Meteora Full Day
take a look at the marvellous
sites and spots of METEORA
take a look at the marvelous
sites and spots of Meteora
How we start our trip!
We will pick you up from your hotel in Athens and drive you back at the end of the
tour.
Our suggestion is to start your tour at 07:00 am.
Our suggestion is to start your tour at 07:00 am.
First stop...
We will drive via the National
Highway towards Meteora.
After four hours we will reach
Kalambaka an important town
well known due to the second
largest and most important
complexes of Eastern Orthodox
Monasteries in Greece after
Mount Athos, Meteora.
We will visit three of the six suspended in the air Monasteries, built on natural
sandstone rock pillars. The Meteora Monasteries date back to the 11th century and are
included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. The James Bond movie for
your eyes only was filmed at the Monastery of Holy Trinity.
Next stop...
Leaving Kalambaka we will make a short stop at Thermopylae, the Hot Gates.
Thermopylae has been associated globally with values such as bravery , undying will
and patriotism which were embodied through King Leonidas ,with his famous 300
Spartans , and the rest of the Greek forces.
The monument of King Leonidas was erected by the battlefield reminding all of us of
the sacrifice of those patriots for a free country.
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις,
ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα,
τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα,
τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
Tell them in Lacedaemon (Sparta),
passer-by that here,
obedient to their word, we lie.
passer-by that here,
obedient to their word, we lie.
Simonides of Ceos, Greek lyric poet.
Finally, we arrive to Athens and drop you off in your hotel.
The duration of the tour is approximately 12-14 hours.
Please note that in order for visitors to be allowed to enter the monasteries at Meteora, they are obliged to conform to the corresponding dress code:
A) Long trousers for men.B) Overcoats that cover the shoulders and skirt up to the knee for women.
TRIP INFORMATION
- 3 Euros for each Monastery
- 3 Euros for Thermopylae Historical Information Center
