Bareshani Monastery

Bareshani 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 Bareshani 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 Bareshani 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 Bareshani Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Nearest towns: places near Bistrica (4 km) · places near Bitola (11 km) · places near Logovardi (13 km)

Coordinates: 40.95222, 21.35056. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bareshani Monastery

• Heraclea Lyncestis · fort · ~8 km · Must-see
• St. Peter & St. Paul / Council of the Holy Apostles · church · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fortress of Bitola · fort · ~9 km · Must-see
• Museum of Bitola · dargah · ~10 km · Must-see
• St. Constantine & St. Helen · church · ~10 km · Must-see
• St. Naum of Ohrid · church · ~11 km · Must-see
• Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church · church · ~11 km · Must-see
• Isak Mosque · dargah · ~11 km · Must-see
• Holy Sunday · church · ~12 km · Must-see
• Pelister National Park · sanctuary · ~16 km · Must-see
• St. Eliyah · church · ~17 km · Must-see
• Pelister · viewpoint · ~19 km · Must-see
• St. Parascheva · church · ~20 km · Must-see
• Archeological Museum of Florina · museum · Western Macedonia · ~25 km · Must-see
• St. George · church · ~28 km · Must-see
• Byzantine Church of Agios Achillios · church · Western Macedonia · ~36 km · Must-see
• St. Archangel Michael · church · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Prespa · lake · ~37 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bareshani Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Bareshani Monastery

• Monastery of Toplica-Sloeshtica · Buddhist site · ~54 km · Must-see
• Μονή Αγίας Τριάδας · Buddhist site · Western Macedonia · ~104 km · Must-see
• Monastery St. Christopher · Buddhist site · ~5 km
• Monastery of Smolevo · Buddhist site · ~9 km
• Monastery of Novaci · Buddhist site · ~16 km
• Monastery of Suvodol · Buddhist site · ~26 km
• Monastery of Slivnica · Buddhist site · ~26 km
• Monastery of Zhivojno · Buddhist site · ~27 km
• Čebren Monastery · Buddhist site · ~43 km
• Monastery of Slepche · Buddhist site · ~44 km

All buddhist sites in North Macedonia

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