Lake Prespa is the second largest lake in Macedonia after Lake Ohrid, with a surface area of 273 km². A fairly large area of Lake Prespa is located between Mount Galicia and Mount Pelister. 

This lake is shared by three border neighbouring countries. These are North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. Macedonia has 65% of the total surface area of this lake. The remaining 35% is divided relatively equally by Albania and Greece.

Prespa Lake is a very virgin and undeveloped region compared to Ohrid Lake. There are not many touristic spots to visit around it. For all these reasons, it would not make sense to come only to visit this place. 

However, when travelling from Ohrid to Bitola or vice versa from Bitola to Ohrid, it is of course a region that should be visited and seen. 

There are already two historical churches worth visiting. If you want to include these two churches in your route, the extra effort will cost a total of 25 miles (or 40km) round trip and a 1 hour car journey. Visiting time there is not included in the calculation. 

You can get information about the details of car hire by clicking on the link below.

Alternatively, you can skip these churches and visit Golem Grad, a small islet in Prespa Lake. This is a very small islet, 600 metres long and 350 metres wide. 

There are small boat tours to this island, but to reach this island you need to go to Stenje, Konjsko or Dupeni Beach, which is located right next to the Greek border. We have marked all three locations on the map with a black coloured star icon and roughly indicated the journey times and prices. However, please note that the prices may change according to the season and density. 

If you are looking for the cheapest boat price to reach Golem Grad island. You need to go to Konjsko region. However, you need to be careful on the way there because the road leading there is completely dirt and relatively rough. Konjsko is just opposite Golem Grad island and is the closest area to that island.

For this organisation, ask the local people in the region you are going to about the boat tour, only one person in each city is already doing boat tours. If there is no weather opposition, they will tell you to come the next day in the morning. If you are lucky and you have visited in the morning, you may be able to do it on the same day.

We have compiled a total of 2 points about Around Lake Prespa the most popular point and we matched these 2 points with titles and numbers on the map. Please see the map below. Orange color was used for places to visit. We have marked the locations of the boat trips to the island of Golem Grad with a black star. At the same time, if you need to stay for a day for the boat trip, we have marked the hotel we are talking about with a black hotel icon.