North Macedonia is small, but rough, cheap and effortless. It’s everything to everyone, a choose your-own adventure travel destination. With little more than a passport, sunscreen and a day’s notice, urban-fatigue victims arrive dazed in Ohrid to recover in comfortable North Macedonian resorts. With a bit curiosity, energy and a keen sense of adventure, at L’Aman we can help explorers put packs to their backs and chart them through rugged mountains.

Wrapping your head around North Macedonian Culture can be a daunting task, as the country’s culture has been influenced by many other cultures such as Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman. If you are a foodie, you will be in heaven in North Macedonia, where traditional dishes in tavernas often produce their own meat, cheese, olive oil, raki and wine. In the shores of Ohrid lakes, local fishermen catch their own seafood. North Macedonia’s people champion their unique culture and customs and time-honoured traditions remain an important part of country’s soil. Look for operas around the old churches of Ohrid town or musicians in different streets adding vibes to the breezy nights around one of the deepest lakes of Europe. During dawns, pelicans, birds and many species of the lake sing in remote shores. This is the perfect place for some swimming, diving or bird watching.

Nowhere will you feel the most trubulent historical influences of the country than Skopje. The capital is a jumble of monolithic socialist apartment blocks, old Ottoman influences and grandiloquent monuments. The Old Bazaar was the biggest shopping center, outside Istanbul, were narrow cobblestone streets have been alive with commerce since 12th century. The country has amazing small towns like Bitola, which has a small city vibe with shady parks and a café-lined Main Street. It’s romantic neo-classical architecture gives it a stronger European character compared to other cities.

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