Greece, a land of gods and nymphs, has a number of exquisitely beautiful places that appear to be straight out of a fairy ...

Trikala Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. I stayed in the lively city when I vivited the Meteora monastery complex several times. Rigas Feraios Square is a pleasant Greek ...

The stone wall of Theopetra in Thessaly was built during the Upper Paleolithic, a whopping 130,000 years ago, when humanity was just beginning to develop more complex tools and survival strategies ...

This Pascha season, the sacred rock formations of Meteora in Thessaly, Greece, are captivating visitors with a breathtaking new lighting system. Located in the Trikala regional unit, Meteora is ...

On the road to the Meteora Monastery, we passed through the fertile fields of Thessaly—a once-thriving agricultural region before the devastation of Storm Daniel in 2023. I was fortunate to see this ...

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 ...

Visit the monasteries of Meteora. Rising from the lush Thessaly plains near Kalambaka like giant dollops of Play-Doh, the Meteora – with its weird and wonderful sandstone pillars housing 24 ...

For unbelievable views of the surrounding countryside, pay a visit to Meteora, located in Thessaly, about a 3.5-hour drive from Athens (or three hours from Thessaloniki).

More than 100 veterinarians have been send to Central Greece to conduct health checks to sheep and goat as a serious outbreak of highly contagious of ovine rinderpest or cattle pest, a virus infecting ...

In Greece, Abbamonte said Meteora in Thessaly is "otherworldly," with monasteries perched on rock cliffs, and US tourists sleep on a northern city called Thessaloniki.

Meteora Pyli, located in Greece's Thessaly region, bills itself as "a journey through space, time and geology", and it's no wonder, as many of its sites seem to seamlessly blend nature and culture.