Athens Trip Overview
Your day will begin with a pickup by your English-speaking driver from your hotel in Athens. After a quick introduction, you will board your private car and begin your fully customizable ride through the geological phenomenon of Meteora. Our drivers are not licensed to accompany you into the sights but are very knowledgeable of the places visited and will share all the necessary historical information and their local perspective.
Please note that men are required to wear long pants and women long skirts to enter the monasteries.
Once you arrive in Kalambaka you will be taken to the very top of the towering cliffs, to visit the monasteries that are perched high up on the steep rocks of Meteora. Varlaam Monastery, Holy Trinity, Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas and Megalo Meteoro are all built in the 16th Century and offer stunning views.
At the end of your exploration, your driver will drive you safely back to Athens.
Additional Info
Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Your day will begin with a pickup by your English-speaking driver from your hotel in Athens. After a quick introduction, you will board your private car and begin your fully customizable ride through the geological phenomenon of Meteora. Our drivers are not licensed to accompany you into the sights but are very knowledgeable of the places visited and will share all the necessary historical information and their local perspective.
Please note that men are required to wear long pants and women long skirts to enter the monasteries.
Once you arrive in Kalambaka you will be taken to the very top of the towering cliffs, to visit the monasteries that are perched high up on the steep rocks of Meteora. Varlaam Monastery, Holy Trinity, Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas and Megalo Meteoro are all built in the 16th Century and offer stunning views.
At the end of your exploration, your driver will drive you safely back to Athens.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Battlefield of Thermopylae, Thermopylae Greece
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.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Meteora, Kastraki, Kalambaka 422 00 Greece
The Meteora is a rock formation and a World Heritage site, hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries.
Duration: 4 minutes
Stop At: Holy Trinity Monastery (Agia Triada), Kalambaka Greece
Kalabaka is a town and a municipality in the Trikala regional unit, where the Meteora Monasteries are located.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Theopetra’s Prehistoric Cave, Northeast Above the Village of Theopetra, Kalambaka 422 00 Greece
The Cave of Theopetra, just 4 km away from Meteora, is indeed a very unique archeological site, mainly because it has revealed many of our early history secrets.
Duration: 30 minutes
