Huts on the water
A rebuilt village.
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The Bay of Bones is a small bay on Lake Ohrid's eastern shore, about 16 kilometres south of the town between the villages of Peštani and Trpejca, where archaeologists found the remains of a prehistoric settlement built on stilts over the water. It dates from the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, and divers have recorded about 6,000 wooden piles on the lake bed, along with pottery, stone tools and deer antlers. Today the Museum on Water rebuilds part of that settlement: a wooden platform over the shallow bay, 3 to 5 metres deep, carrying thatched huts and joined to the shore by a walkway, much as a bridge once joined the original village. A visitor centre shows the finds, and on the headland above stands the restored Roman fort of Gradište, looking down over the bay. A 2026 visitor guide gives the hours as Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 to 16:00, with a ticket of about 150 denars, paid in cash, covering the huts, the exhibition and the fort. Buses along the shore are irregular, so most people come by taxi, car or boat trip.
A rebuilt village.
Above the bay.
In the visitor centre.
At the Gradište peninsula between Peštani and Trpejca, about 16 km south of Ohrid
Yes, a 2026 visitor guide says the ticket is paid in cash in denars, so bring some with you.