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Old Bazaar

One of the largest Ottoman bazaars left in the Balkans, a maze of mosques, caravanserais, workshops and grill houses.

Photo: Stotosenik · CC BY-SA 3.0
Open
Always; shops close on Sundays
Price
Free
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Čaršija, 1000 SkopjeDirections
Getting There
Across the Stone Bridge from Macedonia Square.

Why Go

The bazaar has been Skopje's trading heart since the 12th century, and its lanes still have jewelers, tailors and tea houses. Kuršumli An, a 16th-century caravanserai with lead-covered domes, and the Daut Pasha Hamam, now an art gallery, are among its old buildings.

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