The Meteora monasteries are located on peculiarly shaped conglomerate rocks, formerly practically inaccessible monastery complexes in the north of Thessaly in mainland Greece.
background
The designation »Meteora« the accumulation of various monasteries and hermitages comes from the Greek word μετεωρίζω (meteorizo) "lift up"; when it is foggy, the monasteries seem to float on the rocks between heaven and earth. The Greek Orthodox Meteora monasteries belong to the UNESCO World Heritage and are probably only with those on the mountain Athos to compare.
The monasteries of Meteora became one of the most important excursion destinations in Greece. In the season (June to August) it can be very hectic in every accessible monastery. The Meteora monasteries can be visited much quieter in winter, as well as in spring and autumn. Even if rain and snow are more frequent and you have to plan the tours a bit, you can enjoy the monastery visit better, you are alone and very undisturbed - this can create a bit of a hermit mood.
history
In the numerous caves in the conglomerate rock on the edge of the Pineios river plain, the first hermits withdrew as early as the 11th century AD to lead an ascetic life. From the various hermitages, remains of which can still be found in numerous caves today, the monks came together on Sunday to hold church services. The monastic community built with the hermitage Doùpiani a first monastery in the 11th century.
Around 1344 the monk Athanasios, accompanied by his foster father Gregorios and other companions, came to the area from Mount Athos. The monks moved into several previously inhabited caves and lived as hermits; Athanasios probably founded the around 1356 Metamòrphosis Monastery or Megàlo Meteoro as the first and largest of the Meteora monasteries.
As a result, more monastery buildings were erected on the surrounding rocks, most of which were hardly accessible on foot, the monks and necessities were pulled up into the monasteries from the valley floor with winches. During the time of the Ottoman rule, many believers fled to Meteora in order to be able to practice their faith here, which was not easily possible under Turkish rule. The emerging community of faith was the one on the holy mountain Athos very similar.
The monasteries gained in power and influence through possession of the surrounding lands, schools of type copiers, calligraphers and icon painters developed. In modern times there was a decline in the monastery economy, fewer and fewer believers opted for monastery life, but the monasteries became an attraction for travelers. Around 1921, Queen Maria of Romania was the first woman to be granted access to the Megálo Meteoro Monastery; the accesses were improved with bridges and stairs so that visitors no longer had to be hoisted into the monastery in a net with a winch.
During the Second World War and the turmoil of the Italian and Nazi occupation, a lot of damage was unfortunately caused by bombardments and works of art became the spoils of war, the damage and deterioration caused by the ravages of time have been remedied in recent years through major renovation efforts.
Of the 24 monasteries and larger hermitages, six are still inhabited by monks today; there are four monasteries and two nunneries. Here, too, the succession of friars is a problem, so that more and more students help out in the monasteries. On the other hand, tourism has grown enormously in the last 100 years and tens of thousands visit the monasteries every year.
places
- 1 Kalambaka
(Καλαμπάκα). 
with the railway station, the starting point for Meteora tours is visited by many visitors. - 2 Kastraki (Καστράκι Τρικάλων).is as a neighboring place at the foot or. on the direct access road to the meteor monasteries.
language
Greek is spoken here, but you can also communicate well with English practically everywhere. Sometimes one is also understood in German.
getting there
It is best to take enough time and visit one or the other monastery on your own with your private vehicle. This is the only way to freely choose the sequence and duration of the individual visits as well as photo locations, even in the high season there are always parking spaces if you accept a walk that is a few minutes longer. On foot it is not necessary to follow the mostly shady road, there are numerous paths, both from Kalambáka and Kastráki.
A railway line from Paleofarsalos ends in Kalambaka, but since the restrictions resulting from the financial crisis only two pairs of trains run daily, one each from Athens and Thessaloniki. However, there is a connection in the other direction in Paleofarsalos.
Kalambaka can also be reached by bus from the KTEL.
The access on the street leads over Kalambaka (More in the local article), the place is on the main street EO06that of Larisa resp. Karditsa above Trikala to Kalambaka and from there further into the mountains (and the east-west connection, the highway A2 - Odos Egnatia) leads.
