MALESEVO VALLEY

 

Landscape of Malesevo

Landscape of Malesevo

  

Malesevo Valley is at the most eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia and its covers an area of 192 kmē. It is enclosed with mountains from all sides: on the north with Golak and Beaz Tepe, on the south with Ograzden, on the east with Kadica and Vlaina and on the west with Plackovica and Obozna. The forests of these mountains are rich with oak, fir, and beech that make the valley especially beautiful.
Apart from that, these mountains are rich with pastures, wild life and lignite. The mine "Brik" has enough lignite for the next 25 years with average production of 90 thousand tons per annum
  The valley in average is 900m above sea level and belongs to the group of high valleys in our country together with Mariovo Valley and Prespa Valley. In springtime and in summer the Malesevo Valley looks like a green oasis, because of its endless meadows and pastures, with favourable climate conditions that thrill everyone passing by for the first time. The image and landscape are made complete with the numerous orchards of plums, pears, apples etc. making the valley known far away.
   
View of the Mountains of Malesevo
View of the Mountains of Malesevo
River Bregalnica and River Ratevska flow through the valley. Above village Ratevo is the Ratevo dam. The waters are used for irrigation and, at the same time, as irrigation reserves for the rice fields of Kocani that spread out all the way to Ovce Pole through Kalimanci Lake.

View of the Berovo Lake

View of the Berovo Lake

Hospitality and revolutionary history of the ancestors is traditional for the population of Malesevo Valley. In the days prior to the Ilinden Uprising the population of Malesevo massively responded to the Rebellion at Razlovci and Kresna.

There is a favourable potential for development of tourism. The localities Malesevo and Ablanica make that possible.

All possible conditions exist to transform and develop the area of Malesevo into an important tourist and recreational place, not only for the region but wider, for the whole Republic of Macedonia.
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The 1000m above sea level and the deep pine forests meet all the requirements for a pleasant holiday. Mostly teachers and students from the Republic of Macedonia visit this site.

The construction of the new terminal Klepalo on the Macedonian-Bulgarian border as well as the road to Strumica through Ograzden will  help the development of Malesevo Valley.

Rice fields

Rice fields