スコピエ地方のおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

1937/1938年、北マケドニアで最も古いトレスカ川のダムまたは発電所

ヴォドノ周辺のハイキングに最適な出発点です。十分な駐車スペースがあり、公共交通機関のバス停もあります。また、ここから山頂へ向かうロープウェイが運行しています。

You really have to look to spot the swimmer.

A steel cross stands atop Vodno Mountain. Accessible via hiking trails and a cable car (€2). A snack bar is available. On a clear day, there are views of Skopje and the ski resorts of North Macedonia.

Back up to the campsite halfway along the red and white Gr path, follow lots of shade.

At the beginning of the Matka Canyon, there are various stalls, then a narrow path leads along the cliffs past the dam to the oldest artificial lake in the country. There, you can continue by boat or enjoy a meal and a drink at the restaurant. When I was there on a Monday, it was relatively quiet, so it was possible to cycle into the gorge. During peak season or on weekends, this would probably be impossible. There are ten caves in the Matka Canyon, the shortest of which is 20 meters long and the longest 176 meters. Visitors and tourists can explore the Vrelo Cave during a 20-minute boat ride in the Matka Canyon.

Still under construction, it was originally scheduled to be completed in 2018. The investor for the futuristic Atenna Tower is the Agency for Electronic Communications. At 155 meters high, the building will be the tallest in the country. The tower will be twice as tall as the Millennium Cross. With its sophisticated equipment, the AEC can monitor the radio frequencies used by public electronic communications services, public broadcasting, private broadcasters, air traffic control, and other systems. The tower will ensure that communications interference is avoided.

In the Way of the Cross meditation written by Pope Francis – on Good Friday 2025 in the Roman Colosseum – the Holy Father, who died a few days later (Easter Monday), invited us to allow ourselves to be contemplated by the crucified love of Jesus: + "Our darkness seeks the light. (...) now [the crowd] encounters the spectacle of a love never before seen, a beauty that moves them to rethink. To those who see you dying, Lord, you give the opportunity to beat their breasts and turn around, to strike their hearts so that their hardness may be broken. Jesus, grant us, who often observe you from afar, that we may always remember you in our lives, so that even death, one day when you will come, may find us alive." (Pope Francis)