Skopje: Tikveš Wine Tour, 2 Wineries, Stobi Ruins & Lunch

The Tikveš wine region is about 90 minutes south of Skopje. It is the biggest wine region in North Macedonia, and this day includes Chateau Sopot tasting, the Roman Stobi ruins and Royal Winery lunch
Tikveš is the biggest wine region in North Macedonia, a plain of vineyards between mountains around Kavadarci, Negotino and Demir Kapija, and the drive south from Skopje takes about 90 minutes on the highway. You cross the whole of it in a day, with two wineries and a Roman city in between.

The first stop is Chateau Sopot, near Veles, for a guided tasting with the vines in view. Then history interrupts the wine, in the best way. Stobi is the ancient city at the crossing of the Vardar, and you walk a real Roman theatre and floor mosaics there with almost nobody else around. Entry is included, so take your time.

Then the long stop. Royal Winery Queen Maria at Demir Kapija was founded in 1928 for the royal family and named after Queen Marija, and it still makes wine under the gorge. Lunch here is included, traditional Macedonian cooking paired with the estate's own wines, long enough that nobody checks a watch.

Nothing poured on this day costs extra. The tasting is included, the wine at lunch is included, and there is no cellar door bill waiting at either estate. If a bottle finds you along the way, both wineries sell their own, and whatever you buy travels back to Skopje in the van rather than around the ruins in the sun.

We roll home in the early evening on the same road, past the vineyards, with the gorge behind us.

Groups start with 2 people.

لضمان التوفر، احجز في أقرب وقت ممكن. الحجز المبكر يستحق النظر خاصة إذا كنت تخطط للرحلة خلال موسم الذروة مثل العطلات العامة أو عطلات نهاية الأسبوع.

يمكنك إلغاء هذه الرحلة بدون تكلفة حتى 24 ساعات قبل بدء الرحلة. إذا قمت بالإلغاء بعد 24 ساعات أو لم تحضر في الرحلة، فسيتم تحصيل السعر الكامل للنشاط. التأخر في الاستلام أو المغادرة سيعتبر كعدم حضور.