8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Kastoria
A Byzantine fur-trading town on a peninsula in Lake Orestiada, with dozens of medieval churches and ottoman-era mansions along misty lakeside promenades. The lake loop road passes the Dragon's Cave and a lakeshore monastery.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Lake Prespa
A tranquil lake shared by three countries on Greece's northwestern border, home to pelican colonies and Byzantine island churches.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Nymfaio
A stone-built mountain village in beech forest, home to a brown-bear sanctuary near Florina.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
Sveti Naum Monastery
A 10th-century monastery on a headland at the southern end of Lake Ohrid near the Albanian border, with springs, boats and a large car park.
48 km · about 55 min drive
mountain pass
Galičica Pass Road
A serpentine road climbs over the Galičica massif between Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, topping out near 1,600 m with rare twin-lake panoramas inside Galičica National Park.
50 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Bënjë Thermal Baths
Free open-air hot springs beside the Ottoman-era Katiu Bridge at the mouth of the Lengarica Canyon near Përmet: half a dozen stone-ringed pools around 26-30°C, soakable year-round with canyon walls rising behind.
51 km · about 60 min drive
national park
Galičica National Park
A mountain park on the ridge between Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, crossed by a paved road with viewpoints over both lakes at once.
53 km · about 60 min drive
national park
Vjosa Wild River National Park
Europe's first wild river national park protects the free-flowing, braided turquoise Vjosa; the SH75 around Përmet shadows the river through some of Albania's finest mountain scenery.
58 km · about 65 min drive