10 hours     Meteora Monasteries, Thessaly     All year around

One of the most remarkable sites in Greece: a group of monasteries perched atop pinnacles of rock up to 600 meters high.

A rare geological phenomenon, a quirk of nature as it were, created these looming rocks which trust skywards from the plain of Thessaly, as if striving to come closer to God. These peculiarly impressive natural sculptures are known as Meteora because they do indeed seem to hang or hover (meteoro in Greek) above the plain. Their summits totally isolated from the rest of the world, were a refuge for many hermits from as early as the 11^th century. Three hundred years later the first monasteries were founded. Access to the monasteries and settlements was made by ladder and rope.

Once we arrive to the monasteries you will admire the brickwork of the Byzantine workmanship. The Churches house the spectacular frescoes, ivory carving, manuscripts and the fine work of art previously supported by the Emperos at the time. It is included in the tour the visit of two monasteries, Grand Meteora or Varlaam Monasteries as well as the Monastery of Agios Stefanos (Nuns).

  Highlights

  Visit of two Monasteries