Struga is just another of the many reasons you'll want to add in a trip to Lake Ohrid on your Macedonian travel itinerary. Nestled on the northern banks, the small town of just 16,000 people is a charming and sleepy place. It's spread out at the end of its own pretty valley below the foothills of the Marovo mountain, a spot far less busy than its near neighbor of Ohrid. Struga comes packed with sun-kissed promenades along the Drim River and great places to sunbathe next to the waters along the Gull Beach and Male Beach. Churches and monasteries along with rows of pretty townhouses around its central cobbled streets, all dating back to the 18^th and 19^th-century round up its cultural monuments. However, as any Struga tour guide will tell you, the biggest cultural draw here is the Poetry festival, when eminent poets, artists and writers from all over convene every August for Poetry evenings.