Quiet, authentic places away from tourist trails.
Villages
- Struga — A relaxed lakeside town where the Black Drin river flows out of Lake Ohrid.
- Kratovo — A picturesque old town built inside an extinct volcanic crater, full of stone bridges and towers.
- Tetovo — A western town famous for its vividly decorated Painted Mosque.
- Kruševo — A historic mountain town, the highest in the Balkans, with 19th-century houses.
- Mavrovo — A mountain national park around a lake, with skiing and a half-sunken church.