The most beautiful natural sites to discover Strumic

Here the small Baba River makes a series of jumps to form a wide waterfall 19 m high (Колешински Водопад/Kolešinski Vodopad). Fitted out with picnic tables, the site is located under Mount Beles, 610 m above sea level, near Kolešino. Often frozen in winter, the waterfall is impressive in spring, when the Baba River flows in a torrent. For your information, the village of Kolešino (600 inhabitants) is presented as a model of inter-religious tolerance with Orthodox, four communities of Protestants and another of Jehovah's Witnesses.

This massif is about 60 km long and starts south of Strumica and extends eastward into Greece and Bulgaria. It is called Belasica/Беласица in Macedonian and Bulgarian and Belles/Μπέλλες in Greek. At the junction of the three countries is Mount Tumba, at 1,881 m above sea level, about 26 km southeast of Strumica as the crow flies. But the highest point is Mount Kerkini/Radomir, at 2,031 m above sea level, a little further east, on the Greek-Bulgarian border. In Northern Macedonia, the massif separates the region of Strumica from the lake Dojran. A path allows to connect the two.

This 39.5 m high waterfall (Смоларски Водопад/Smolarski Vodopad) is located near the village of Smolari (300 inhabitants), 580 m above sea level, along Mount Beles. This is the Smolarska River, which then joins the Strumica. The place is equipped with a platform and a small market in summer. This is also where the 13.4 km long trail from Smolari to Mount Tumba (1,881 m above sea level), at the junction of Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece, runs. The route takes two days with overnight stay at the Šarena Češma/Шарена Чешма hut.