FYR of Macedonia Travel Forum

Warning for those who want to visit this famous monastery in Macedonia...

However, the old church seems to be spared!

http://www.mia.com.mk/default.aspx?vId=67908236&lId=2

Does somebody has more information?

Dear all, does anyone know about the daily bus schedule during summer time for the following routes? I couldn't search from the website because the website onlt showed "Bandwith exceeded".

1. From Savajevo to Bikelina

2. Fron Mijeljina to Mostar

3. From Mostar to Budva

4. From Budva to Podgorica

5. From Podgorica to Belgrade

Thanks for your help!

On the outside of an hotel building in Skopje is the name sign the word HOTEL as shown or less the H , or even something else. Thanks.

Where can I get, preferably on line a decent street map of Skopje Macedonia, google is no where sharp enough every time that i have entered Skopje after leaving the Motorway from Serbia I get lost

Dear all, is there any bus travel from Ofrid to Podgorica. Besides, how long does it take to travel from Ohrid to Skoje? Thanks a lot!

On website www.sas.com.mk the english timetable is asleep. I think theres a bus from Skopje to Belgrade at 09.25 am, is there anyone on VT who can read Macedonian to tell time of arrival in Belgrade and fare please. Thanks

Me & 3 friends are off to Macedonia in 3 weeks & I need info on Hotel Tokin House in Bitola.
I heard that is the only good budget hotel in town. I had quick look on TA for rating, and is good, but any of you had experiance using this hotel?
Also can somebody recomend hotel in Prilp. Very hard to find any info on Prilep.
Tanx

Does anyone know if there is a bus that goes from Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) to Ohrid? Or maybe a better question is: what's the best way to get from Blagoevgrad to Ohrid?

Also, any advice for getting from Ohrid to Pristina (Kosovo)? Bus...taxi...private driver?

Thanks!
Ken

Hello.

I will leave in a week for my trip to Macedonia and I have a question about the exchange rate of the Macedonian currency. In Serbia and Croatia I have seen exactly the same exchange rate of the local currency versus the euro in virtually all exchange kiosks around the country (surprisingly, the bank rates are negligibly worse). Is is the same in Macedonia and if so, what is that rate?

Thank you in advance
Venelin

Agencija bara Istoricar od Prilep koj go zboruva germanskiot jazik za vodenje na grupa od germanija na krajot od Avgust

Zainteresiranite da pisat na : guideroh@yahoo.com za nivnata ponuda (cena, posebni uslovi)

Hello

Is there a daily bus to Podgorica (or Niksic)?

thankyou

Hello.

This summer I am planing a trip to Macedonia and one of the stops should ideally be the monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski near Debar. How do I get there and at what time in the afternoon/evening will the monastery and its churches close? I see that the monastery is within a doable walking distance from the main road between Gostivar and Debar. Can I assume that the local buses can drop me off and pick me up where the road/path/whatever from the monastery meets the main road? Is it a normal practice? Alternatively, how much would a taxi cost from either town? I speak Bulgarian and Serbian so I don't expect any language difficulties in explaining to the bus drivers where and how I want to reach the monastery.

Thank you in advance
Venelin

Hi
I am holidaying in Bulgaria in a couple of weeks, flying into Sofia, but thought i could do a side trip for a day or two into eastern Macedonia.
I will have a car, is there anywhere in the east/north east of any interest.
Reading the lonely planet, it sounds a boring part of the country, but i dont always trust lonely planet so wanted some local info if anyone has any?
In terms of inetersts,i am interested in walking, good scenery, mountains, adventure sports or if in towns/cities - good architecture, some nice bars, cafes...

any help is appreciated

thanks
dave

Hi,

I will be in Greece next month and wanted to visit Skopje from Kalampaka. It seems that there is a bus to Thessaloniki. How do I go to Skopje from there? How long does it take? My only options are bus/train as I do not want to take taxis.

Also, I would like to know how far away Ohrid is from Skopje and how to get there.

Thanks.

Just returned from a trip to Skopje and found a few banknotes in my back pocket. There's 160 Denars in total (100, 50 & 10). It's not worth changing them at a bank, so, the first person who wants them to send me an address and they'll be in the post to you.

