Štrbovo (Macedonian: Штрбово) is a beautiful big village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia,midway between mountains and lake(turistic place).Here you can meet beautiful people inside and outside,you can have fun,you can enjoy and taste the wonderful traditional food, the fresh air, the beautiful lake water, you can drink coffee and beer by the lake and enjoy the beautiful beac
hes, the people are very hospitable and and sociable,so you are very WELCOME!!!Nightlife here in Prespa is cool especially in the summer nights,party till morning!!! In Prespa you can see beautiful old monasteries thousands of years, to visit the museum and to see old houses also thousands of years old.
Štrbovo is divided into Gorno (Upper) Štrbovo and Dolno (Lower) Štrbovo. It is located on the eastern coast of Lake Prespa and is only 2 miles from the border with Aegean Macedonia. The earliest known records that mention Štrbovo date back to 1538. Later the village moved west to the location called "Rekite" (The Rivers)and soon after it relocated to another location called "Kukista." The villagers now live in "Dolno Selo" (Lower Village) which consists more of 62 houses. "Gorno Selo" (Upper Village) is now all farm land with a few historic abandoned houses still standing.
Štrbovo has a natural river that flows though "Gorno Selo" and empties into the Krani River in the neighboring village of Krani. A book about the village "Štrbovo Gordoct Naša" (Štrbovo, Our Pride) was written by Jonče Filipovski in the year 1998. PRESPA - Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Albania, Greece, and the Republic of Macedonia. Of the total surface area, 176.3 km2 (68.07 sq mi) belongs to the Republic of Macedonia, 46.3 km2 (17.88 sq mi) to Albania and 36.4 km2 (14.05 sq mi) to Greece. They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans, standing at an elevation of 853 m (2,798 ft). The Great Prespa Lake (Albanian: Liqeni i Prespës, Greek: Μεγάλη Πρέσπα, Limni Megáli Préspa, Macedonian: Преспанско Езеро, Prespansko Ezero) is divided between Albania, Greece and Macedonia. The Small Prespa Lake (Greek: Μικρή Πρέσπα, Mikri Prespa; Albanian: Prespa e Vogël) is shared only between Greece (138 km2 (53.28 sq mi) drainage area; 42.5 km2 (16.41 sq mi) surface area) and Albania (51 km2 (19.69 sq mi) drainage area; 4.3 km2 (1.66 sq mi) surface area). The area contains three National Parks located in Albania, Greece, and the Republic of Macedonia respectively. The largest town in the Prespa Lakes region is Resen in the Republic of Macedonia. In 2014, the Ohrid-Prespa Transboundary Reserve between Albania and Macedonia was added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves. In the 10th century, the Tsar Samuil built the fortress and church of St. Achillius on an island called Agios Achillios in the Small Prespa Lake, on the Greek side of the border. The biggest island in the Great Prespa Lake, on Macedonia's side, is called Golem Grad ("Large Town"), and Snake Island (Zmiski Ostrov). The other island Mal Grad (Small Town, in Albania) is the site of a ruined 14th century monastery dedicated to St. Peter. Today, both islands are uninhabited. Because Great Prespa Lake sits about 150m above Lake Ohrid, which lies only about 10 km (6.21 mi) (6 miles) to the west, its waters run through underground channels in the karst and emerge from springs which feed streams running into Lake Ohrid.[2]
For many years, the Greek part of the Prespa Lakes region was an underpopulated, military sensitive area which required special permission for outsiders to visit. It saw fierce fighting during the Greek Civil War and much of the local population subsequently emigrated to escape endemic poverty and political strife. The region remained little developed until the 1970s, when it began to be promoted as a tourist destination. With an abundance of rare fauna and flora, the area was declared a Transnational Park in 2000. In 1999 the Society for the Protection of Prespa received the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award for its conservation efforts regarding the Lake Prespa Ramsar site, and was eventually included on 3 July 2013.