From Kalambaka leads them with Meteora designated access via Kastraki. Past the Doupiani rock, the road first leads past the Agios Nikólaos Anapavsás monastery, with a few switchbacks past the Rousánou monastery, then the road forks. To the left / north it goes to the monasteries Metamórphosis and Varlaám. To the right / southeast the road continues to the rock of Agía Triáda and finally to the monastery of Agios Stéphanos. At the east end of Kalambáka there is also a road towards Meteóra. Another road connection exists from the north via the towns of Skepári and Vlacháva.
mobility
If you have little time to prepare, you can get one guided trip afterwards (day trips to Meteora are organized from many Greek destinations) and is funneled through one or more monasteries at a brisk pace and quickly receives all the information worth knowing about the monasteries and their surroundings.
However, if you want to visit the monasteries on your own according to your own schedule, linger a little longer or want to look for an optimal photo location and time, it is advisable to travel with your own vehicle. Parking spaces are actually sufficiently marked, in the season one is always free, as other visitors have completed the tour and continue to drive. You are not allowed to park outside the designated areas; in particular, those in front of each monastery are sufficiently designated Turning areas (which must also be enough for the buses) to keep clear - here is also checked.
The monasteries are also easily accessible by bike. This eliminates problems such as looking for a parking space. However, due to the inclines, it should be equipped with a gearshift that is suitable for mountains.
Those who do not have their own vehicle can use it four times a day from April to October (departure from Kalambaka 09.00, 11.00, 13.00, 17.00) Bus of the KTEL to use. The bus drives through the district of Kastraki and also stops outside of the locality on a show of hands everywhere. The bus takes around 35 minutes for the leisurely, photo-friendly journey on the panoramic road to the last of the six monasteries. In the even hours, the bus drives back from Agios Stéphanos past all the monasteries to Kastráki and Kalambáka.
An alternative is to hike through the monasteries. On mostly well-developed paved hiking trails, not only the most visited monasteries, but also other destinations can be reached without any problems. The distances from one monastery to the next take around 30 - 150 minutes. On the way between the monasteries, however, the use of the road cannot be completely avoided, in particular there is no other connection between the two eastern monasteries Agia Triada and Agios Stéfaos and the rest.
Only one of the six monasteries to be visited can be reached with almost no stairs, so travelers with knee problems may not make too many monastery visits in one day. A head for heights is no longer a prerequisite for visiting the most visited monasteries, thanks to the renouncement of air transport in the winch network, there are good staircases. The situation is different with via ferrata to uninhabited monastery ruins and hermitages.
It is possible to visit all the monasteries to be visited in one day if you start early in the morning and end the tour in the evening. From numerous vantage points there are sensational views of the monasteries, the plain and the town of Kalambaka. However, not all monasteries are always open to the public. All monasteries that can be visited are open on Sunday morning. If you are out on a weekday, it is worthwhile to find out about the opening times before you arrive.
Tourist Attractions
Six monasteries are still in operation, the monastic communities live more or less from tourism, but the time of tranquil hermit life is over. With support from the EU, the monasteries that were still inhabited were painstakingly restored and monasteries and hermitages threatened with collapse were secured.
In addition to the monasteries, countless ones are worthwhile Hermits a visit. The small caves, which had been prepared for living by devout Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic Christians, were places of retreat for prayer and meditation. For this reason, they are often extremely difficult to access and can only be visited with climbing knowledge.
- 1 Agios Nikólaos Anapavás Monastery (Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά Μετεώρων). Tel.: 24320 22375.Open: daily 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., closed on Fridays.Price: 3 €.
- The monastery is already the first on the access road from Kastraki is one of the most spectacular monasteries in Meteora :. The building has become a bit of a landmark of Meteora, because the rock merges directly into the building and this had to be built on the rock towards the sky for reasons of space.
- The monastery of Ag. Nikolaos probably originated in the 14th century. The name of the monastery is probably derived from the name of the founder (Nikólaos). The word Anapavás speaks for a place of rest, probably meant as a place of rest and relaxation for the hermits. It was abandoned in 1909 and left to decay, after a long restoration since 1960 it was made accessible again.
- When climbing the monastery, you first come to the tiny chapel of St. Anthony, in which (actually coming from above it is the crypt) valuable manuscripts and the church treasures were kept. It's on the next floor Catholicon, the main church of the monastery dedicated to Agios Nikolaos. In 1527 the church was frescoed by the Cretan painter Theophanis Strelitzas (Theophanes the Cretan), it is an early work by the founder of the "Cretan School". The is on the next floor Trapezoid (the refectory or dining room of the monks), on the top floor the ossuary (Charnel house) and the chapel of Ag. Ioannis Prodromos.
