Lake Ohrid is gorgeous, but it is also pretty big. While you may want to dip your toes into its turquoise waters, you may not know where you can do that the best. Although I stayed in Ohrid proper for six nights, I have to admit that I never even dared to swim in the […]
While Macedonia’s capital is charming and has its own hordes of tourists, mostly from Turkey, it is arguably Ohrid that is the true touristic capital of this beautiful Balkan country. People from all over the world, and in impressive quantities no less, flock to the rocky yet beautiful beaches of Lake Ohrid annually. These tourists
Ohrid is one of the trendiest spots in the entire Balkans. While it being on the shores of the beautiful Lake Ohrid is certainly one of the main reasons for this, one cannot ignore the simple fact that Ohrid, the city itself, is as inviting as it gets as well. Join me as we explore
After my more “contained” trips, the ones that do not take months to complete, I try my best to write a report on the everyday costs of such journeys to better inform my dear readers. While words like “cheap” or “expensive” are relative, exact costs of items are not. After all, what makes a destination
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If you ask most people, they will tell you that Prizren is the best city to visit in Kosovo. While I did love my visit to that city, I have to disagree. For me, that would be Peja. However, Prizren is certainly quite unique, so I can understand why this touristic town may seem like
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Peja is the top destination that awaits you in Kosovo. With that much needed opinion that nobody asked for out of the way, let me now try my best in convincing you why that is the case with a short article that is more reminiscent of a hastily prepared slideshow than a carefully written travel
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Gračanica feels like a Serbian holdout in Kosovo, one that proudly flies its many Serbian flags, and one that has an exceptional Serbian Orthodox Monastery to visit. It is very easy to get to from Pristina, as all you have to do is to take a bus going towards Gjilan and hop off when you
Truth be told, Gjakova was not on my radar when I made my initial plans to visit Kosovo. I did hear of it, and I read some articles saying that it was a must visit. I was not impressed with what I heard or read. However, when I came across a pizzeria in Gjakova on
A difficult past, a complex present, and an uncertain future. This is what Kosovo is all about. While there are many cities in this beautiful region that demonstrate these hardships in their own ways, it is hard to find a place that shows it more starkly than Mitrovica. Divided by the Ibar river, two different
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Kosovo’s inter-city and urban public transportation left me impressed, and that is putting it lightly. Kosovo being so small was, to a certain degree, the reason for this. If you cannot travel at any direction for more than two hours, you will not necessarily find the time to be annoyed by the bus that you
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