Photos from Vodno Mountain and The Monastery of Sveti Pantelejmon

Vodno Mountain - 1066 meters above sea level it towers over Skopje. It is popular hiking place with marked paths leading through the woods and there are a couple of rest areas. On the top of Vodno the Millennium Cross was built to mark 2000 years of Christianiy in Macedonia. It is 66 meters high and it is the highest structure in Macedonia.

The Monastery of Sveti Pantelejmon, in the little village of Gorni Nerezi, 6km from the centre on the slops of Mount Vodno, is an essential visit for anyone interested in Byzantine art. The twelfth century frescoes inside the little church are amongst the finest in Macedonia.