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Nationals park in Macedonia |
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In the Republic of Macedonia, there are three national parks protected by law.
These are the Pelister national park, Mavrovo national park and Galicica national park.
In 1948, Pelister national park near the town of Bitola, became the first national park in Macedonia. It covers an area of about 1,600 hectares, and the five-needle pine (also known as Pelister pine), is the only such variety in the world. It also contains two glacial lakes, known as "Pelisterski Oci" (Pelister Eyes).
In the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, the Mavrovo national park was found. It became a national park in 1949, and had an area of 11,750 hectares. In 1952 it was then enlarged to 73,100 hectares of this some 27,000 hectares are in forestry. It is assumed that it has more than 1,000 types of high plant forms, and about a 100 of which are extremely rare or endemic to the Balkans.
Between lake Ohrid and lake Prespa, the Galicica national park is found. It had become a national park in 1958, with an area of around 22,750 hectares. There are nineteen different forest communities in the national park, which indicates that the vegetation is very rich, and includes several extremely rare types of flora. |
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Porto Carras
Oceania Club & SPA
PARK HOTEL PIRIN
