The monastery complex of Meteora, Greece, sits thousands of feet above the ground, making it one of the most remote places to live and worship in the world.; While 30 monasteries were built over ...

High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched on the edge of sandstone peaks. In centuries past, their place of worship ...

Visit Meteora (0030 24320 23820) offers day-trips to Meteora from Athens, from £49pp. Aegean Airlines flies from London Heathrow to Athens from £157 return. Advertisement ...

What better way to get closer to heaven than to build monasteries on megalithic mountains? Monks from the Greek Orthodox Church constructed their soaring monastery complex, known as Meteora, upon ...

Nestled within the picturesque Thessaly region at the centre of mainland Greece, the Meteora Pyli UNESCO Global Geopark is famed for the towering Meteora sandstone columns that reach heights of up to ...

There's so much more to Greece than Athens, Santorini, and Mykonos. Here are the best places to visit, ... In the 14th century, the first Meteora monastery was built, ...

There's so much more to Greece than Athens, Santorini, and Mykonos. Here are the best places to visit, ... In the 14th century, the first Meteora monastery was built, ...

The region of Meteora combines outlandish topography and improbable architecture to divine effect. TRAVEL Follow the divine topography of this Greek pilgrimage for monks ...

Kalabaka, Greece, in October with views of Meteora’s rock formations and monasteries perched above sheer drops. (Woody Stephens) By A Virginian Pilot Reader. PUBLISHED: ...