HOTEL HISTORY

Biser hotel is located 5km. from the center of Struga in Calishta area , away from the urban city life in ideal natural surrounding that combined with the monastery lodgings, church St. Bogorodica and church St. Petar as inseparable part of our hotel complex, will give you spiritual harmony, peace and tranquility.
The hotel is typical representative of the old Macedonian architecture with tendencies national architectonic marks to maintain even in ourdays despite the pressure of the modern trends in interior design.
Hotel Biser 30 years yet warmly welcomes its guests with wide opened gates offering them its hospitality and creating them sense of comfort, relaxation and satisfaction.
The hotel is released on 4th of July 1974. On this occasion there was a gala opening with attendance of the highest state and church officials.
Since then the hotel is offering its services in continuity and tends towards improvement of its quality.
In 1988 two new floors are built. Afterwards (in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004) renovation are carried out. The efforts of service quality improvement and interior design proceed in ourdays which has led to complete renovation of the restaurant, hotel terrace, discotheque and part of the accommodation facilities.
Our hotel complex keeps step with the latest trends of congress tourism due to which continuous investment in modern seminar and congress halls is carried out as well as purchase of up-to-date equipment.

REGIONAL CARACTERISTICS

Ohrid Lake is 695 m. above the sea level with 348 square meters surface. According to the latest researches the biggest depth of the lake is 286 meters. The Lake is watered by many springs including the well known Biljanini izvori as well as the springs of monastery St. Naum. Lake Ohrid is filled with water even from its neighbour-Prespa Lake from springs which plunge across Galichica mountain that separates this 2 lakes.
Lake Ohrid is considered to be one of the biggest natural and biological reservation in Europe due to its exceptionally wealthy flora and fauna as well as the presence of wide range of endemic species typical only for this lake. As a result of this, Ohrid Lake is under protection of UNESCO.
Crni Drim river flows out of Ohrid Lake and separates the city of Struga in 2 parts, but in the same time it connects the city by many bridges typical for the town. Struga is known as the city of bridges.
In this region the climate is moderate continental with mediterranean influence due to the proximity of Adriatic Sea.
The number of sunny hours is 2400 hours per year.
The water of the lake is warmest in august with temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and July with 22.5 degrees, while the average annual temperature is 12 degrees Celsius.
The average annual air temperature is 11.5 degrees, while the average summer temperature is 20.5.
These regional natural conveniences have great positive impact on human health. Ohrid Lake is appropriate for treatment of many diseases, particularly respiratory organs and nervous system diseases, while the sand helps the treatment of simple forms of rheumatism.