Welcome to
TOPILA - Gari
ETHNO COMPLEX
The ethno complex TOPILA is located in the village of Gari, in the picturesque area of the Stogovo mountain, in the municipality of Debar.
The village Gari is located 140 km from Skopje, and 85 km from Ohrid.
The village of Gari is an old Macedonian village, settled by the Miyaks in 1760.
The Miyaks are named after a Macedonian Slavic tribe that settled in the Dolnorecan Region (along the course of the Radika River) of Macedonia in the 5th and 6th centuries. Their nomadic way of life was transformed into agricultural and animal husbandry. After the baptism in the 6th century, this group of Macedonians inhabited today's famous villages along the Radika river. The territory where the Miyaks live is the Radika river region with its sub-regions.
The Miyaks were also famous and skilled woodcarvers and iconographers. Part of the Miyaks, today known as Torbeshis, accepted Islam.
Through the village of Gari, passes Garska Reka, which is a protected monument of nature.
In the past, there was a workshop for making rugs in this village. During the making of these rugs, they were soaked (mak: topi) and cleaned in the clean waters of the Garska river.
Hence, the Ethno complex bears the name TOPILA.
The owner of the Ethno complex TOPILA is Gjorgji Markovski who is originally from the village of Gari and he turned his own house and property first into an Ethno restaurant and then he built rooms for overnight stays, and most recently, wooden bungalows were made.
Today, the complex consists of:
- indoor restaurant
- outdoor restaurants, on multiple levels
- a house with rooms
- bungalows
- fish ponds
- kennel for rabbits and birds (ducks, peacocks and seagulls)
- children's playground...
In the restaurant, on the menu you can find:
- trout fish
- game
- lamb roasting
- roast pork
- cheese and cottage cheese of our own production
There is a path around the complex that leads to a small waterfall.
This ethnic complex is also a starting point for all lovers of mountain hiking who want to explore the Stogovo mountain, as well as for avid hunters...
We are expecting you!
Welcome to
TOPILA - Gari
ETHNO COMPLEX
) +389 70 510-674
The ethno complex TOPILA is located in the village of Gari, in the picturesque area of the Stogovo mountain, in the municipality of Debar.
The village Gari is located 140 km from Skopje, and 85 km from Ohrid.
The village of Gari is an old Macedonian village, settled by the Miyaks in 1760.
The Miyaks are named after a Macedonian Slavic tribe that settled in the Dolnorecan Region (along the course of the Radika River) of Macedonia in the 5th and 6th centuries. Their nomadic way of life was transformed into agricultural and animal husbandry. After the baptism in the 6th century, this group of Macedonians inhabited today's famous villages along the Radika river. The territory where the Miyaks live is the Radika river region with its sub-regions.
The Miyaks were also famous and skilled woodcarvers and iconographers. Part of the Miyaks, today known as Torbeshis, accepted Islam.
Through the village of Gari, passes Garska Reka, which is a protected monument of nature.
In the past, there was a workshop for making rugs in this village. During the making of these rugs, they were soaked (mak: topi) and cleaned in the clean waters of the Garska river.
Hence, the Ethno complex bears the name TOPILA.
The owner of the Ethno complex TOPILA is Gjorgji Markovski who is originally from the village of Gari and he turned his own house and property first into an Ethno restaurant and then he built rooms for overnight stays, and most recently, wooden bungalows were made.
Today, the complex consists of:
- indoor restaurant
- outdoor restaurants, on multiple levels
- a house with rooms
- bungalows
- fish ponds
- kennel for rabbits and birds (ducks, peacocks and seagulls)
- children's playground...
In the restaurant, on the menu you can find:
- trout fish
- game
- lamb roasting
- roast pork
- cheese and yellow cheese of our own production
There is a path around the complex that leads to a small waterfall.
This ethnic complex is also a starting point for all lovers of mountain hiking who want to explore the Stogovo mountain, as well as for avid hunters...
WE ARE EXPECTING YOU!