- You can get to the monastery from the parking lot on a modern stone staircase.
- 2 Rousánou Monastery (Μονή Ρουσάνου Μετεώρων). Tel.: 24320 22649.Open: daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (April 1 - October 31), in winter (Nov - March) 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., closed on Wednesdays.Price: € 3.00.
- The Rousánou monastery is also a landmark of the Meteora monasteries due to its exposed location on a rock that can be seen from numerous sides. The access road goes around the rock with the Rousánou monastery to the west.
- The origin of the name of the monastery could not be conclusively clarified, just as the time and circumstances of the foundation could not be clarified. In any case, the monastery was written in the 16th century. mentioned. To what extent the statements of the abbot Polykarpos Rammidis in his Meteora story from 1822, that the rock of the monastery was first inhabited by the monk Nicodemus in 1388, is open. The monastery complex got its present form in the 16th century, in 1527/29 two brothers from Ioannina started the construction on the rock and the old catholicon was included in the new building.
- This can be found on the ground floor Catholicon, the main church dedicated to the transfiguration of Christ ("Metamorphosis"). The church is adorned with frescoes by an outstanding artist who is not known by name and who belongs to the Cretan school. On the other two floors there are monk cells and reception rooms.
- For the longest time of its existence, the monastery could only be reached via a dangerous rope ladder. According to legend, the ropes were only replaced "when the Lord pleased to let them break", so climbing up was not a safe undertaking. In times of crisis, under persecution by the Turkish pasha in the middle of the 18th century and in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, many refugees found shelter under the hospitable roof of the monastery. A wooden bridge was built under Abbot Gedeon in 1868, and in 1930 access was improved with two fixed bridges and cemented steps.
- The former monastery was abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century, for years until her death in 1971 the pious abbess Efsevia lived here alone. In recent years a religious community of nuns has established itself, so that the monastery next to Ag. Stephanos has been the second nunnery in Meteora since 1989. In 1982 a thorough renovation and restoration took place. Around 2000, the lower part of the building, which is connected to the old buildings on the summit by an attached elevator, was built.
- From the parking lot on the main street, the monastery can be climbed relatively comfortably on a staircase over two bridges from the rear (north side).
- 3 Metamórphosis Sotiris Monastery / Megálo Meteóro (Μεγάλο Μετέωρο). Tel.: 24320 22278.Open: daily 9 am–3pm, closed Tuesday.Price: € 3.00.
- The Great Meteorological Monastery or Monastery of Megalo Meteoro or Metamorphosis Sotiris is the largest and most important of the meteorological monasteries - it was built in the middle of the 14th century Athos native monk Athanassios Meteoritis founded. Due to constant unrest, threats from raids by the Turks and internal quarrels, Athanassios left the monastery on Mount Athos and migrated to Thessaly to seek the tranquility of solitude at the rocks of Stagoi (Doupiani). At first he lived together with the monk Gregorois on the rock "Stylon" (Agio Pnevma), then around 1340, looking for even more solitude, he settled down on an even higher rock, the "Platy Lithos" or so named by Athanassios "Meteoro". After he had first built a Church of St. Mary, he later laid the foundation stone in memory of Christ's Transfiguration ("Metamorphothendos Sotiros Christou"), his monastic community of 14 members, he laid down rules for monastic coexistence.
- Athanassios built a hermitage in a cave (on the left just before the monastery entrance) and made the path on the rock accessible. His successor, Joassaph, son of the king of Thessaly, decided when he was still a child to put on the monk's robe; his sister decided to make generous donations to the monastery. The main church Catholicon from the 14th century was decorated with frescoes in 1483, soon manuscripts were copied and calligraphies were made by monks. In 1540, the Megalo Meteoro monastery, like the monasteries on Mount Athos, was granted complete independence from the patriarch; the certificate is still issued. In 1544/45 the new main church, the Catholicon erected, followed in 1557 Trapezoid, the refectory (dining room) of the monks. The Estia (the kitchen) and that hospitalin which the elderly were cared for.
