Excavations have shown that the building has once belonged to a settlement, which was abandoned at the end of the 18th century for the present-day village of Kurbinovo.