Canyon Matka Hotel

This hotel is located in an excellent location, right in the canyon. Our room was nice and really cozy. The staff was friendly and available; they can provide you with any kind of information on possible activities in the canyon. You can have breakfast in the restaurant, which allows excellent views on the canyon.

Matka Canyon nice view and near the capital, but better to visit during summer rather than crazy idea - hopping on the boat in the end of December which I tried (Dont be like me). After half an hour on boat, I started to shiver and fortunately that the boat is back to the entrance. I immediately rush to the restaurant and grab a hot chocolate. They even gave us some complimentary biscuits to enjoy with the drink. Price is considerable for a tourist destination.

This hotel has a great location for exploring the gorge. We spent the night here and really enjoyed it. It is about a 500m walk (with all your luggage) along a scenic pathway into the hotel from the free parking area. There is plenty of space in the parking lot in the late afternoon and evening, but during the day you won’t be able to get anywhere near it! Our room was fairly small and basic with a couple of opening windows with some pleasant views out onto the lake – nothing to rave about, but nice enough. There was no AC but a fan was provided and kept us cool in the night. There was a bit of noise in the evening/night due to a few guys hanging out in the garden and restaurant drinking, but nothing too bad. The lakeside restaurant has a beautiful setting and the food was decent as well, but a bit overpriced. The restaurant is super busy in the day with all the day-trippers, but very quiet in the evenings. The free breakfast was good, but the 9AM start time was way too late!! We actually went out on an 8km hike up into the mountains and arrived back still having to wait for the restaurant to open at 9am. Overall we had a good stay here and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to other travelers.

The worst coffee we ever had in life, the most expensive. They didn't want to change the bad impression with offering good substitute, or not to pay the bill. Also it was not clean, it's a shame to bring a guest and show them the beauty and hospitality of Macedonia! So disappointed!

After our boat trip we sat for lunch. The food was excellent as was the service and the views are fantastic. Be sure to give yourself time to get back down to the bus stop though as it is about a 15min dash. Taxis are abound so if you miss the bus you won't be stranded. The general area could do with some investment in both money and time.

Luogo suggestivo,canyon formato da 2 dighe. La struttura è affascinante e posizionata sull'acqua. Hotel molto buono soprattutto per il prezzo richiesto, Colazione buona ed abbondante. Unico GROSSO punto negativo il ristorante.. a parte che alle 19 chiude! I prezzi,, assurdi neanche a Zurigo li ho trovati! E se pensate che in Macedonia per mangiare si spende in media 1/3 che in Italia! Ok approfittare del fatto che per km non ci sono alternativi ma con che coraggio e mi chiedo con quale ritorno... avere prezzi talmente alti.. se poi si aggiunge che il mio piatto di maiale (18 euro) erano 4 fettine durissime ed immangiabili di maiale!!! Veramente inconcepibile la gestione del ristorante e pensate che a Skopje TUTTI (albergatori ristoratori guide ) ti avvisano di stare lontani dal ristorante Piu caro della Macedonia!! E poi come frutta non c'era la Macedonia di frutta :)