The Old Bazaar of Skopje is one of the largest and best-preserved Ottoman marketplaces in the Balkans, a warren of cobbled lanes on the north bank of the river. Its shops and workshops sell everything from gold and silver filigree, copperware and traditional crafts to clothes, spices and sweets, interspersed with mosques, hammams, caravanserais and characterful cafes. Atmospheric and full of history, it is both the most evocative quarter of the city and its most rewarding place to shop for handmade and traditional goods.