VAcancy in Prespa, Albania

Hi everyone
I am going to write some things for people, that are planing to spend their vacations in beautiful, untouched rural nature.

Prespa is area located around the Prespa Lake in Macedonia, Greece and Albania. It's part or the Nacional Park of Prespa which is protected by UNESCO.

Prespa is a rural area of natural beauty and important history. Galicica National Park separates the region from Lake Ohrid. The villages on the western shore of Prespa slope upwards toward Galičica Mountain. On the eastern side, the villages slope upwards toward Baba Mountain in Pelister National Park. This means there are many beautiful vistas to be seen of the lake, regardless of where you find yourself. The views only get better the further up into the mountains you go.

There are different ways to arrive in Prespa. You can choose a bus, a taxi, by thumb or by your own car. People are very kind and don't hesitate to travel on autostop.

The best and most convenient way to get around Prespa is by car. This is a rural region with villages often spread quite far from each other. Exploring the mountainside in Brajčino in the morning, hitting the beach in Dolno Dupeni in the afternoon, and then dancing the night away at the nightclub in Krani is not possible to do unless you have a car at your disposal, even though these three villages are considered neighbours. Just getting to Krani's beach from the village centre of Krani is quite the hike.

A bus company out of the village of Arvati operates a small network of buses that run from the villages of Prespa up to Resen a couple times per day. Ask the locals for bus times. This is convenient if you need to make a stop in the town for certain purchases or to get to a certain village (if you have a ride back to your start). Fare is equivalent to about one Euro or less, depending on from where you get on the bus.