Tearce
Tearce is a village located 12 km to the northeast of Tetovo, in northwestern North Macedonia, about 15 kilometres from the border with Kosovo.

Tearce is a village located 12 km to the northeast of Tetovo, in northwestern North Macedonia, about 15 kilometres from the border with Kosovo. It is a seat of the Tearce municipality. Population 3,974 (2002). The B-405 road connects it to Tetovo.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Lešok Monastery
The most significant Christian spiritual site in the Tetovo area is this monastery established in 1321.
- 02Church of Saint John the Baptist
Located in Otušište, which historically was a separate village but is now a part of Tearce village, is this tiny 13th-century church.
- 03Dobrošte Lakes
Two of the Šar Mountain's 27 glacial lakes are the Upper and Lower Dobrošte lakes, above the village of the same name.
- 04Church of the Virgin Mary
This church was built in 1872 atop foundations of an older church.
- 05Church of Saint Petka
This church was built in 1567, though it didn't begin to carry the name St Petka until its first renovation in 1641.
- 06Oraško Kale
Located about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Vardar River and standing 110 m (361 ft) above it, is this set of ruins which date from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages.
From Wikivoyage: Tearce, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Tetovo Folk Fest
Held every August on the holiday of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God at Lešok Monastery is this festival which brings out the best Macedonian folk musicians.
From Wikivoyage: Tearce, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Restaurant Gryka
From Wikivoyage: Tearce, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Tearce
- Airports
- Skopje (SKP), 48 km · Priština Adem Jashari (PRN), 51 km · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 108 km
- Ilinden → Tearce45 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · $6–8
- Ohrid → Tearce109 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · $11–16
- Prishtina → Tearce67 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · $8–10
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tearce
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 Tearce. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Tearce
Tearce is 32 km from Skopje, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.