Mavrovo, Mavrovo i Rostuše

Mavrovo (Macedonian: Маврово [ˈmavrɔvɔ] ⓘ) is a village and tourist resort in the mountainous region of western Macedonia.

Mavrovo is a destination for tourists throughout the year because of its skiing centre, national park and lake.

There are weekend houses, inns and hotels offering accommodation for tourists all year round.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was inhabited by 1222 Bulgarians, 12 Muslim Albanians and 25 Vlachs.

[1] Kanchov notes the village as being bilingual in Albanian and Bulgarian, with the latter being the language spoken in the househould.

View of the village of Mavrovo.
St Nicholas Church (1850).
St Nicholas Church (1850) in the summer.