Great Meteoron Monastery: Meteora’s Largest Monastery

Great Meteoron Monastery: Meteora's Largest Monastery

Great Meteoron crowns the Broad Rock above Kalabaka, the tallest and largest of the six working monasteries that give Meteora its fame. The full name is the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ, and locals call it Megalo Meteoro. Its stone buildings rise near six hundred metres, reached by a long flight of carved … Read more

Meteora Monasteries: Visiting the Six Clifftop Monasteries

Meteora Monasteries: Visiting the Six Clifftop Monasteries

Meteora crowns central Greece with six active Eastern Orthodox monasteries perched on giant sandstone-conglomerate pillars. The rocks rise sheer above the town of Kalabaka and the village of Kastraki in Thessaly. Monks settled these summits from the fourteenth century, turning inaccessible caves and crags into places of prayer. The complex earned UNESCO World Heritage status … Read more