Košino Monastery

Košino Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this monastery: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Košino Monastery

Season: October to March.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Košino Monastery: tips

• Walk clockwise around stupas and take off your shoes in prayer halls.
• Do not point your feet at images of the Buddha.

How to reach Košino Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Nearest towns: places near Lažani (4 km) · places near Žitoše (6 km) · places near Makedonski Brod (11 km)

Coordinates: 41.46452, 21.29360. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Košino Monastery

• Holy Mother of God · church · ~11 km · Must-see
• Pešna · cave · ~12 km · Must-see
• Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God · church · ~14 km · Must-see
• Joshkov Kamen · viewpoint · ~24 km · Must-see
• Marko's Towers · fort · ~29 km · Must-see
• Monastery of Toplica-Sloeshtica · Buddhist site · ~33 km · Must-see
• Lake of Prilep / Lake of Peshterica · waterfall · ~34 km · Must-see
• Бегови Вирови · viewpoint · ~34 km · Must-see
• Jakupica Glacier · viewpoint · ~36 km · Must-see
• St. Constantine & Helen · church · ~36 km · Must-see
• Солунска Глава · viewpoint · ~39 km · Must-see
• St. Archangel Michael · church · ~40 km · Must-see
• Fojnik;Crkvica · viewpoint · ~41 km · Must-see
• Babuna · viewpoint · ~42 km · Must-see
• Holy Trinity · church · ~47 km · Must-see
• Visoka · viewpoint · ~49 km · Must-see
• Bistra · viewpoint · ~51 km · Must-see
• National Park Jasen · sanctuary · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Košino Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Košino Monastery

• Monastery of Toplica-Sloeshtica · Buddhist site · ~33 km · Must-see
• Matejče Monastery · Buddhist site · City of Skopje · ~94 km · Must-see
• Lesnovo Monastery · Buddhist site · ~123 km · Must-see
• Psacha Monastery · Buddhist site · ~135 km · Must-see
• Prohor Pčinjski Monastery · Buddhist site · Central Serbia · ~135 km · Must-see
• Monastery of Zrze · Buddhist site · ~9 km
• Monastery of Belo Pole · Buddhist site · ~14 km
• Monastery of Gorni Divjaci · Buddhist site · ~15 km
• Monastery of Brailovo · Buddhist site · ~18 km
• Monastery of Gostirazhni · Buddhist site · ~19 km

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