- The numerous frescoes of the Katholikon were completed in 1552, on the southwest corner the monastery donors Athanasios and Joassaph are depicted with monk's robes and a monastery model in their hands, here is their burial place. In the main dome is that Pantocrator (Christ as universal ruler), there are numerous biblical scenes and depictions of saints. The portable icons of the monastery are also very well known, including one depicting Christ as high priest, the Madonna and various saints.
- In one museumSeveral of the valuable manuscripts are on display in the room (in the former hospital), 640 of all 1200 manuscripts from the meteorological monasteries belong to the Megalo Meteoro monastery. In addition, the library includes incontinence prints of Bibles, psalteries, liturgical books and also of secular philosophical works. Silversmith work and gold embroidery are part of the church treasury. In another museumUniforms and certificates from the time of the Greek Wars of Independence to 1941 are on display in the former refectory.
- The former are also worth seeing kitchen and the Wine cellar With appropriate equipment, the skulls can be seen through a window Ossuary be seen.
- In the 15th century, a vertical wooden ladder was attached to the rock as an entrance, and the monastery was repeatedly the victim of looting by Ottoman soldiers of the Pasha of Ioannina. It was not until 1922 that today's access stairs with a short tunnel at the beginning were cut into the rock. In 2006 the entire complex was restored and two rooms were set up as museums (with sacred objects and an exhibition on the military past of Thessaly and the Meteora monasteries).
- From the parking lot you climb an easily accessible staircase to the foot of the rock, here is also the loading point for the winch of the freight elevator); From there a staircase (just wide enough to cross) leads in a zigzag up to the monastery entrance. Toilets, museum shop with sales of information brochures.
- 4 Varlaám Monastery (Μονή Βαρλαάμ). Tel.: 24320 22277.Open: daily 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., closed on Fridays.Price: € 3.00.
- A hermit lived on the rock of the Varlaám monastery for the first time in the 14th century. The construction of the monastery complex was probably not started until 1518 under the guidance of the monks Theophanis and Nektarios, who came from Ioannina. The main church Katholikon was probably completed in 1541/42, only after the completion of the work did the church shine in full splendor in 1544. It is reported that Theophanis came out of his cell with the last of his strength on his stick, blessed his brothers and the builders, stonemasons, carvers and painters and blessed the temporal in the coming night. The double cross-domed church with an eso-narthex was decorated with frescoes in 1548. The free-standing campanile, the bell tower, is exceptional.
- In the northwest corner there is a chapel built in 1627/37. The refectory is also worth seeing; Restoration work is currently being carried out in the area.
- The Varlaám monastery also has a collection of 290 manuscripts, and numerous codex writers and calligraphers worked in the monastery.
- The Varlaám Monastery is easily accessible from the street with a large parking lot. A newly built bridge leads over a ravine to the rock, then a little over a hundred steps wait to the entrance to the monastery. Thanks to this modern staircase carved into the rock in 1923, visitors have since been spared the need to use the winch's transport network. A gray transport cable car is used to transport materials to the monastery. Toilets, museum shop with a history of information pamphlets available.
- 5 Agia Triáda (Μονή Αγίας Τριάδας Μετεώρων). Tel.: 24320 22220.Open: daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (April 1 - October 31), closed on Thursdays; in winter 10 am–4pm, closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays.Price: € 3.00.
- The monastery of Agia Triáda, which is extremely isolated and inaccessible from below on a high rock, is also a landmark of the meteor monasteries. But it became famous quite differently, in the film "James Bond - In tödlicher Mission" ("For Your Eyes Only") the monastery serves as the setting in the final scene; there is a thrill when you see Roger Moore scramble up the vertical cliffs and fall into the rope over Kalambaka.
- The near of Kalambaka The monastery above the village can be seen very well from here, and the view of the valley is correspondingly spectacular. The monastery complex is quite generous because the rock on which the monastery was built offers enough space.
- The monastery was built in the 15th century, according to tradition, a monk named Dmometios founded the monastery in 1438, although a monastery or a hermitage was mentioned earlier. The Catholicon, the main church, was built according to an inscription in 1475/76. The two-pillar church with a central dome looks relatively dark because it only has small windows. The interior with frescoes dates from 1741 and was created by the priest Antonios and his brother Nikolaos according to the metabyzantine pattern; in the corners of the picture of Christ Pantocrator there are images of the four evangelists. The wood-carved iconostasis with four valuable icons from the 17th century. was stolen in 1979 and had to be replaced. In 1689/92 an anteroom and a likewise decorated esonarthex were added.
