Where is it?
Gjupsko Maalo, Krushevo, Macedonia (FYROM)
Environment
Kruševo is a small ski resort city and a famous place for paragliding. Not expensive accommodation and food, friendly people, nice hiking routes will provide you peace and comfort vacation..
Views and sightseeing
Paragliding
Smooth flight conditions. Many landings in valley. Mixed terrain: green mountains, hills and valleys.
Krushevo is very good for initial paragliding education.
The very good place for
- beginners and initial paragliding education
- experienced cross-country pilots.
Cloud base is usually 2000 -2800 m
Good flight season is from middle of July till beginning of September. Before it — also flyable but weather can be unstable (rains, wind).
Take off point located in 10 min of driving from Kruchevo center. Walking is also possible (about 40-50 min) for active people 🙂
A lot of competitions for paragliders and hang-gliders are held during the season.
1 - East direction take-ff , direction 240. Main take-off.
Take-off local name — «Mechkin kamen»
Alt. above see — 1430 m, Alt above valley — 874 m,
41°20’36.18″С 21°15’24.92″В
2- West / South -West direction take-ff
Retrieval to Krushevo from your landings is possible by taxi, bus or private cars
How to get Krushevo
By plane
Low cost airlines flying to Macedonia.
- TurkishAirlines
- SWISS
- WizzAir
- Air Berlin
- TUIfly
- Pegasus
- CroatiaAirlines
- Adria
By car
The international highway E-75 runs north-south from Serbia to Greece, bisecting Macedonia.
This is the most common route for overland tourists to take for entering Macedonia. There are also good roads connecting the country with Bulgaria to the East and Albania to the West.
Krusevo is on around a 2 hour drive (160 km) from Skopje Airport, via Motorway «Alexander of Macedon»/A1/А1 and A1, or on about 1 h 36 min drive (119.7 km) from Ohrid Airport via E65 and R1305 (note that this path is not a highway).
A Taxi from/to Airport and for any other trips (Including Greece and border countries) can be ordered from reliable and not expensive local (in Krushevo) taxi service, highly recommended:
Company name: Taksi Blagojce
For example, price to/from Airport: for 1-2 or 3 pilots is 60 euros total. …. 4-5 or more pilots the price is 20 euros per pilot.
Manager/driver: Stavre
Phone: +389-76315500
https://www.facebook.com/stavre.gjorcheski
WhatsApp/Viber messenger
Rent a car
Numerous car-rental companies, run by both Macedonian companies and local representatives of recognized Western companies are available in Macedonia. Among the latter there are Sixth, Avis and Hertz, whereas among the most prominent Macedonian companies one should name Biveks, Ineks, Mn, Ni-Mar Komerc and Putnik-Eurodolar.
Rental car prices in Macedonia generally start from 40-50 euros per day, though for longer periods the rate can be somewhat lower. In order to rent a car, be prepared to present a valid passport and driver’s license from your home country.
Driving tips:
Driving in Macedonia by car: While roads in Macedonia are generally good, drivers should watch out for falling rock zones in mountainous areas, and dogs, cows and sheep in rural areas. Drivers should also note that in Macedonia it is illegal to talk on a mobile phone while driving, seatbelts are mandatory and headlights have to be on during the day.
By Bus
A number of bus lines connect Macedonia with all neighboring countries and other European cities. Buses are frequent, and offer relatively inexpensive fares and professional service. Usually they depart from Skopje bus station.
Travelling on public inter-city buses in Macedonia used to be quite an interesting experience, since it usually included loud folk music and the risk of having to travel next to very different people. At present, public buses have improved and most of them have air-conditioning as well. Still, if you decide to travel by a public inter-city bus, do check it first before buying a ticket.
You can reach Kruchevo from Skopje by by regular buses using route: Skopje-Bitola, Bitola-Prilep, Prilep-Krushevo.
By train
An international train, operating daily, twice a day, connects Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Thessaloniki (Greece) via Macedonia.
It stops at Tabanovce (the Macedonia-Serbia border crossing point), Kumanovo, Skopje, Veles, Gradsko, Negotino, DemirKapija, and Gevgelija (Greek border crossing point), as well as a few small villages.
From Skopje, Veles and Gradsko there are train connections to Prilep (35 km from Krusevo).
Accommodation
- One big hotel — Hotel Montana Palace
- And many small private hotels. Prices are much lower (especially for long period) and room quality sometime is better then in Montana. Prices (one night, in Euro) are from 7 to 9 per person for bed in a room and from 10 to 15 for whole room. My recommendations for private hotels can be provided by request.
Money
Local currency is «Macedonian Denar» — MKD.
Some ATMs there are in Krushevo. Also there is the currency exchange office.