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Camping by a lake is one of the best ways to spend a few days in the Balkans, whether at an organised campsite with showers and a shop or at a quiet spot near a mountain lake. Campsites tend to cluster around the large, well-known lakes, while the more remote lakes offer little beyond a flat patch of ground.
Wild camping is treated differently in each country and is often not allowed inside national parks and other protected areas. Check the local rules, and leave the shore as you found it.
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Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0Albania (Southeastern Albania) · North Macedonia (Southwestern Region)
Lake Ohrid lies in a mountain basin on the border between North Macedonia and Albania, with the towns of Ohrid and Struga on the Macedonian shore and Pogradec on the Albanian one. It is among the oldest lakes in the…
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Albania (Northern Albania) · Montenegro (Central Montenegro)
Karst, Tectonic · natural
Photo: Javier Sánchez Portero · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenegro · Bjelasica · Northern Montenegro
Glacial · natural
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