Meteora rewards photographers who plan around light and weather. Six monasteries sit on conglomerate pillars that rise 300 metres above the Thessalian plain, and their silhouettes change hour by hour as the sun sweeps across the sandstone. Sunrise sends warm light onto the eastern faces, sunset backlights the towers, and mist after rain lifts between … Read more
Rousanou Monastery ranks among the most photographed sights of the Meteora rock cluster. It stands on a lower, rounded pillar in the heart of the formation, wrapped so closely by the stone that walls and rock seem to merge. Small footbridges carry visitors across the narrow gap from the neighbouring rock, making the climb gentler … Read more
Meteora rewards travellers who stay for the last hour of daylight. Low golden light warms the grey sandstone pillars, and the clifftop monasteries turn to dark silhouettes above the plain of Thessaly. The viewpoints along the monastery road fill with visitors who came for exactly this moment, cameras ready and jackets on for the cooling … Read more