- The monastery also includes reception rooms, the »Trapeza« refectory and the monks' cells. A corridor to the left after the entrance leads to the chapel of the Timios Prodromos, The frescoed chapel may have previously served as a hermit's hermitage.
To the east you can see the winch tower with the wooden reel of the old transport cable winch that was used to haul visitors and food into the monastery until the 1920s. Today there is a gray-painted metal horizontal transport cable car.
- At the rear of the monastery you can enter a terrace, here are some of the monks' vegetable patches. You can walk over the grippy sandstone, which leaves the impression of gentle waves here, on the south side to the cross, which is illuminated at night. The view over Kalambaka is great. Here a railing protects against falling, but this is not the case on the sides of the rock. So when taking photos, don't take a few steps backwards to bring everything into the picture ... - Seriously: Don't let children romp around, there is a risk of falling.
The little place for quiet meditation (the toilet facility) is in the south and can be reached via the terrace.
- The collection of 124 manuscripts is now in the sacristy of the monastery of Ag. Stephanos kept; What is known is a gospel book with silver lids printed in Venice from 1539. The well-known personal library of Bishop Kleinovitis Paissios, along with the church treasures, was apparently looted during the days of the Second World War.
- For centuries the monastery could only be reached via rope ladders or in the transport network with the elevator winch. Today the monastery, which is still operated by monks, can be reached via a staircase; the 140 steps were cut into the rock in 1925 and some run in tunnels; The access road has been renewed in recent years at great expense.
- Parking space is sometimes scarce on the access road; as the bus must be able to pass, it is better to park a little further away and walk the short distance. The monastery is also about 45 minutes' walk from Kalambaka via a good hiking trail. Toilets available.
- 6 Agios Stephános Monastery (Μονή Αγίου Στεφάνου Μετεώρων). Tel.: 24320 22279.Open: daily 9 a.m. - 1.20 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (April 1 - October 31), closed on Mondays; in winter 9.30am - 1pm and 3pm - 5pm, closed on Mondays.Price: € 3.00.
- Probably the easiest monastery to visit is the monastery of Agios Stephános. With vehicles you can drive up to a large parking lot (with a signposted no overnight stay), over a modern bridge (which replaced the former retractable bridge) you can get to the monastery without much effort.
- The beginnings of monastery life are in the dark, in an inscription that was destroyed after 1927 the year 1191/92 was to be read next to the name Jeremias, and there was probably a hermit hermitage on the rock before the monastery was built. The monastery was founded in the 15th century, in 1545 the monk Philotheos renewed and enlarged the small catholicon (main church) of St. Stefanos and built cells and ancillary buildings. The rules of the monastery were also laid down under him. The Chapel of St. Stephen is a single-nave basilica with an esonarthex, under Abbot Mitrofanis it was decorated with frescoes from 1545. In the narthex there are depictions of the monastery founders Antonios and Philotheos in their monk's robes.
- Under Bishop Paissios Kleinovitis, today's main church was built in 1798, the Catholicon is dedicated to Saint Charalambos. The church is designed as a four-pillar cross-domed church; in front of the church is a spacious eso-narthex with four columns. In the 19th century An arcade was built in front as an exo-narthex on the northern outside. There has always been a close relationship with the Romanian princely house of Vlachia, the most important relic, the skull of St. Charalambos, was given to the monastery as a gift from Prince Vladislav of Vlachia. In the narthex there is a representation of the Last Judgment, the dome with the representation of the Pantocrator was destroyed after bombing with grenades by the Wehrmacht (who suspected resistance fighters to be here) in 1945. After the restoration, the hagiographer Vlassi Tsotsoni was commissioned in 1992 to paint the building according to the tradition of the Cretan school.
- In the 19th century there was a brisk construction activity under Abbot Konstandios, the Trapezoid (Refectory) dates from 1857, a large monastery school was built in which nuns taught orphan girls until 1970.
- The Cemetery church the Archangels Michael & Gabriel and Saint Klavdia is more recent and was built under Abbess Agathi.
