Florina · Western Macedonia
Two ancient lakes on a triple border, home to pelicans, island hermitages and profound silence.
The story
Great and Small Prespa sit high in the mountains where Greece meets Albania and North Macedonia. This is one of Europe's most important wetlands — a protected landscape of reed beds, wet meadows and limestone cliffs, and home to one of the largest breeding colonies of Dalmatian pelicans in the world.
Cross the floating footbridge to the island of Agios Achillios and its tenth-century basilica ruins, take a boat to the rock-cut hermitages near Psarades, and finish the day with a plate of the region's celebrated giant beans.
Highlights
Reached by a floating footbridge, with the ruins of a Byzantine basilica and a handful of stone houses.
Dalmatian and great white pelicans, cormorants and herons across the reed beds of Small Prespa.
A traditional fishing village on Great Prespa, starting point for boat trips to cliffside hermitages.
The local giant beans, grown on the lake plain, are a culinary signature of the area.
Signature packages
Nature & Adventure022 Days / 1 Night
Floating bridges, pelican colonies and island hermitages on the wild, borderless lakes of Prespa.
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