Category: Geosites of Meteora – Pyli Geopark

Rousanou Monastery is located on the road from the village of Kastraki to Meteora. It is one of the six active monasteries of Meteora, which have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1988. It is built on a vertical columnar rock and its building complex covers the…

On the eastern rocks of Meteora above Kalambaka, lies the Monastery of Agia Triada. It is one of the six active monasteries of Meteora, which have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1988. To the east and very close to it is the Monastery of Agios Stefanos….

The Monastery of St. Stephanos is located at the southeastern end of the cluster of meteoric rocks, just above Kalambaka, and it is the only monastery that can be visited without climbing stairs, because access to it is by a small bridge. The view from the patio of the monastery…

Going up to Meteora from the village of Kastraki, shortly after the chapel of Panagia Doupiani and between the ruined monasteries of Prodromos, Agia Moni and Pantokratoros, the men's Holy Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapausas is located on its narrow rock. The frescoes that decorate the small catholicon of the…

In the western part of the Meteora rocks is the Monastery of Great Meteoron, built on the rock of the same name. It is the largest of the six active monasteries of Meteora, which have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1988. It was founded in the…

The Monastery of All Saints, commonly called Varlaam, is built on an imposing rock, at the northwestern end of the Meteora stone town of Meteora and in close proximity to the Great Meteoro and the Monastery of Roussanos. The Monastery of Varlaam owes its name to the ascetic-recluse Varlaam, who…