Useful addresses to prepare your trip The Great Lakes

This border post (Граничен Премин Стење-Горица/Graničen Premin Stenje-Gorica, Vendkalimi Kufitar Goricë-Stenjë) allows you to cross into Albania. The first village crossed by SH 79 is Dolna Gorica (Долна Горица, Dollna Gorica). Situated on the shores of Lake Prespa, it is part of the municipality of Pustec (Пустец, Liqenas), which has around 3,000 inhabitants, 97% of whom are Macedonians. It is home to the Prespa National Park information center (prespanationalpark.gov.al).

This border post (Граничен Премин Ќафасан/Graničen Premin Ḱafasan, Vendkalimi Kufitar Qafë Thanë) is the main crossing point between North Macedonia and Albania. We don't recommend using it, as Albanian customs officers are overzealous here. Some cases of theft and corruption have been reported. It's best to cross to the other side of Lake Ohrid, at the Saint-Naum-Tushemisht border crossing, between the Saint-Naum monastery and the town of Pogradec.

Closed since 1967, this border post with Greece (Граничен Премин Маркова Нога-Лемос/Graničen Premin Markova Noga-Lemos, Διέλευση Λαιμού-Μάρκοβα Νόγκα/Dielefsi Laimou-Markova Noga) was due to reopen in 2023 or 2024. It will finally enable a complete tour of the Prespa Lakes via Albania. The post in Northern Macedonia owes its name Markova Noga ("Marko's leg") to a stone that appears to bear a footprint attributed to the Serbian prince Marko (^14th century).

This border crossing (Граничен Премин Свети Наум/Graničen Premin Sveti Naum, Vendkalimi Kufitar Tushemisht) is located between the Saint Naum monastery and the village of Tushemisht (population 300), in Albania. It provides a link to the town of Pogradec on Lake Ohrid, 8 km to the west. From here, you can reach the pleasant town of Korça (41 km to the south), visit Prespa National Park (50 km to the southeast) or head back towards Tirana (126 km to the northwest via Elbasan).