Skopje Old Bazaar

The most photographed church in the Balkans — a 13th-century jewel on a cliff above impossibly blue water.

1438 mosque painted like a jewel box — 30,000 eggs went into its dazzling floral facades.

15th-century Ottoman bridge over the Vardar — the symbol of Skopje linking new town and Old Bazaar.

Bitola's elegant café promenade — neoclassical consulates, street musicians and the Balkans' best corzo.

A 19th-century church rising half-drowned from Mavrovo Lake — hauntingly beautiful in every season.