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Lake Ohrid – View of Lake Ohrid and Albania loop from Ohrid

Lake Ohrid – View of Lake Ohrid and Albania loop from Ohrid

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Lake Ohrid – View of Lake Ohrid and Albania loop from Ohrid

04:06

75.9km

1,350m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 19.0 km for 276 m

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Bus stop

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1.98 km

Evening View of the Road to Struga

Highlight • Viewpoint

Road to struga, many cars but very local views and atmosphere, wonderful lights in the evening when the sun goes down

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3.14 km

Lake Ohrid

Highlight • Lake

Lake Ohrid is a vast body of water with an area of 358 km².

It is the second largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula and one of the oldest in the world. It lies mostly in North Macedonia and partly in Albania. The water level is at an altitude of 695 meters and it has a maximum depth of 288 meters.

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15.9 km

Peshtani Beach

Beach

19.1 km

Bay of the Bones Archaeological Site

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8000 posts in the ground testify to a deep-reaching settlement history: On the shore of Lake Ohrid in the south-western Balkan region there were already in the 5th millennium BC. Chr. Pile dwellings, emerges from new dating. The archaeologists say that further insights into the settlement history in the area of the geologically oldest lake in Europe could shed light on the history of the first farmers on the continent. Because the Balkan region played a key role in the spread of agriculture in Europe.
The analyzes of a total of around 800 posts ultimately revealed a surprisingly deep-reaching and extensive settlement history in the bay of Ploča Mičov Grad: According to this, there were various settlement phases there, ranging from the Neolithic Age - the middle of the 5th millennium BC. BC – up to the Bronze Age. The apparently intensive and long-lasting construction activity explains the extraordinary density of wooden poles at the site: the settlements were built on top of each other, say the archaeologists.
wissenschaft.de/geschichte-archaeologie/pfahlbau-reste-frueher-bauernkultur
Excerpt from 04/24/2023

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25.9 km

Through Oak Forests in Galičica National Park

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Beautiful road along the lake, partly steep climbs with 10-12%.

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36.7 km

Koritski Rid – View of Lake Ohrid

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Amazing viewpoint over Lake Ohrid. From here you see the entire shoreline of the lake. There are several benches and a small picnic shelter. Flat space for a tent next to the shelter, or further in the grassy areas up from the viewpoint area.

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