The town of Struga is situated at the shore of the Ohrid Lake. It has been known since the time of the Ilirs, and many old writers and traveling guides have noted that in the past Struga has been a very vivid place with developed trade, great markets and beautiful, luxuriously decorated houses of the wealthy citizens. Since then a well-known saying exists: "There is no other place like Struga".
In this tourist region there are 65 tourist
units where the accommodation can reach up to 16.298 visitors at a time.
In the course of the year 60.000 tourists visit Struga, which is equivalent
to 330.000 overnights. Since 1961 Struga is the host of an internationally
known festival of poetry known as "Struga Poetry Evenings". The
festival is held every year towards the end of August and is the world's
largest event of this kind. The Struga Poetry Evenings and "the traveling
of the eel" are the two main world attractions that Struga's inhabitants
are proud of. From the other anthropogenic valuables, it is worth visiting
the commemorative house of the Miladinov brothers, as well as the interesting
attraction, the museum of Dr. Nikola Nezoblinski where the fauna of the
Ohrid Lake is presented.
Struga is also the birthplace of the most eminent cultural activist Vojdan Chernodrinski. One of the more important cultural monuments is the church "St.George", whose effigies date from the 13 to 19 century. In another church, which has the same name, ("St.George") built in 1267, has been discovered a mosaic from 5th century. It is worth visiting the fishermen village Kalishta and the church St.Bogorodica there, built on the lake shores itself and the cave church St.Atanasij.
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