Kratero is located east of the Lake Prespa National Park and is on the slopes of the Eastern Varnous mountain range.

The village has experienced a turbulent history as a result of its location and the strong patriarchist and Greek national identity of the population.

[6] The village was burnt down three times, once in 1903 by the Ottoman Turkish Army, in 1907 by Bulgarian bands, and in 1947 during the Greek Civil War.

[citation needed] The village of Kratero was heavily affected by the events of the Ilinden Uprising of 1903 due to the village's remote location in the Monastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.The Greek priest, Papa Dimitrios and two notables, K. Traianou and Y. Konstantinou were murdered, and five more members of the community were beaten.

[8] In August 1903 Ottoman troops attacked the village in their attempts to deal with the Ilinden insurrection, burning and destroying 100 out of 120 houses.