Valandovo Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in North Macedonia
About Valandovo
Valandovo sits east of the Vardar River as it flows toward Greece, in the same valley that extends toGevgelija. The municipality still maintains an important Turkish minority, making up over one-tenth of the population, but there are perhaps a dozen abandoned or nearly abandoned villages in this area that were once home to Turkish communities that have all but left for Turkey since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Valandovo was the site of two major historic events of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. The first was in 1899 against Ottoman forces which resulted in the arrest and torture of about 100 individuals from the Valandovo area and nearby towns. The second occurred in 1915 against the new Serbian rulers, part of World War I. Serbia accused Bulgaria of orchestrating t
Top Attractions in Valandovo
Explore the best things to see and do in Valandovo:
- ★Church of Saint Demetrius
- ★Church of Saint George
- ★Church of Saint Michael the Archangel
- ★Folk Fest Valandovo
- ★Isar
- ★Isar Kale
- ★Kosturnica Memorial
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