Meteora Monasteries

City: Meteora, Greece
Weather: 88°, sunny
Site: Meteora Monasteries
Activity: climbing stairs, learning how the monks and nuns live

Day 3 & 4: A 4 hour drive from Delphi through (sometimes snow covered) mountains, we arrived in Meteora, Greece. Here 9th century hermit monks settled on top of these massive stone outcroppings to escape distraction, and later, Turkish occupation. At its most populated, there were 24(?) active monasteries, each of which were reached by rock climbing or rickety ladders.

The sunset was epic, the rock formations were unlike anything I’ve ever seen. A very interesting place, but I must say, the town Kalambaka at the base was a terribly tourist packed town. Worth it to see these very strange monasteries.

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Meteora: Selfie
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Meteora: Monastery in the distance
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Meteora: Sexy Sunset
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Meteora: City at the Base, Kalambaka
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Meteora: Inside a Monastery
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Meteora: St. Stephen nunnary
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Meteora: Outside the Great Meteoron Monastery

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