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Feel Prespa

High mountains, a valley, a lake, an island. Blue skies and blue waters shaded by folliage and rocky hights. Older generations remember a time when the lake was in full splendor, yet it is still...

Matka Canyon

Little Mount Athos, the land of butterflies, the most beautiful canyon in Macedonia guarding one of the deepest underwater caves in Europe. This is Matka Canyon in one sentence with so much left unsaid. The...

Saint Panteleimon Monastery

There are at least three reasons to visit the monastery of St. Panteleimon: location, history and food. It is located on the slopes of Mount Vodno and the monastery complex dominates the area. You can...

Bouldering between old monasteries in Macedonia

Bouldering between old monasteries in Macedonia

We find the gray-green stone hills above Prilep to be ideal When I read in the newspaper about the 250 boulderers climbing the rocks surrounding the Treskavec monastery, the first thing I thought was that... How to win the green rocks

The Last Kemane Player: A lonely cry from Dose’s age-old kemane

The Last Kemane Player: A lonely cry from Dose’s age-old kemane

Dose Angelov from the village of Stanci regularly visits Osogovo monastery to tell the story of his life through the sound of his a hundred-year-old instrument A piercing sorrowful sound, as if coming from distant...

Matka – embrace of nature!

Balkon3 takes you on a boat ride through Matka Canyon, down the Treska river to Vrelo cave. The canyon is situated only 15 km from Skopje and Vrelo cave is one of the deepest underwater...

Bigorski Monastery celebrated the Nativity of their Patron Saint

Bigorski Monastery celebrated the Nativity of their Patron Saint

St. John the Forerunner Bigorski Monastery celebrated the Nativity of their Patron St. John the Baptist. Many Orthodox Christians flocked to the church to attend the all-night vigil, so in the morning the monastery was...

Tranquillity, spirituality, history and natural beauty

Tranquillity, spirituality, history and natural beauty

At an altitude of 1000 meters at the foot of the mountain massif Dautica is „Holy Trasnfiguration“, one of the most beautiful monastery complexes in Macedonia. The team of Balcony 3 team visited the monastery,...

Wonderful tranquility of Treskavec Monastery

Wonderful tranquility of Treskavec Monastery

Treskavec Monastery is one of the most beautiful but remote and inaccessible places in Macedonia. This ancient sanctuary is wrapped in mystique and thunderbolts, which gave the monastery its name. Surrounded by mystery, lying on...

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