In Northwest Thessaly, above Kalambaka, the eerie, huge and dark rocks of Meteora,
full of fossilized shells, rise proud and imposing at a height of 400 m - a unique
geological phenomenon. In this wild and inaccessible, evocative landscape, between
heaven and earth, spreads the second most important monastic complex in Greece, after
Mount Athos.
Of the twenty-four monasteries that existed historically, today only six (Agios
Nikolaos Anapaussa, Metamorfosis tou Sotiros or Megalo Meteoro, Varlam, Rousanos,
Agia Triada and Agios Stefanos) are functioning today, which are excellently organized
and renovated with respect for tradition, for six hundred and for more years they
continue unwaveringly, without interruption and deviations, genuine and strict testimony
of orthodox monasticism.
The holy lithopolis of Meteora has been included in the Unesco World Heritage List
since 1988. Make a pilgrimage with us to the meteoric monasteries on the windswept
cliffs, a wander through their eventful history.
