Prespa National Park (Greece)

Prespa National Park is a national park in the Western Macedonia region of Greece. It is one of the national parks surrounding Lake Prespa and takes in the area around the south-eastern part of the lake within Greece, including Small Prespa Lake. As a wetland area the park is a Ramsar site, and notable birds found here include the Dalmatian pelican, the great white pelican, the great egret, the pygmy cormorant and the golden eagle. The flora includes the endemic Centaurea prespana, and a visitor centre stands in Agios Germanos.

Visiting Greek Prespa

The pelican lagoons of Little Prespa are the park's heart: the islet of Agios Achillios is reached by a long floating footbridge, with a 10th-century basilica, and the Ornithological Society runs an observation point. Psarades and Agios Germanos are traditional villages on Great Prespa, boat trips on traditional wooden plaves end in one of them, and rock carvings and hermitages line the shore near Psarades. The park has been protected since 1974, with more than 1,500 plant species and old junipers. June to August is pleasant, and spring brings migrating birds. Eat carp, Florina peppers, the Prespa gigantes beans and tsipouro.