Location: Bitola
Top Things to do in Bitola
Top 10 Things to do in Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
Bitola (Macedonian: Битола [ˈbitɔɫa] ( listen) known also by several alternative names) is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, 14 kilometres (9 miles) north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. The city stands at an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea region with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe, and is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It has been known since the Ottoman period as "The City of The Consuls", since many European countries had consulates in Bitola.
Restaurants in Bitola
1. Heraclea
Overall Ratings
4 based on 201 reviews
Reviewed By dawnGalicia - galicia
Bitola is about an hour and a half drive from Ohrid town. Heraclea is on the outskirts. it is a large site which seems to have stopped its excavations due to lack of funding. The huge perfectly preserved roman mosaics are the loveliest I have ever seen. Absolutely stunning. The theatre is also realy nice. I cant understand why this treasure is not more well known. They should raise the entrance fee for sure.
2. Shirok Sokak Street
Overall Ratings
4 based on 138 reviews
Reviewed By nadi O o - Israel
A nice pedestrian street with many coffee shops, restaurants and... excellent icecream. The icecream is Macedonia in general is excellent!!!
I loved to see the statue of Milton Manaki, a great photographer that together with his brother Yanaki took tens of thousants of pictures and many films of the Balkan in the first half of the 20th. century - Balkan wars, 2 world wars and contributed a lot to the understanding and documantation of daily life in this region.
3. National Park Pelister
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By cherriesfan_9 - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
The oldest of Macedonia's national parks, Pelister occupies the mountain range in the south- central of that country, with its nearest urban area being the ancient city of Bitola.
Reasonably accessible on the lower slopes, the actual mountain top "Pelister" is at 2601 metres.
Virtually forested throughout this national park is famous for its ancient Molika pine trees, which cover most of the lower and mid range slopes.
Various hiking trails are explained by notice boards - together with their estimated completion time.
This National Park is an attractive well cared for forested area.
4. Bitola Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 87 reviews
Reviewed By cherriesfan_9 - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Much of this fine museum is dedicated to Mustafa Kemel Ataturk - the modernizing ruler of Turkey in the 1920 -1930s, and effectively changed the way that nation would evolve. There are many tributes to him, and even more depictions of his life, military successes and presidential life.
Inevitably, much is made of his military career, including the WW1 success at Galipolli, although I found it difficult to follow the causes, and results of the 1922 rebellion / civil war.
Other parts of the museum are connected with the geology, and early history of Macedonia, as well as more modern times, including the 1902 freedom struggle.
Excellent museum, well maintained, and thought provoking, asking and questioning many preconceived ideas
5. The Bitola Clock Tower
Overall Ratings
4 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By Ljbt - Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
The city clock tower is the emblem of Bitola. The building was built by the Otomans during 1830's. It has various clock mechanisms during the history. Currently, the mecahnism is a gift from Germany in gratitude for the ceded place for burial of the german soldiers killed in the World War I. The mechanism is refubrished in 1962, 1970 and 2009. It plays the song for Bitola (Bitola moj roden kraj) which is composed by Ajri Demirovski (a Turk that was born in Bitola and worked in the local radio).
6. Church of St. Demetrius Solunskogo Bitola
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By TravelingCat22 - Tucson, Arizona
As many of the churches built during the Ottomans, the outside does not look like much. It looks like a school more than a church. Inside, its beauty is more obvious with a very nice icon screen.
7. Philip II of Macedonia Statue
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By Lucian M - Constanta, Romania
The statue is located in the Magnolia Square, in downtown of Bitola. In the area there are other attractions of the town: Clock Tower, the Yeni Mosque and one edge of the pedestrian Širok Sokak Street. Nearby there is a nice Fountain, shield shape. Around the Fountain there are some other shields and spears. The locals told me that the Fountain is a nice show of lights and music, but I never witnessed such of thing while I was in Bitola.
8. Memorial d'Orient
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By milka261091 - Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
French military cemetery in Bitola (Bitola Cimetière Militaire Français, ) were raised by the French state in memory and tribute to fallen French soldiers during the First World War in the area of city of Bitola (Monastir) on the Macedonian Front. Is located at the entrance of city.On the first floor of the house of the guards a room-museum where photos, maps face, drawings hairy and various other documents recall what was the countryside of the army of the East in The balkans, where more than 45,000 French soldiers died. The guards place available as visitors list the names of the men buried here.
9. Auto & Ethno Museum Filip
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By filipchebt
It contains large collection of antique cars including: "Opel Olimpija", "Ford Taunus", "Peugeot 404", , "Moskvic", "Opel Olimpija", "Zastava 750", "Volkswagen Buba", "Citroen". and twenty four motorbikes six decades old in a great condition such as "BMW", "DKW", "NSU MAKS" etc. The addition of the Etno Museum rooms contains of village room, urban room, Jewish room аnd antiquie. The museum also has weapon sector containing: Short Austrian "Remington 1864", American gun, saber and knife. Part of this unique institution are variety of music instruments such as: organ 208 years old, accordion, bagpipe, traditional drum , zurla and collection of old traditional clotes.
10. Rascekor Night Club
Overall Ratings
5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By SimDiesel - Sydney Australia
It's either Rascekor, or when that closes, Positive at the pools.
A top nightclub! Great music, everyone who is anyone in town or even from other parts of Macedonia come for it.
Not too expensive at all by Australian standards even for full bottle service and private tables :)
Get there around midnight, pumps until 5am I think
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