The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of ...

Fall from these structures, as monks often did during their perilous, devotion-proving construction, and you’d have many moments of tumbling contemplation. When travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Somewhere, there is a Greece where monasteries reach the clouds ... it is undoubtedly the Meteora. Here, vast stone pillards sculpted by erosion hold, as if in balance, ancient monasteries ...

These Greece tours depart daily, usually from May through October. Meteora – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – has been home to monasteries since the 11th century. The monasteries sit atop ...

Nestled within the picturesque Thessaly region at the centre of mainland Greece, the Meteora Pyli UNESCO Global Geopark is ... Perched atop these 'columns of the sky' are the iconic Byzantine ...

SBS Greek's Panos Apostolou talks with Deputy ... The historical evidence suggests that in the past, the monasteries of Meteora were thirty in total. Out of these thirty, only six are in operation ...