Camping Victoria

Ohrid is by far the most famed town in this region (an hour away from the park by car) and is celebrated for sights such as the much-snapped Church of St John at Kaneo overlooking the lake. First settled in the prehistoric era, it’s also the home of many other structures from days of yore, from the 10th-century Samoil's Fortress to the medieval Orthodox Church of St Sophia with its displays of religious art. And if the sizable open-air amphitheatre built here back in about 200 BCE is anything to go by, the Greeks must have been fond of this area too... When you’re not watching a performance at this buzzy venue or ambling around admiring the other architecture, beaches on the lake’s shores are worth hunting out. Locate the one you like best – perhaps Labino or Potpesh – slather on the sun cream and soak up the rays before returning home to Camping Victoria via the Bay of Bones Museum (45 minutes) for a glance at archaeological artefacts unearthed from the region's first settlements.