Greeka.com: Meteora Reviews - Greece and the Greek Islands

Villages: Loved the squares with fountains

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

This is a small town with character! Of course it is dominated by Meteora and obviously it owes all its prosperity to these giant rocks. Very touristic place with hotels and taverns that work all year. It must be one of the few places in Greece that has tourism all year and consider it is not close to sea, it is in the middle of the mainland. The good thing is the architecture with the small ro...

General: Magnificent holy place

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

We remained speechless at the view of the huge holy rocks in Meteora. Despite the photos you may have seen for this place, nothing compares to it when you see it with your own eyes. Meteora is part of Central Greece located near Pindus Mountains. This is the second largest complex in Greece after Mount Athos, with...

General: A place of devoutness

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Meteora is one of the most unique places to visit. I visited the monasteries 2 months ago with my family. We started our trip from Athens, we passed Lamia, Trikala and finally after 5 hours and a stop at Thermopylae we reached our destination. Meteora is the second complex of monasteries in Greece after Mount Atho...

General: Dress properly in this holy place

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Meteora was a side trip for us, a last-minute addition to our schedule when we spend a week in Athens. After 5 days of non-stop sightseeing (and a hectic nightlife), we decided to have a change of scene and visit Meteora to see the majestic mountains and the ancient monasteries that have been carved out of the humongous rocks giving the miraculous feeling of being suspended in mid air. We booke...

General: Never saw rocks like these

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

It is simply an amazing place. I have traveled a great deal and I have never seen rocks like these! The hikes are amazing, there are a million fab picnic spots. If you want to drive, the roads are excellent (possible a bit hairy in the winter if it's icy) and the signs are plentifyl. Only 4 hours easy drive from Athens. The Monastaries are fascinating. There is also a lovely convent where the n...

General: Most amazing site ever

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

It was an incredible experience to visit Meteora this summer, while we were driving around Greece. We didn't know about Meteora when we came in Greece but had decided to travel around Peloponnese and then go to Thessaloniki. Fortunately, on a travel guide we bought in Athens, we saw Meteora and we were amazed by the p...

General: Our reason to visit Greece

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Meteora were actually the reason we wanted to come to Greece. And I can say that they are really amazing! Pictures can not describe those half natural half human creatures, you have to climb it, you have to see it! Just be careful of opening hours, every monastery has a different one. Women has to wear skirt to enter, but they provide something what you can wrap around you in case you are ...

General: Gorgeous landscape

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

We went to Meteora last autumn on a 2-day tour from Athens. The area looked amazing in the pictures we had seen and so did from close! Huge, barren rocks in the middle of a valley and on top of them... monasteries, as if the monks are trying to pray closer to God to be heard more easily... We arrived at noon in Meteora and went straight ahead to the monasteries. The typical Byzantine nunneri...

General: Advertise the area more

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Meteora was an amazing place and one of the highlights of our Greek trip. We were surprised for the lack of promotion of this area. We are well traveled and geographically aware people and we were very surprised to have never heard of Meteora and its wonderful and rich religious history prior to going there. Even when doing our research for the Greek mainland portion of our journey, Meteora was...

General: An impressive religious site

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Meteora is an impressive religious area with lots of monasteries on top of a big rocky mountain and an astonishing view to a valley. We visited Meteora two months ago. We arrived in Kalambaka at noon, so unfortunately we didn't manage to visit all the monasteries, only the Monastery of Agios Stefanos because the others had already closed their doors to the public. We were truly impressed by its...

General: Peace and spirituality

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

I travelled to Meteora from the UK; flight from London to Athens and by train(s) to Meteora. I was travelling at a very busy time for Greece, the Orthodox Easter holiday period, but somehow managed to reserve the last seat on the train out (not so fortunate on the return - my legs still hurt!). The train journey was an unforgettable experience in itself - central Greece is vast, green and ferti...

General: Meteora Monasteries

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Highway 6 from Larisa leads across the Thessalian plain through Trikala after which you begin to see the first of the rock pillars whose strange shapes give the landscape of the Meteora its distinctive character.
The little town of Kalambaka lies at the foot of the Meteora and a road from the town takes a short circular route around the monasteries perched high on the rocks.
The rocks...

General: I hadn't seen anything like that before

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

I went in Meteora in Greece last July with a group, it was an organized tour for two days. We took the bus from Athens in the morning, arrived in Trikala and then again to the Monasteries. The trip lasted about 5 hours but it was comfortable. I found the Monasteries in Meteora so amazing, like hanging on the rocks! We hade a guide who explained all the history of them. I hadn't seen anything ...

General: The monasteries were incredible.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

It was my first visit to Meteora, the landscape was so beautiful. When we got to the first monastery I couldn't help but think, how was anyone able to build anything on top of those rock formations. It truley is an amazing example of human inginuity and will. Meteora is a must see if you are in the Thessaly area of Greece.