Pesna Cave

A few kilometers to Makedonski Brod, along the road to Samokov, you can see the cave, declared a monument of nature. It is located on the right valley side of the Treska River. It is built in dolomite marbles. With dimensions of 16.8 * 52.4 meters, according to speleologists, this is the largest cave entrance in the Balkans. The ceiling part of the opening has a height of 40 meters and the cave itself is about 50 meters high. The length of the cave is 124 meters. In the cave there are swallows nesting, and in it live bats. Peshna in "New York Times" is described as identical to the imaginary caves in the "Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien. A few hundred meters from the cave runs the Treska River, offering an ideal place for fishing and picnic.