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The Republic of Macedonia is situated in heart of the Balkan Peninsula.

The country occupies a surface of 25.715 km2, which 79% are mountainous terrain, 19% lowlands and 2% constitutes lakes and rivers.

The borders of The Republic of Macedonia are on the east with Bulgaria, with border line of 165km, to the west with Albania -191km, to the north with Serbia - 231km and to the south with Greece - 262km. Total population is around 2 million.

The capital city is Skopje (born city of Mother Teresa), with about 600.000 habitants. Other major cities are Veles, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Bitola, Struga, and Tetovo.

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LAND of FAIRYTALES PDF Print E-mail


Matka Canyon

Macedonia the land of fairytales, with its mountains, rivers, lakes and nature beauties seems like it is painted by altmost artists. The land of legends, mystique history, cradle of Slavic literacy and alphabet. Land that is mentioned even in the Bible as one of the roots of Christianity.

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How to get to Macedonia? PDF Print E-mail

By plane

Skopje Airport (phone: +389 2 3148333) is only 15 km away from the city center. There are regular and charter flights from every major European city to Skopje and Ohrid by domestic and foreign air companies (MAT, Adria Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Olimpic, Airways, Turkish Airlines, JAT etc.). Other airports near Skopje are: in Sofija (Bulgaria), which is 250 km away from Skopje and Thessaloniki (Greece) 260 km.

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Getting Around Macedonia PDF Print E-mail

By car


Numerous car - rental companies, run by both Macedonian companies and local representativeс of recognized Western companies are available in Macedonia. In the latter category companies like Sixt, Avis and Hertz are included, whereas some of the most prominent Macedonian entities include Biveks, Ineks, Mn, Ni-Mar Komerc and Putnik-Eurodolar.
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