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Meteora Monasteries Fully Private Day Tour with Great Lunch-Drinks Included
(5) Reviews
Kastraki
Important Information
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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We visit the famous Meteora monasteries from Athens. A great long trip and a long day but worth the visit! Meteora ("suspended in the air") was the hiding spot for the monks from the Romans. We explore two (or 3) amazing monasteries depending on your fitness and timing. We drive around the Meteora maze finding different spots to take photos and enjoy the amazing views. Then, you head for a great (included) lunch & drinks under the guidance of your tour leader. No fixed menu! Authentic Greek food, location, and people; away from the tourist traps. On the way back to Athens, we also stop to stretch at the battlefield of Thermopylae and the famous 300 of King Leonidas of Sparta. A totally priv...
Highlights
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Non smoking vehicle and driver
Bottled water
In-car INFORMATION BOOKLET for all tour activities and sites.
Optional: Vegetarian lunch can be arranged in most cases. Please let us know in advance.
Great lunch & drinks
Totally private transportation
Tickeks to the monasteries; at 3 EUR per monastery per person
Luggage that is more than a normal back pack; unless pre-arranged differently
"Touristy" stops at souvenir, etc shops unless you wish differently!
PROFESSIONAL/LICENSED GUIDE (optional)
Gratitudes (optional)
Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Meteora
Varlaam Monastery
Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoron - Transfiguration of the Saviour
Grand Meteora Monastery
Itinerary
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Meteora
Meteora is one of the most impressive and peculiar geological formations in the whole world. A place of unsurpassed natural beauty, where divine creation met human intervention. We shall be visiting two (or three) of the monasteries that are open on a specific day.
The gigantic rocks of Meteora dominate imposingly over Kalampaka town. This masterpiece of nature reveals all its glory for centuries as a unique geological phenomenon in beauty and an important monument of Orthodoxy.
1 hour
2
Holy Monastery Great Meteoron -Transfiguration of the Saviour
The Great Meteoron Monastery, built on an imposing rock, is the oldest, the biggest, and the most important among the monasteries of Meteora which are preserved today.
1 hour
3
Varlaam Monastery
In 1350 a daring ascetic named Varlaam ascended to the rock. The monastery was named after him. He built three churches, a small cell and a water tank. After his death the rock remained abandoned for about 200 years until 1517 when the two priest-monks Theophanes and Nektarios Apsarades started to construct the first buildings from the beginning.
45 minutes
4
Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Meteora
Probably the most photographed monastery. According to historical sources Holy Trinity must have been built between 1458 and 1476.
1 hour
5
Battlefield of Thermopylae
We take a break at the Thermopylae battlefield location with King Leonidas statue. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, in 480 BC.
Meteora Monasteries Fully Private Day Tour with Great Lunch-Drinks Included
(5) Reviews
Kastraki
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We visit the famous Meteora monasteries from Athens. A great long trip and a long day but worth the visit! Meteora ("suspended in the air") was the hiding spot for the monks from the Romans. We explore two (or 3) amazing monasteries depending on your fitness and timing. We drive around the Meteora maze finding different spots to take photos and enjoy the amazing views. Then, you head for a great (included) lunch & drinks under the guidance of your tour leader. No fixed menu! Authentic Greek food, location, and people; away from the tourist traps. On the way back to Athens, we also stop to stretch at the battlefield of Thermopylae and the famous 300 of King Leonidas of Sparta. A totally priv...
Highlights
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Non smoking vehicle and driver
Bottled water
In-car INFORMATION BOOKLET for all tour activities and sites.
Optional: Vegetarian lunch can be arranged in most cases. Please let us know in advance.
Great lunch & drinks
Totally private transportation
Tickeks to the monasteries; at 3 EUR per monastery per person
Luggage that is more than a normal back pack; unless pre-arranged differently
"Touristy" stops at souvenir, etc shops unless you wish differently!
PROFESSIONAL/LICENSED GUIDE (optional)
Gratitudes (optional)
Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Meteora
Varlaam Monastery
Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoron - Transfiguration of the Saviour
