After leaving Turkey and on our way back to the Ionian Islands off Greece's western coast we visited holy Meteora in central Greece. Our host Eric at our accommodation at Gallipoli said it was somewhere we really shouldn't miss. He was right.
Holy Meteora! It was spectacular. It was also 40 degrees when we arrived at Kalambaka, the town on the Thessaly Plain - at the foot of Meteora. Fortunately the hotel room was air-conditioned and we slept well before our trek the next day.
The rock formations are an amazing marvel of nature themselves. But there, perched on top of the rocks, are six monesteries built frm th e14th to 16th centuries. This UNESCO world heritage sight is quite spectacular.
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This is the view from our hotel room in Kalambaka across the roof
tops to the sandstone rock peaks where, to the right, you can just see the
sun setting on the Monestery of Agios Stefanos. |
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| Agia Triada monestery - very James Bond |
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| Rousanou monestary |
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| Cable car access to the Great Meteoran monestery. |
hold on to your hats on that bye-bye-buddy cable car!
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