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From Skopje to Prilep Krusevo Bitola abd Wine Tasting

From Skopje to Nis, the best of, plus Prohor Pcinjski & Pristina

By Daily Tours from Skopje
Free cancellation available
Price is P 11,497 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 15h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Join us on a fascinating journey through the hidden gems of North Macedonia, South Serbia, and Kosovo, a land of rich cultural heritage, stunning natural beauty, and warm hospitality.

In addition to the rich heritage, you may take advantage of visiting three countries in a single day and earning more stamps than ever.

The tour will take you from the vibrant metropolis of Skopje to enchanting destinations such:

  • optionally: Pelince Memorial, Prohor Pcinjski Monastery, and City of Vranje;
  • guided tour through the city of Nish, a Rosetta Stone of this tour;
    and optionally, the city of Pristina in Kosovo.

Each destination on our tailored tour offers its unique blend of history, culture, and natural beauty, contributing to the country's diverse tapestry of experience. Prepare to be captivated by the rich history, warm hospitality, and stunning landscapes as we embark on this unforgettable journey through North Macedonia, South Serbia, and Kosovo.

Activity location

  • Nis
    • Nis, Serbia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Nis
    • Nis, Serbia

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Nis the best ever in a day
  • Activity duration is 15 hours15h15h
  • English

Duration: 10 hours
Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00
Price details
P 11,496.86 x 1 AdultP 11,496.86

Total
Price is P 11,496.86
Until Mon, Jan 13
With visit to Pristina
  • Activity duration is 15 hours15h15h
  • English

Duration: 12 hours
Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00
Price details
P 13,312.16 x 1 AdultP 13,312.16

Total
Price is P 13,312.16
Until Mon, Jan 13
With Prohor Pcinjski & Pelince
  • Activity duration is 15 hours15h15h
  • English

Duration: 11 hours
Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00
Price details
P 12,707.06 x 1 AdultP 12,707.06

Total
Price is P 12,707.06
Until Mon, Jan 13

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedFour countries in a single day, optionally. Some travelers dream of it.
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransportation and Guiding
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drink and tips as well as any other entry not listed in the attraction .
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch: We can have lunch in Nish. It will cost between 15-25 Euros per..
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedVisit to Pristina
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedVisit to Pelice, Prohor Pcinjski and City of Vranje
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe time allows to enter into max 3 museums/churches/memorials. It cost max. 20€.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedVisit to Sofia.

