come and explore it with me one of the oldest human settlements in all of europe
this is the city of Ohrid which was dubbed at one
point the jerusalem of balkans because of the 365 churches
have you checked my north macedonia video yet if not this is the link please do check it because it
has tons of information that's very helpful before you plan your visit so click up now
in roughly an hour and a half we almost arrived at ohrid and the first thing you see is the samuel's
fort which is located on top of the mountain i already knew that i was gonna love over it
getting to ohrid is quite easy there is an international airport you can
easily land there or even cross and from greece
or albania or you can come from skopje which is the capital and has a much bigger airport
i just got to ohrid and i'm exhausted but the city is just so incredibly beautiful especially from
where i'm staying unbelievable
all right i actually managed to get a really amazing place with
a gorgeous view of the entire city and the lake
tonight it's pizza a la view
good morning all you beautiful people from ohrid so it's my first day and i'm heading to one of
the best spots in ohrid and north macedonia and actually the whole balkans so i'm not
gonna tell you what it is to keep a little bit of a surprise let's go see what it is
sveti naum is one of the most beautiful spots when it comes to ohrid and you definitely
cannot miss it there's a point where you can see the black trend river emptying into Ohrid lake
there's a boat ride you can do which is really beautiful and serene
and obviously you have to see the monastery of saint naum which is located in perfect perfect
place and it's a beautiful thing that you can do in a full day and
obviously it comes with a little secret surprise i'm not going to tell you
what you have to check my video about sveti naum for that the link is above but do not miss this
so i've stopped on the way to find something interesting a secret beach
the secret beach better be worth it because wow it's gonna be really fun going back up now
totally worth it st john at kaneo or the proper name of the church is
saint john the theologian at kaneo now the church is really beautiful it is nothing special if you
look around i mean there are a lot of churches but the setting makes it absolutely beautiful i
don't have the words to describe it it's just so serene and calm and i would definitely recommend
visiting it later in the afternoon because you can see the beautiful water of lake
red and the colors the lake changes with the sun going down oh it was dreamy
good morning from ohrid another gorgeous day so i'm getting ready to explore the city but let
me tell you a little bit about the place before we start this is lake ohrid and it is one of the
oldest and deepest lakes in europe and this is the city of ohrid which was dubbed at one point the
jerusalem of balkans because of the 365 churches that just lie you know just around and in the city
not all of them exist anymore but there's still plenty and we'll see a few of them together so
ohrid and lake ohrid are both part of unesco world heritage sites and they are gorgeous gorgeous
gorgeous so let's go explore the city a bit more and see what else we can do around and i'll give
you a few other tips on how to get here you know how to get around where to stay blah blah let's go
it's a really really beautiful day again and i'm really excited to go explore
i will try and do a boat tour of the lake i'm not sure if there are enough people
for that i mean i'd be fine honestly either way but you can do that if you really like
to so i'm gonna go do that now come with me let's enjoy the beautiful orange
um so
is considered perhaps the most sacred spot in all of northern macedonia because this is the place
where the first slavic university was formed and the church you see inside is the church of saint
clement who helped build this place and this has been there for quite some time but he actually
made it christian it is an entire complex by the way and you will need a ticket to get in
so honestly it's more about just getting lost in the streets you know
seeing this and that rather than specific points
getting lost in the streets of old town of ohrid is a pleasure on its own you
see so many interesting places old houses new houses cobbled streets and the cutest cats ever
they have a lot of stray cats so do not miss those they're very very friendly as well their churches
small and big and st sofia was one of my favorites there's tons of restaurants and bars if that's
your thing and you cannot miss the lakefront which is an amazing place if you want to go in the
evening for people watching everyone comes there and it becomes really really interesting place we
can interact with locals there's some musicians playing there as well definitely worth a visit
good morning it's my last day and i really want to spend it outside
it's a gorgeous gorgeous day for that oh my god this is stunning let me show you
getting a round over it is also quite easy i mean it's very walkable honestly it's a small
city and you can pretty much see the entire thing um in one glance or you can take a taxi i'm not
entirely sure about public transport but taxi is really nice and cheap here so i've been using that
to get around whenever i needed to especially to go to sweaty now or to go um to galicica
national park to the top of the mountain to see prespa and over it at the same time
these are Ohrid pearls a special treasure from urid one of the oldest deepest lakes in europe
now these are not like normal pearls which you get from the sea like the ones you get in japan
these are different because they are man-made like they do it it's a painstaking process there's like
seven eight layers that they have to do and then a pearl is formed now they have dedicated fans
from the late princess diana to the queen margaret of sweden as well as the queen elizabeth of uk so
it's quite interesting i didn't know this before and i just found out so there's traditionally two
families who hold the secret to the pearls so getting the authentic ones is the key
obviously the food has to start with chopska salad and as usual you know as the usual
tomatoes cucumbers with a lot of cheese and onions
this is the macedonian burger oozing with cheese
and what better than baklava to finish off a nice meal
finally
i am in galicica national park it is beautiful up here it took me about an hour to get here
but it's too late for me to go all the way to the top so there's a mountain here when
you get to the top you can see both lake ohrid and prespa at the same time
but even if you don't have time or you're lazy or you don't want to do it you can still see
both lakes from the national park so this behind me is lake prespa and when we were coming
we saw lake ohrid on that side so i will show you both of these it is really really beautiful
but it is a bit chilly so bring an extra t-shirt or something with you
unfortunately this is the end of our journey here i really hope you enjoyed it as much as i did
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i will see you in the next video at another beautiful destination until then you have
an amazing amazing day bye just stopping along the way to see this beautiful view
look at how clean the water is
see
you