Skopje Walking Tour

Overview

Daily tour with start from Skopje. Walking tour is the best way to explore Skopje city center, the main square and the Old Skopje bazaar.
Overview of the main Skopje monuments, sights and attractions.

09:00 Tour starts from meeting point near the Porta Macedonia, which is the entrance on the main square of Skopje. There you will receive a wide explanation for each monument and sculpture, starting from the central point of the square, with a fountain and the 'Warrior on horse' monument. Around this central point of the square, you will find a lot of monuments connected with Macedonian history, like the statue of Tzar Samuil, than the Roman Emperor Justinian, who was born in Skopje, statues of two leaders of Macedonian liberation struggle from the beginning of 20th century, Goce Delchev and Dame Gruev.

Walk in the main pedestrian street in Skopje and visit of the memorial house of Mother Teresa and the place where her house used to be at the beginning of 20th Century. Cross the river Vardar, walking on the Stone Bridge, will bring you to the opposite square. Just before the end of the bridge, on both sides you can see sculptures of Holly brothers Ciril and Metody, from one side, and sculptures of St Clement and St Naum on the other side. Tour continue to the Old part of the city and Old Skopje bazaar. Walking in narrow streets of this unique bazaar. Visit to the most famous church in Skopje - St Spas with its wood carved iconostasis. 12:00 end of the tour at Skopje Old Bazaar.

Possible private visits after tour - we highly recommend Ethnological museum, the biggest of that kind in Macedonia, with its rich collection of folk costumes and items of the daily life in the past. Also visit to the recently opened Archeological museum, Museum of Macedonian Struggle (supplement for entrance fees apply)

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