The monasteries of Meteora are one of Greece's biggest attractions. ... Kalambaka [Kastraki] Trikala, Thessaly, Greece; +30 24320 78260. Hotel Meteora at Kastraki, 2nd km Kalambakas - Ioanninon ...

Here are 17 stunning photos of Meteora in Greece, a complex of monasteries that sits thousands of feet above the ground. ... Wine is still produced in the northwestern part of Thessaly, near Meteora.

This week's Offbeat Traveler is inspired by Los Angeles Times reader Gene Minick, who recently visited the remote monasteries of Metéora in Greece's Thessaly region.

Above the town of Kalambaka, on the north-western edge of Greece’s Plain of Thessaly, giant rock formations reach nearly 400m into the sky, like something out of a science fiction movie.

The scholar monk. The biggest, oldest and highest of the half-dozen monasteries of Meteora is Great Meteoron. It was established, brick by laborious brick, during the 14th century by scholar monk ...

A Greece less photographed, less visited, but whose wild beauty surpasses many of the more famous panoramas. In Thessaly, the stones tell stories and nature reigns supreme.

The monasteries of Meteora are one of Greece's biggest attractions. ... Kalambaka [Kastraki] Trikala, Thessaly, Greece; +30 24320 78260. Hotel Meteora at Kastraki, 2nd km Kalambakas - Ioanninon ...

Above the town of Kalambaka, on the north-western edge of Greece’s Plain of Thessaly, giant rock formations reach nearly 400m into the sky, like something out of a science fiction movie.