Meteora in Greece features monasteries perched 1,300 feet high on cliffs, blending faith, nature, and history in a UNESCO protected site.

Steps carved into the cliffs in the 1920s made reaching Meteora’s monasteries somewhat easier, though, and today they welcome around 2.5 million visitors every year. Tourism “affects the ...

Carved right into the rock, up on a cliffside or overlooking the valley from atop a rocky promontory... In the Balkans, from ...

The town is situated at the foot of sandstone cliffs and pinnacles that rise ... in the 11th century because of its remoteness; monasteries followed. The area is known as Meteora.

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

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Monks' days tend to be anchored in busy schedules of worship and work, since the monasteries have to support themselves. “There is no time for boredom. Nor for melancholy,” Spyridon said.