Kostomar Monastery

Kostomar 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 Kostomar 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 Kostomar 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 Kostomar Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Nearest towns: places near Probishtip (7 km) · places near Zletovo (11 km) · places near Kratovo (17 km)

Coordinates: 41.95806, 22.13917. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kostomar Monastery

• Lesnovo Monastery · Buddhist site · ~12 km · Must-see
• Church of St. George of Kratovo · church · ~17 km · Must-see
• Clock Tower · museum · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mavrovica · lake · ~17 km · Must-see
• Stone town of Kuklica · park · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cocev Kamen · fort · ~24 km · Must-see
• Ponikva · attraction · ~25 km · Must-see
• Големо Градиште · viewpoint · ~27 km · Must-see
• Bargala · fort · ~27 km · Must-see
• Бељаковски манастир · church · ~28 km · Must-see
• Билазора · fort · ~28 km · Must-see
• Monument of Freedom · fort · ~28 km · Must-see
• Psacha Monastery · Buddhist site · ~28 km · Must-see
• St. George · church · ~28 km · Must-see
• Medieval Tower · fort · ~29 km · Must-see
• Црква „Преображение“ · church · ~30 km · Must-see
• St. Archangel Michael (Fitijata) · church · ~31 km · Must-see
• Исар · fort · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Kostomar Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Kostomar Monastery

• Lesnovo Monastery · Buddhist site · ~12 km · Must-see
• Psacha Monastery · Buddhist site · ~28 km · Must-see
• Prohor Pčinjski Monastery · Buddhist site · Central Serbia · ~57 km · Must-see
• Matejče Monastery · Buddhist site · City of Skopje · ~64 km · Must-see
• Manastir Draganac · Buddhist site · District of Prishtina · ~108 km · Must-see
• Monastery of Toplica-Sloeshtica · Buddhist site · ~144 km · Must-see
• Monastery of Gjurishte · Buddhist site · ~32 km
• Карпински манастир · Buddhist site · ~34 km
• Monastery of Osogovo · Buddhist site · ~42 km
• Monastery of Vetersko · Buddhist site · ~50 km

All buddhist sites in North Macedonia

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