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Smolare Waterfall
A wood worth the quiet · Smolare, North Macedonia
Photo: Rašo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
4.8★Rating
610Reviews
$Price level
Apr–JunBest time
The experience
North Macedonia's tallest waterfall (39.5 m), hidden in century-old beech forest on Mount Belasica — ~300 stone steps climb to a wooden bridge right in front of the falls.
Tucked into the far southeastern corner near the Greek and Bulgarian borders, far off the Ohrid–Skopje route.
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It's only worth the detour Apr–Jun. Turn up outside that window and you're looking at a different place; we'd rather say so than sell you the photo.
Where it is
Smolare, North Macedonia · Belasica mountain. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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