Travel Stories

Macedonia

- food
- food and drink
Spotlight on: Bitola, North Macedonia’s ‘city of consuls’
5 min read • Feb 10, 2019
With visitors to North Macedonia making a beeline for Lake Ohrid and the capital Skopje, Bitola is still waiting for its moment in the spotlight. But this…
- hiking
- activities
Remote contentment: hiking across North Macedonia
5 min read • Feb 10, 2019
At 3:30am, on the fifth day of an expedition along North Macedonia’s mountainous western edge, we traded our trekking poles for reins and mounted horses…
- food
- food and drink
North Macedonia’s top five foodie destinations
5 min read • Feb 10, 2019
Ask any Macedonian to elaborate on the goings-on at local festivities and they’re likely to begin by reeling off the delicious dishes that accompany the…
- art
- art and culture
The power of art: epic Yugoslav monuments in the Balkans
5 min read • Jun 15, 2018
Every year more travellers make the journey to the Balkans to explore the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Some come for adventure, many for history…
- food
- food and drink
A wine tour of the Balkans
5 min read • Nov 7, 2016
If wine needs a story, then the story of Balkan wine is a dog-eared, multi-volume series. The southeastern European peninsula may not immediately spring…
- food
- food and drink
A perfect weekend at Lake Ohrid
6 min read • Aug 23, 2016
Macedonians will proudly reel off to visitors that Ohrid once had 365 churches – one for every day of the year. Yet in truth, the church spires and their…
Dubrovnik to Ohrid: cycling into the heart of the Western Balkans
5 min read • Aug 16, 2016
Our peloton of 12 cyclists snaked through a tangle of alleys past the walls of Dubrovnik. The city was full of morning innocence and rare silence. Buses,…
- hiking
- activities
The Via Dinarica hiking trail: a cultural corridor across the Balkans
5 min read • Jul 16, 2016
Waves of fog battled patches of blue sky as the Via Dinarica hiking trail inclined sharply to the junction between Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. At the…
- road trips
- destination practicalities
Western Balkans: time-tripping in southeastern Europe
11 min read • Oct 24, 2014
The Balkans have attracted adventurers for centuries – literary bigwigs Lord Byron and Rebecca West penned romantic accounts of journeys through these,…
- hiking
- activities
Western Balkans: Europe’s new adventure playground
10 min read • Oct 24, 2014
Outdoors aficionados and adrenaline junkies, take note: there are still uncharted grounds to conquer only a few hours’ flight away from London, Paris or…