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Lake in South-eastern Europe
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Prespa National Park is in northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Prespa is well known for its natural beauty and its high biodiversity with unique characteristics. It is a place where a unique natural environment coexists with notable Byzantine monuments like churches, monasteries, hermitages and rock paintings dating from the 10th century onwards.
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Outdoor and educational activities
Good traditional cuisine (baked trout, baked feta and so on) at reasonable prices.
Άγιος Αχίλλειος
Άγιος Γερμανός
Αριάδνη
Το Λιακωτό
Παράδοση
Το Πέτρινο
A guesthouse in a restored stone house in the village. Accommodation in a cozy and warm family environment.
Πλατυθέα
Η Συντροφιά
Βαρνούς
By air
Thessaloniki airport is the nearest international airport and is approximately 3 hours drive east of Prespa.
By train
There is a train service from Thessaloniki, which will take you as far as Florina, one hour's drive from Prespa. For schedules and prices contact the train company OSE.
By bus
KTEL runs services twice from Athens to Florina (8 hours). There are also five buses daily from Thessaloniki (3 hours). There is no public transport from Kastoria to Prespa.
The municipality of Prespa includes 15 villages, each village has between 1 and 200 inhabitants.
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