Alternative tourism as a tourist offer versus conventional tourism begins
modestly, to spread also in the Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of
Macedonia has 4300 archeological localities, over 1000 churches and
monasteries, 27 monasteries with opportunities for monastery tourism,
over 50 lakes, 16 mountains with peaks over 2000 meters above sea level,
230 buildings with Ottoman architecture and 43 towers and bastions,
localities with endemic flora and fauna and many other rarities present
only at this part of the world. Municipality of Kratovo has the following
localities and opportunities for alternative tourism: "Kameni kukli (Stone
dolls)", "The Golden town", "Golemo gradishte", "Cocev kamen (Tsotsev
stone)", rock art, two pinetrees from the XIV century, 7 bridges and 13
towers built in the Middle century, three churches: "St. John the Baptist"
(1836), "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker" (1848) and "St. George of
Kratovo", dedicated to the young Christian from Kratovo, who was
proclaimed as saint in the 16th century and in 1515 at the age of 18, was
burned in Sofia for his unbeaten faith in Christ. 11 230 hectares or 31%
of the total territory of the municipality are over 1000 meters above the
sea level, which, among other things can be used for mountain tourism. In
Kratovo‟s households and restaurants, special dishes specific for this
region are prepared “Kratovski pastrmajki”