Crystal-clear waters

    There are also numerous rivers in Macedonia. The biggest and most famous is the 388 km long Vardar river (in the Republic of Macedonia 300 km). Its headwaters are near the village of Vrutok in the southeastern slopes of Mount Shara, and it flows into the Bay of Thessaloniki where it forms a waste delta. Particularly interesting are its gorges of: Demir Kapija, Veles, Taor, and Derven. In the Vardar also the largest Macedonian rivers flow: Crna Reka, Bregalnica, Treska, Pchinja, Lepenec, and Babuna.

    The outline of the Macedonian rivers would be incomplete without a mention of the Radika river, the right tributary of the Crn Drim river. This river strikes with its clear mountain waters, numerous rapids, remarkable quantities of trout, and with its deep gorge - canyon valley. With their beauty especially mesmerizing are: the Barich gorge, the surroundings of the Monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski and of the village of Strezimir. Magnificent ambience is also rested within the gorges of the Radika's tributaries: Adzina, Mavrovska, Galichka, Mala Reka, Ubav Potok, Stirovica, Ribnica, and Rostuska Reka.