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Most amazing site ever
Meteora Review: |
Date posted: Jul 20, 2009
Posted by: Bettyisl
Times Viewed: 232
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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 pictures! It was good luck that this place was in our route, we just had to make about an hour roundabout and go through Trikala, but it was not far from the National Road to Thessaloniki. Even if it was half a day away, I would go to Meteora, because this site is probably what striked me the most in Greece!
Huge rocks (really huge and impressive) in the middle of a valley and monasteries on top of them! How unique is that? They say monks built these monasteries so high to be closer to God! Nice thinking, as indeed you feel closer to heaven there. Sit on the rocks and look at the valley behind. Don't do that if you are afraid of heights! The view is to die for, excellent, gorgeous, impressive. The monasteries, too, look so away from modern times. In one monastery, there is not even a way to get up and monks are pulled up with a rope. I miss that place.
From all beaches and ancient sites we saw in Greece, Meteora was the most amazing for us. I really think you should advertise more this place, it is a shame that most people don't know about it. Thank God, we were lucky enough to find it.
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