Marker A:   Ohrid Port

Route: Hotel Metropol - Ohrid Port (Total: 8km – approximately 15 min. drive – max driving speed 50) or

Route: Walking tour around Ohrid (Total:  1 hour walk including the visits to all the sites)

Marker B:  Church St. Sophia

This cathedral temple of the Ohrid archbishops is the largest and most magnificently preserved monument of church architecture in Ohrid and Macedonia. The exceptionally picturesque 11th century frescoes in St. Sophia are among the best achievements in mediaeval painting from the period of the Macedonian dynasty in Byzantium.

Route:  Hotel Metropol – Church St. Sofia or Walking tour around Ohrid

Marker C:   The Ancient Theatre

Ancient Theatre was built in 200 B.C. and is the only Hellenistic-type theatre in the country.

Route:  Hotel Metropol – Ancient Theatre or Walking tour around Ohrid

Marker D:   Church Holy Mary Peribleptos

The extraordinary architecture and stunning wall paintings make this church, which dates from 1295, one of the most significant mediaeval monuments in Macedonia.

Route:  Hotel Metropol – Holy Mary Peribleptos  or Walking tour around Ohrid

Marker E: Upper Gate

Marker F: Tsar Samuel’s Fortress

Until 1018, Ohrid was the capital of the first state of the Macedonian Slavs and where Tsar Samuel (976 - 1014) built his fortress.

Route: Hotel Metropol – Tsar Samuel’s Fortress  or Walking tour around Ohrid

Marker G: Plaosnik (Note: There is a direct walking path from the Fortress)

It was here that the Ohrid Literary School, the spring of the Slavic literary and cultural activity, was situated.

Route: Hotel Metropol – Plaosnik or Walking tour around Ohrid

Marker H: Church St. John at Kaneo (Note: There is a direct walking path from the Fortress)

The picturesque church of St. John the Theologian dates from the end of the 13th century. Standing alone on the lakeshore on a cliff high above the fishing settlement of Kaneo, it is one of the landmarks of the old town of Ohrid and a favourite symbol of the entire city.

Route: Hotel Metropol – Church St. John at Kaneo or Walking tour around Ohrid

Marker A: Hotel Metropol

Marker B: Bay of Bones / Museum on Water

The Museum on Water represents a reconstruction of a settlement from the Iron and Bronze ages, and it will be a tourist attraction for Macedonia but also for many visitors from abroad.

Route: Hotel Metropol – Bay of Bones  or

Driving tour around the coastline (Metropol – Bay of Bones - Village Trpejca – Monastery St Naum)

Total: 22km – approximately 45 min.

Warning: Narrow road (< 5m) with serpentines on the part between Trpejca and St Naum.

Marker C: Fishing village Trpejca

A typical example of a fisherman's settlement on the shores of Lake Ohrid, with houses that are built on the slopes of a steep hill. The village boasts a beautiful pebble beach.

Route: Hotel Metropol – Trpejca or Driving tour around the coastline

Marker D: Monastery St. Naum of Ohrid

St. Naum of Ohrid, world famous for his miraculous healing powers and a contemporary of St. Clement, built the original church and monastery here in 900.

Route: Hotel Metropol – St. Naum of Ohrid or Driving tour around the coastline

Maker A: Hotel Metropol

Marker B: The City of Struga

Route: Hotel Metropol – Struga Port

Total: 22km – approximately 30 min. drive – road leads thru city of Ohrid