North Macedonia holidays

Wild east: five Balkn discover for your next holiday

Done Spain, Italy and Greece? These countries offer spectacular landscapes, unspoilt swimming spots, ancient towns – and affordable prices

Rachel Dixon

07, Aug, 2022 @6:00 AM

Why sour cabbage sarma means Christmas to me – plus the recipe

All this foodie Instagrammer wants for Christmas is her Macedonian grandmother’s parcels of meat and rice wrapped in beetroot-tinted sour cabbage leaves

Irina Janakievska

16, Dec, 2020 @6:30 AM

Travel tips: Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid | Joanne O’Connor

The sublime lakeside setting of Macedonia’s second city, plus bargain rates at London’s new Zetter Hotel and a hip new Paris hostel

Joanne O'Connor

09, Aug, 2015 @5:00 AM

How Skopje became Europe’s new capital of kitsch

Skopje’s new neo-classical splendour is divisive and expensive – not to mention of questionable taste. But one thing’s for sure: it’s made the Macedonian capital a truly surprising and impressive spectacle

Kit Gillet

11, Apr, 2015 @6:00 AM

Travel tips: holidays in Macedonia, plus this week's best deals | Joanne O'Connor

Why Skopje is a small city with a big heart, and 16 reasons why the west is best and your chance to escape to Santorini

Joanne O'Connor

20, Apr, 2014 @5:29 AM

Summer holidays: 10 of the best trips for students

Looking for inspiration on how to fill that three-month college break? We asked current and former students what they did last summer

26, Apr, 2011 @1:03 PM

Video: The art of Macedonia

In Skopje's old bazaar, artisan's skills have been handed down from generation to generation. Lucija Stojevic meets a young designer trying keep the traditions going

Lucija Stojevic

15, Apr, 2010 @8:46 AM

Five fabulous skiing adventures

From Colorado to Kashmir: the best downhill rides

Tom Robbins

01, Nov, 2009 @12:05 AM

Ask Tom: your travel questions answered

Tom Hall of Lonely Planet answers your questions about worldwide travel. This week, Sydney, the Balkan states, South Africa and Goa

Tom Hall

05, Sep, 2009 @11:01 PM

Cats get the cream of the powder

Canadians have long used snowcats to reach remote virgin slopes, but now 'catskiing' has finally come to Europe and Dan Milner was the first to try it

Dan Milner

16, Nov, 2008 @12:01 AM

Greeks see red over Macedonia name

Nato's expansion in the Balkans could go off the rails if Greece and Macedonia can't agree a solution to the naming problem

Mark Tran

06, Mar, 2008 @2:58 PM

Eastern Europe braced for Palin effect

In his new seven week series the New Europe, Michael Palin delves into unique cultures on our doorstep, including the Balkan states and former Yugoslavia.

Gemma Bowes

16, Sep, 2007 @11:15 AM