Skopje Fortress Kale
Skopje Fortress Kale
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- Geo BUnited Kingdom8 contributionsSkopje FortThe fort has awesome views across the city. Yes there is some litter, yes it's not kept that well and yes there is nothing else up there but it's free, it's sunny and the views are excellent. Well worth a walk on a lovely sunny day.Visited October 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 9 October 2023
- jordanellie41Longridge, United Kingdom1,074 contributionsLOVELY FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT NOT MUCH LEFT INSIDEThis fortress looks amazing from the roadside as it's perimeter walls are still mainly intact. They're made up of thousands of small rocks that must have taken an eternity to build. Inside there's a stone walkway along the perimeter wall which has been added on at a later date for tourists. The main turrets are not accessible but the smaller ones can be climbed to gain views of the city. Inside the fortress are small ruins here and there but not much elseVisited November 2023Travelled soloWritten 1 December 2023
- Mare STrieste, Italy7 contributionsGreat viewsAmazing view and nice green escape for a walk and picture taking. It has free entry. There are unfortunately many unused and not safe parts in the fortress. The skeleton of the unfinished building destroyed the impression inside the fortress. Sloppy local government at its best.Visited April 2024Travelled with friendsWritten 11 April 2024
- Marek BocanekBrno, Czech Republic389 contributionsSkopje Fortress Kale where you enjoy both - history and great view of the city and surroundingsThis is a great place not only for history lovers to see the city as well as to see the construction of defensive objects and sites. The walls are still preserved, albeit the interior not much. You must enter only from the northern side.Visited July 2024Travelled with familyWritten 25 July 2024
- Jim HEurope3,944 contributionsDeterioratingIt's fantastic to be at the fortress which was built in the 6th century. It's history and should be appreciated. You can walk the walls and climb a few of the towers. The fortress moat bridge and tower steps have deteriorated greatly since I was here 4 years ago. It's become overgrown with weeds and trees. The entry is free, but it's a pity the fortress isn't being maintained.Visited August 2024Travelled with friendsWritten 24 August 2024
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bobinathens
Nokomis, FL1,379 contributions
Sept 2020 • Friends
Much of this site is renewed but the walk along the wall gives great views of the city and fine photo ops. The entrance isn't signed. Get there through the old bazaar and then go left past the brewery and up through the park. There are no facilities.
Written 9 September 2020
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VVEST
67 contributions
Dec 2020 • Couples
Unfortunately the views inside the Skopje are not great, in general. Fortress is not an exception. The fortress itself looks quite poorly cared and maintained.. There is a lot of garbage inside, some strange combination of old parts of the fortress with newly built architecture parts. The views that you might see from the fortress - are normal panoramic views, but not something special. The final shot to the atmosphere is - very loud sound from the mosque near by at 14:00 every day. It feels really aggressive and disrespectful to other people around, in my opinion.. Okay, probably I don’t understand some inner context, as a foreigner. But as for other tourists, I had to mention that...
Written 1 January 2021
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Matvl
5,590 contributions
Jun 2021 • Solo
The huge fortress can’t be missed - or rather, the restored fortress walls. There is nothing inside apart from some foundations, rubble, weeds and rubbish. No signs, no interpretation, nothing to bring it to life. It is crazy that so much money is spent on statues for the town square and not on this fortress. A real pity.
Written 31 July 2021
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jordanellie41
Longridge, UK1,074 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
This fortress looks amazing from the roadside as it's perimeter walls are still mainly intact. They're made up of thousands of small rocks that must have taken an eternity to build. Inside there's a stone walkway along the perimeter wall which has been added on at a later date for tourists. The main turrets are not accessible but the smaller ones can be climbed to gain views of the city. Inside the fortress are small ruins here and there but not much else
Written 1 December 2023
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Marek Bocanek
Brno, Czech Republic389 contributions
Jul 2024 • Family
This is a great place not only for history lovers to see the city as well as to see the construction of defensive objects and sites. The walls are still preserved, albeit the interior not much. You must enter only from the northern side.
Written 26 July 2024
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bg564
Windhoek, Namibia854 contributions
Nov 2022
From the outside it looks like this is a well preserved monument and can be seen from many parts of downtown as it's up on the hill. The entrance is in back and it is free to enter but the site itself is disappointing. There are no exhibits which tell anything about the history or anything. It is nice to walk along the walls which gives a good view of the old city.
Written 25 November 2022
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Hussam S
Cairo, Egypt492 contributions
Sept 2020
- At Edge of O.T. + Front of Stone short Bridge & Main Sq. ... Not Interesting + Relatively Small Area + No Seats + Open 1 Gate only.
- Intercity Bus /Train St. can walk about 3 km E. or many Buses around.
- Intercity Bus /Train St. can walk about 3 km E. or many Buses around.
Written 13 October 2020
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TJulian
Europe232 contributions
Oct 2020
Great views of the city, but unfortunately the site is in very poor state.
There is trash everywhere and all the exhibits are closed.
It truly appears as the government simply forgot about it and could careless.
At one time, it must have been a very impressive site, but not anymore.
It is easily accessible, you can walk to it from the central square, and simply walk into the site and stroll around.
Currently, it is basically a park with a wall around it.
Unless you have a checklist to click this off of, don't go out of your way to visit.
There is trash everywhere and all the exhibits are closed.
It truly appears as the government simply forgot about it and could careless.
At one time, it must have been a very impressive site, but not anymore.
It is easily accessible, you can walk to it from the central square, and simply walk into the site and stroll around.
Currently, it is basically a park with a wall around it.
Unless you have a checklist to click this off of, don't go out of your way to visit.
Written 1 October 2020
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Thomas K
Copenhagen, Denmark1,379 contributions
Apr 2022 • Solo
The fortess is located a short walk from the Old Bazaar. Ask around for the port of entry. The fortress has a nice view of the City and has free admission. The fortress did not have any shops or cafes, bring a snack and a bottle of water if you plan to spent time exploring every nook.
Written 20 April 2022
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SiberianEmo
Omsk, Russia553 contributions
Sept 2023 • Solo
The entrance is free and you get cool views of the city. That's the only positive things about it.
The fortress is ran down, trash, including broken bottles and cigarette butter are strewn around. Does not appear that anyone is cleaning this place.
There is an observation deck built on top of one of the bastions...it rattles when you try to climb it and will probably soon collapse.
Perhaps, if the part if admission fees were to be directed to regular cleaning/maintenence/ restoration, I would be the first one to pay it.
Skopje and this fortress have a lot of potential, but some basic care must be taken of its monuments.
The fortress is ran down, trash, including broken bottles and cigarette butter are strewn around. Does not appear that anyone is cleaning this place.
There is an observation deck built on top of one of the bastions...it rattles when you try to climb it and will probably soon collapse.
Perhaps, if the part if admission fees were to be directed to regular cleaning/maintenence/ restoration, I would be the first one to pay it.
Skopje and this fortress have a lot of potential, but some basic care must be taken of its monuments.
Written 13 September 2023
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