I have been on the Skopje Bus Station website but the link to the English translation of the timetable doesn't work.

This is what I need to know

1. On a Thursday, what time doe the buses leave Skopje bus station to Pristina?

2. If the bus leaves at say 9am, what time do we need to arrive at the bus station?

3. Will we need to buy the tickets the day before or can we just turn up and get them?

4. Can we take luggage on the bus?

5. Is it a straightforward process getting the ticket, or will we need to learn some Russian?

Many thanks

Isthe city park campsite in Skopje still there?
if not which is the easiest campsite to get to from Skopje on public transport?
thanks

Hello, I am looking for some cheap accomodation in bitola for 3 months from August to November 2009. I would like it to have a private shower/toilet and 1 bed.
Please help me find something.

Nick N.

Hello,

Macedonia has several monasteries where you can stay for very little money and/or some help around the place. I would like to stay in a couple of them this summer, and i wonder if you can help me find them.

I already know Treskavec near Prilep, St Petka in Velgosti near Ohrid, St Joakim Osogovski near Kriva Palanka and Monastery of St Spas in Trstenik near Krusevo...Are there more?

Thanks,
Dennis

I need to make a trip from Skopje to either Pristina or Tirana to the airports there and was looking for the fastest/easiest route.
Does anyone know the train schedules from Skopje or have a website that I can look this information up on?
Thank you,

Hello fellow travelers,

This summer (2009) I will be traveling to Macedonia.

For this purpouse I'd like very much to know the return prices for train ticket to Ljubljana. I know there is an international train through Serbia but I can't find it.

Unfortunately the macedonian railway's page is only in Macedonian, so I don't understand it at all.

Can anyone please tell me the schedule of this train and its prices?

Thank you very much!

Many greetings,
Helena

having problem with english page on the www.sas.com web site cant get in to timetables in english other 2 are working but no good 2 me want 2 know ttimetable for bus from skopje 2 sarajevo.
thanks benen

Hi There

My fiance, my parents and I will be travelling to Macedonia & Croatia in June and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on the best way to get from Macedonia (either Skopje or Ohrid) to Croatia (preferably Dubrovnik). Happy to go by train or bus...any info you can give me would be appreciated!

Thanks
Jodie

bus or train from skopje to okhrid

sorry i need somebody that says me how can arrive to odric from skopje...is urgent please, thank you very very much

can I get from Prague to Skopje by train, and how long does it take?

Hello,

Planning to go by train from Skopje to Kalambaka, Greece. According to the Bahn Europe website, a train leaves Skopje at 7:20am and arrives in Kalambaka at 3:30pm.

My question is whether it is possible to buy a ticket in Skopje all the way to Kalambaka -- or if it will be necessary to buy the ticket to Thessaloniki, and then buy the onward train ticket to Kalambaka there?

Thanks

I'll be travelling by train to Kosovo this Easter. The only way to do that is from Skopje. Which means I will unfortunately have to spend 8 hours in Skopje on my way to Kosovo and 12 hours on my way back, between the night trains Beograd-Skopje and the IC trains Skopje-Fushė Kosovė. How on Earth do you spend 8 + 12 hours in Skopje?

Dear all,

I was trying to get train tickets from Vienna to Skopje for an organized tour this summer. However, in the Netherlands they say only to sell 'interrail'tickets which will cost me about 350,- euros to get from the Netherlands the Skopje and back. I think it would be cheaper to get only the normal tickets and not some sort of interrail ticket, but I can't find a place where I can buy these tickets.
Does anyone know where to buy traintickets for in the Balkan? Thanks in advance!

Thomas

Hello!

I have booked my flights to Thessaloniki from England but need to get from thessaloniki to Strumica in Macedonia. This trip will need to be made 3 times, once for myself and then once to pick my parents up from the airport and then once to take us all back to the airport. My boyfriend is Macedonian and he cannot come across the border. Has anyone got any suggestions or reccomend a safe way of traveling there. Both flights land about 1am.

Thank you!
Jo