The hotel is a walking distance away of tourist attractions.
Breakfast in hotel.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
28 January 2017 Best Western Hotel Turist in Skopje
28 January 2017 - We flew to Skopje from Zagreb on Croatia Airlines flight OU366. Arrived at the airport at 2245hrs. Guides arranged by Fez Travel took us to Best Western Hotel Turist for our stay in Skopje.
The hotel is a walking distance away of tourist attractions.
Breakfast in hotel.
The hotel is a walking distance away of tourist attractions.
Breakfast in hotel.
27 January 2017 Meridien Hotel, Zagreb
27 January 2017 - I will be sharing photos of all the hotels we have stayed in during our trip to The Balkans. Our journey started with our stay at Meridien Hotel in Zagreb which was booked by CIT as our stay there is not part of the "11 DAYS BALKAN ESCAPE" package.
The room rate does not include breakfast.
There is a kitchen in the master bedroom for us to heat food up or cook if we want to.
A twin bedded room is attached.
Common bathroom for both rooms.
A nice and clean place to stay but there is no elevator so it was good that we were give a room on the first floor. Shops for food and bakeries are within walking distance.
The room rate does not include breakfast.
There is a kitchen in the master bedroom for us to heat food up or cook if we want to.
A twin bedded room is attached.
Common bathroom for both rooms.
A nice and clean place to stay but there is no elevator so it was good that we were give a room on the first floor. Shops for food and bakeries are within walking distance.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Macedonia Square
Mon 300117 - We start our walking tour the next morning. All the monuments built at the Macedonia Square are huge.
This is one of them, a 22 metre high bronze statue of Alexander the Great standing on top of a white marble fountain.
The statue of Alexander’s father, Philip of Macedonia, with his hand raised.
The statues below that of Philip of Macedonia.
There are statues of Alexander the Great in all of his phases of his life, even starting from the time when his mother was pregnant with him. This is part of the Skopje 2014 project that cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and is not really popular with all Macedonians.
View of one of the bridges built over Vardar River.
We are standing on Stone Bridge and we can see the archeology museum in the background. The Stone Bridge is considered a symbol of Skopje as it was was build in the Roman Period, during the reign of Emperor Justinian The First and reconstructed by Ottomans.
Found a link to photos of the bridge before Skopje 2014 project.
Kale Fortress is situated on the highest point in Skopje overlooking the Vardar River.
Cifte Amam, an old Turkish bathhouse. It was the second largest in Skopje from that time. It is now the National Gallery of Macedonia.
To see more photo and know more about Skopje:
Skopje 2014: The new face of Macedonia
Skopje
BIRN's database documenting the cost of Skopje 2014 (in Macedonian).
This is one of them, a 22 metre high bronze statue of Alexander the Great standing on top of a white marble fountain.
The statue of Alexander’s father, Philip of Macedonia, with his hand raised.
The statues below that of Philip of Macedonia.
There are statues of Alexander the Great in all of his phases of his life, even starting from the time when his mother was pregnant with him. This is part of the Skopje 2014 project that cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and is not really popular with all Macedonians.
View of one of the bridges built over Vardar River.
We are standing on Stone Bridge and we can see the archeology museum in the background. The Stone Bridge is considered a symbol of Skopje as it was was build in the Roman Period, during the reign of Emperor Justinian The First and reconstructed by Ottomans.
Found a link to photos of the bridge before Skopje 2014 project.
Kale Fortress is situated on the highest point in Skopje overlooking the Vardar River.
Cifte Amam, an old Turkish bathhouse. It was the second largest in Skopje from that time. It is now the National Gallery of Macedonia.
To see more photo and know more about Skopje:
Skopje 2014: The new face of Macedonia
Skopje
BIRN's database documenting the cost of Skopje 2014 (in Macedonian).
Friday, July 21, 2017
Around Best Western Hotel Turist
Sun 290117 - The rest of our tour of the Balkans, starting with Skopje, is covered by a local guide and a local driver arranged by Fez Travel.
Our guide, standing beside me in the photo, is Denis, while the driver is Seko aka Boss.
Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia and this is its flag. We are expecting the weather to be Sunny with temperature ranging from 28℉-43℉ (-2-6℃).
We are staying at the Best Western Hotel Turist.
Some places of interest are just right outside the hotel. Like the Memorial House of Mother Teresa.
You can see many interesting sculptures like this along the streets.
A road guide for tourist.
Our guide, standing beside me in the photo, is Denis, while the driver is Seko aka Boss.
Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia and this is its flag. We are expecting the weather to be Sunny with temperature ranging from 28℉-43℉ (-2-6℃).
We are staying at the Best Western Hotel Turist.
Some places of interest are just right outside the hotel. Like the Memorial House of Mother Teresa.
You can see many interesting sculptures like this along the streets.
A road guide for tourist.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
The Novković Family Farm
Sun 290117 - After our visit to the Rastoke Village, Mladen drove us to The Novković family farm which is about 10 minutes away. This is where we can sample schnapps, local cheese and organic apple juice.
Sample of local cheese made of cow and sheep milk produced on the farm.
This is the Croatian ‘Strukli’ soup. The Strukli is dough filled with fresh cottage cheese and boiled in the soup.
Photo of farm owner, Lok Bahadur Chhetri, with our family. You can read how he and his wife, Regimith, a Lepcha tribal lady started the farm at this link:
A tiny village that lives out of a dairy farm
Map to The Novković family farm.
It was so dark when we left the farm for the airport but Mladen got us there on time.
Here we are at the airport, waiting for our flight from Zagreb to Skopje. Flight leaving at 2245hrs and will take one and half hours.
We are looking forward to our stay in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
Sample of local cheese made of cow and sheep milk produced on the farm.
This is the Croatian ‘Strukli’ soup. The Strukli is dough filled with fresh cottage cheese and boiled in the soup.
Photo of farm owner, Lok Bahadur Chhetri, with our family. You can read how he and his wife, Regimith, a Lepcha tribal lady started the farm at this link:
A tiny village that lives out of a dairy farm
Map to The Novković family farm.
It was so dark when we left the farm for the airport but Mladen got us there on time.
Here we are at the airport, waiting for our flight from Zagreb to Skopje. Flight leaving at 2245hrs and will take one and half hours.
We are looking forward to our stay in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
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