Travel to...Ohrid..Macedonia

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Ohrid is is a city in the Republic of Macedonia . Ohrid is notable for once having had 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as a "Jerusalem (of the Balkans)"
Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Ohrid is one of only 28 sites that are part of UNESCO's World Heritage that are Cultural as well as Natural sites.
As for the lake itself, it is so large and so deep that one might mistake it for a small sea.
The wooded ridge above the lake’s eastern shore is largely taken up by the National Park of Galichica, an unspoiled wilderness ideally suitable for nature enthusiasts.!

View from lake on St Saint John at Kaneo (Sveti Jovan Kaneo).

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Boat on lake Ohrid

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Saint John the Theologian, Kaneo a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on the cliff over Kaneo Beach overlooking Lake Ohrid. The construction date of the church remains unknown but documents detailing the church property suggest that it was built before the year 1447. Archaeologists believe that the church was constructed some time before the rise of the Ottoman Empire very likely in the 13th century. Restoration work in 1964 led to the discovery of frescoes in its dome.

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Streets of Old town Ohrid

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You can buy lot of nice things and memories in Old town, like this:

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The Monastery of Saint Naum. Established 905!

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Inside the church of Church Bogorodice Perivlepte

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Nature in Ohrid

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Ohrid sunset

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