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).

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, ...