Meteora’s sandstone peaks are home to Greece’s celebrated mountaintop monasteries as well as an adventure ... Years ago the only access to the monasteries was by a rope and pulley system, ...

Where nature meets the divine, Meteora rises above the clouds as a mystical sanctuary of Greek Orthodox monasteries perched on towering rock pillars. Built centuries ago, with only ropes, pulleys ...

The legendary world of Meteora, in northwestern Greece about a four-hour journey from Athens, comprises 24 monasteries, suspended between heaven and Earth ( meteora literally means just that).

These locations are wonderfully dramatic and treacherous, but the Greek Orthodox Church one-ups them all with Meteora, a collection of monasteries perched on rock pillars 1300 feet above ground.

Meteora’s sandstone peaks are home to Greece’s celebrated mountaintop monasteries as well as an adventure ... Years ago the only access to the monasteries was by a rope and pulley system, ...

Years ago the only access to the monasteries was by a rope and pulley system, or by free-climbing the cliffs. In the 1920s stairs were constructed, allowing safer travel for monks and visitors ...