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Nis
  • 3h
Niš, less often spelled in English as Nish, is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in the southern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 182,797, while its administrative area has a population of 260,237 inhabitants. Several Roman emperors were born in Niš or used it as a residence: Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople, Constantius III, Constans, Vetranio, Julian, Valentinian I, Valens; and Justin I. After about 400 years of Ottoman rule, the city was liberated in 1878 and became part of the Principality of Serbia, though not without great bloodshed—remnants of which can be found throughout the city. Today, Niš is one of the most important economic centers in Serbia, especially in the electronics, mechanical engineering, textile, and tobacco industrie.
Bubanj Memorial Park
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Memorial Park Bubanj is a World War II memorial complex built to commemorate the shooting and execution of more than 10,000 citizens of Niš and people from Serbia and other parts of the country, but according to some data, over 12,000 people, and it is located in Palilula municipality of Niš, Serbia. Situated on the hill southwest of the Bubanj of Niš, which cut the main road Niš – Skopje, is situated 2 km from the other Serbian Cultural Property of Great Importance, Crveni Krst concentration camp. The complex is arranged as a park, with a memorial trail about half a mile long running through it. The centrepiece of the site is a marble relief measuring 23 by 2.5 metres, with five compositions that symbolize the "killing machine": execution and firing squads, civil revolts, surrender of the German invaders and final victory over the oppressors.
Red Cross Nazi Concentration Camp
  • 30m
Nis Concentration Camp is one of few preserved German Nazi camps in Europe. Even today it provides an authentic testimony of the perils of the Serbian, Romani, and Jewish populations during the German occupation of Nis (1941-1944). In the authentic camp complex one can see authentically preserved towers, observation posts, guard boxes, central building with the cells and solitary confinements and personal items of the inmates such as documents,letters, weapons and photographs. A former Concentration camp in Nis, presents a witness of one of the darkest periods of the recent world history-the Second World War. In the occupied Serbia in September 1941, the authorities ordered that a Concentration camp be established in Nis (Anhaltelager Nisch) in the building of a deserted military warehouse near the train station “Red Cross”. At that place the Nazis imprisoned Jews, Roma, Serbs, patriots, as well as the members of the Chetnik movement, and many women and children.
Nis Fortress
  • 30m
Niš Fortress is a fortress in the city of Niš, Serbia. It is a complex and important cultural and historical monument. It rises on the right bank of the Nišava River, overlooking the area inhabited for longer than two millennia. It was protected by law in May 1948 as it was declared a cultural site of great significance. The current condition of the fortress lists it as one of the best preserved fortifications of this kind in Serbia as well as on the Balkan Peninsula. The existing fortification is of Ottoman Turkish origin, dating from the first decades of the 18th century (1719–1723). It is well known as one of the most significant and best preserved monuments of this kind in the mid-Balkans. The Fortress was erected on the site of earlier fortifications – the ancient Roman, Byzantine, and later yet Medieval forts. During World War I it was occupied by Bulgarians who turned it into a prison where Serbian patriots were imprisoned.
Skull Tower
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Skull Tower is a stone structure embedded with human skulls located in Niš, Serbia. It was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar of May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprising. During the battle, Serbian rebels under the command of Stevan Sinđelić were surrounded by the Ottomans on Čegar Hill, near Niš. Knowing that he and his fighters would be impaled if captured, Sinđelić detonated a powder magazine within the rebel entrenchment, killing himself, his subordinates and the encroaching Ottoman soldiers. The governor of the Rumelia Eyalet, Hurshid Pasha, ordered that a tower be made from the skulls of the fallen rebels. The tower is 4.5 metres (15 ft) high, and originally contained 952 skulls embedded on four sides in 14 rows.
Mediana
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Mediana is an important archeological site from the late Roman period, located in the eastern suburb of the Serbian city of Niš. It represents a luxurious residence with a highly organised economy. Excavations have revealed a villa with peristyle, thermae, granary and water tower. The residence dates to the reign of Constantine the Great 306 to 337. Although Roman artifacts can be found scattered all over the area of present-day Niš, Mediana represents the best-preserved part of Roman Naissus. In 1979, Mediana was added to the Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance list, protected by the Republic of Serbia.
Čegar
  • 30m
In the vicinity of Nis, on Cegar hill, the location of the famous First Serbian Uprising battle, there is a monument put up in memory of the courageous soldiers and their commander Stevan Sindjelic. After the battle on Cegar the Ottomans built a Skull Tower from skulls of a parished soldiers. Cegar Monument At the place where the trench of Stevan Sindjelic and his soldiers was located, a monument was erected in the shape of a tower – a symbol of the military fortification (1927). The designer of the monument was Djulijan Djupon, a Russian immigrant from Nis, and a bronze bust of Stevan Sindjelic, which is placed in the tower, was made by Yugoslavian sculptor Slavko Miletic. Today, this monument symbolizes the heroism of Stevan Sinđelić and evokes the memory of the fearless fight for freedom.
Vranje
  • 1h
The City of Vranje is an administrative, economic, health, educational and cultural centre of Pčinja district in the south of Serbia, Europe. According to the 2011 census results, 83524 inhabitants live within the city’s territory. Vranje, located on Corridor 10, is a well-known industrial town, with a great tradition in wood processing, textile, shoes manufacturing, metal, tobacco and food industry. Many foreign investors are already doing business in Vranje, especially in Free zone area. The first written evidence about Vranje dates from 1093. Located on the “cross road of space and time”, Vranje was under influences of many civilizations. Almost 1000 years of history and tradition shaped the city`s cultural and social environment, with a special emphasis on richness of heritage and peaceful coexistence of different ethnic communities. The City of Vranje is a birthplace of a famous Serbian writer Borisav Bora Stanković.
Prohor Pcinjski
  • 1h
Venerable Prohor of Pčinja, also known as Saint Prohor Pčinjski, was a Christian monk and contemporary of St. Gavril of Lesnovo and St. John of Rila. Prohor Pcinjski was born into a family in the Ovče Pole area. According to tradition, the young ascetic Prohor was shown in a vision a place near the Pčinja River where he would be a hermit. For many years, nobody disturbed him, until one day a hunter chasing a deer came across the saint, who was in prayer. The hunter engaged the monk in conversation, which went on for hours. As he prepared to take his leave, the hunter asked for the saint's blessing, upon which St. Prohor foretold that greatness awaited him. The hunter, Romanos Diogenes, became Byzantine emperor in 1068.
Pelince
  • 30m
The ASNOM memorial center is a building located in the village of Pelince, in the northern part of Macedonia. It was built in 2004 and is a copy of the original building where the first plenary session of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) was held, which is located in the Prohor Pčinjski monastery in neighboring Serbia, two kilometers from the memorial center. It is therefore a building with great historical importance for the Macedonian citizens and the country. Every year the Day of the Republic is celebrated here by thousands of people and the president or the prime minister of Macedonia being guests and holding speeches. Next to the building a library, a typical Macedonian restaurant and a park were constructed.
Pristina
  • 2h
Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district. In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of the Dardanian Kingdom. The heritage of the classical era is represented by the settlement of Ulpiana. After the Roman Empire, the area remained within the Byzantine Empire between the 5th and 9th and early 11th century. During 10th and 11th century, the Samuels and Bulgarian Empire. The Kingdom of Serbia annexed the area in the 13th century by the end of 14th. The next centuries would be characterized by Ottoman rule. After the First Balkan War in 1914, it became a part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbia. In 1948, it was chosen as the capital of the province SAP Kosovo under the statehood of Yugoslavia.
Sofia
  • 4h
Sofia is the capital of the Balkan nation of Bulgaria. It’s in the west of the country, below Vitosha Mountain. The city’s landmarks reflect more than 2,000 years of history, including Greek, Roman, Ottoman and Soviet occupation. Medieval Boyana Church has 13th-century frescoes. Built by the Romans in the 4th century, St. George Rotunda Church has medieval and Ottoman decoration dating to the 10th century.

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    • Nis, Serbia

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    • Nis, Serbia

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