Meteora Monasteries

Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece · Greece

Meteora Monasteries, Greece
Photo: Ioannis Ioannidis, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
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$
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A cluster of Orthodox monasteries perched atop towering sandstone pillars above the Pindos foothills. Monks once reached the summits only by rope ladders and hauling nets, and several communities remain active today.

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