--- title: "Elšani – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Elšani, North Macedonia: Elšani is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. Every way there from the planner, and what we have not yet…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elsani" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elsani.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Elshani_2008_06_10.JPG" --- Village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia # Elšani Elšani is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. ![Elšani](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Elshani_2008_06_10.JPG) Elšani · Wikimedia Commons The place Elšani is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the City of Ohrid. It is spread across the western slopes of Galičica Mountain, near Lake Ohrid. The village is located at 850 metres (2,790 ft) above sea level. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%A1ani), CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see St. Elijah - an old church made in 1408. Lake Ohrid Galičica National Park From [Wikivoyage: Elšani](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/El%C5%A1ani), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Elšani is a base for mountain walks and rock climbing in the Galičica National Park. On the other hand, the wide network of paths, narrow village streets and local low traffic roads are ideal for use as walking, jogging or cycling trails by all levels of ability and age groups. Elšani is also great for fishing, swimming, and other beach activities since it is on Ohrid Lake. From [Wikivoyage: Elšani](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/El%C5%A1ani), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Elšani **Airports:** Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 18 km · Tirana Mother Teresa (TIA), 101 km · Skopje (SKP), 123 km\ - Ilinden → Elšani 125 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · $16–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ilinden-to-elsani) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ilinden&to=El%C5%A1ani) - Rinas → Elšani 103 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rinas-to-elsani) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rinas&to=El%C5%A1ani) - Prishtina → Elšani 185 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · $20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prishtina-to-elsani) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prishtina&to=El%C5%A1ani) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=El%C5%A1ani) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Elšani Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Elšani. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Of course, with such a large and significant lake at the foot of the town, boats and ferries are abundant. - Get in At Ohrid, you can also find a ferry from Kalishta in Albania on the northwest coast of the lake. - Get in These ferries allow you to quickly visit many small but rich places along the lake full of culture, with Elšani being no exception. From [Wikivoyage: Elšani](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/El%C5%A1ani), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-01. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Mount Athos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mount-athos) GR 9 ways of moving, 21 sources 312 km 2. [Thasos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thasos) GR 10 ways of moving, 17 sources 328 km 3. [Mljet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mljet) HR 9 ways of moving, 28 sources 333 km 4. [Korčula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/korcula) HR 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 372 km 5. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 428 km If you know how people move in Elšani – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Celsani&title=El%C5%A1ani&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Felsani), and the note gets an entry. [The place page for Elšani](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/elsani) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on North Macedonia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-MK) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elsani, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt