Tri-border national park rich in birdlife.
Tri-border national park rich in birdlife.
The Prespa Lakes sit where Albania, North Macedonia and Greece meet — a high, quiet national park of reed-beds and islands, one of the most important bird habitats in the Balkans and a refuge of medieval Byzantine art.
Pelicans, herons and cormorants breed around Prespa; the lakes form a Ramsar wetland and a tri-border protected area. The Albanian side, around Pustec/Liqenas, is the least-developed shore — villages of the Macedonian-speaking minority, fishing boats and exceptional birdwatching.
The lake's islands and cliffs hide medieval hermitages; the cave-church on Maligrad island, with its 14th-century frescoes, is the best-known. The whole basin layers thousands of years of history around a still, high-altitude lake.
Albania's quietest national park, and one of its richest in wildlife.
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