- 147 manuscripts are kept in the monastery, as well as early prints, finely carved crosses, silver chalices and incense vessels and a gold-embroidered epitaph, a coffin ceiling. The abbot's throne and carved prayer reels are worth seeing. Part of the monastery treasure is on display in the old refectory.
- The monastery was not spared the decline of the monastic population in the early 20th century, so that it initially remained uninhabited after the destruction caused by the bombing of the Wehrmacht in World War II. In 1961, after renovation measures, the monastery was given to a community of nuns for use. Numerous monastery sisters live here today, albeit in significantly better accommodation than in the Middle Ages. The services are held by priests from the surrounding monasteries.
- Toilets available; Monastery / museum shop with locally grown spices, blankets, devotional items and souvenirs.
other monasteries and hermitages in the area
- 7 Ypapantí Monastery (Μονή της Υπαπαντής στα Μετέωρα).The Ypapantí monastery was founded in 1366/67 and has since been restored. In contrast to the other surviving monasteries, it was not built on a rock, but as a half grotto church in a protrusion of the Dimitrios rock. The restored monastery is currently uninhabited and not regularly accessible. It can be reached on foot on an easily accessible path from the parking lot at the Magálo Meteóro monastery and via a road that branches off the road to the left after Kastráki behind the Dúpiani tower.
- 8 Doupani chapel. Chapel at the foot of the Doupiani (Dupiani) rock, which has been restored, was the first meeting place of the hermits from the caves in the Meteora area and stands on the site of the earliest monastery.
- There are still numerous hermit clauses in the rocks, which are only accessible on via ferrata. The hermitage is a bit unusual Filakaé MonakónIt is said that friars who violated the rules of the monastery were banished here for penance. It is accessible from Kastráki via sparsely signposted hiking trails. The ruins of the Pantokrártor monastery are clearly visible in the northwest wall of the Dúpiani tower, on the left from the road after the end of Kastráki.
activities
- All monasteries that are still in operation can be used visit. The access routes to the monasteries are sometimes sweaty, sturdy shoes make walking on the countless steps easier, but you also meet many visitors in flip-flops ...
- The Meteora rocks are also at Mountaineers very popular. Climbing rocks on which there are monasteries or hermit caves that are no longer inhabited is very popular.
security
Wenn man die normalen Sicherheitshinweise beachtet, dann ist man eigentlich schon auf der sicheren Seite. Wertsachen sollen nicht offen in den Fahrzeugen liegen gelassen werden, auf den Parkplätzen kommen nicht nur gottesfürchtige Mönche vorbei.
Gefahr droht eher durch die heiße Witterung und Flüssigkeitsverlusten beim schweißtreibenden Aufstieg. Das Wasser in den Klöstern hat – wenn nicht anders beschriftet – Trinkwasserqualität, überall sind Getränke (und im Sommer Eiscrème) erhältlich.
In den Klöstern gelten Bekleidungsvorschriften: Männer müssen Hosen tragen, die über die Knie reichen, Shorts sind unerwünscht. Frauen müssen ebenfalls die Schultern bedeckt halten, dazu ist ein Rock (ebenfalls die Knie bedeckend) zu tragen, Frauen in Hosen werden nicht eingelassen. Am besten bringt man die entsprechende Kleidung mit (ist in Griechenland sowieso immer mitzuführen, wenn man sich an einem Ausflugstag mit den Gedanken an eine Klosterbesichtigung trägt); andernfalls werden an den Klosterpforten Umhänge (aus dem muffigen Klosterfundus...) ausgeteilt, mit denen die Vorschriften erfüllt werden. Es ist zu Bedenken, dass es nicht gerade von Respekt für die griechische Kultur zeugt, wenn man (oder „frau“) mit bauchfreiem Spaghetti-Top und Hot Pants an der Klosterpforte auftaucht – zumindest westeuropäischen Reisenden sind die Bekleidungsvorschriften der griechisch-orthodoxen Kirche in der Regel bekannt.
Ebenfalls ist praktisch generell in sämtlichen Kirchen das Fotografieren untersagt.
literature
- Heilige Meteora-Wegweiser, D. Z. Sofianos, mit einem Vorwort des Metropoliten und des Abtes, 2012, ISBN 978-960-7449-20-7 ; vor Ort in den Kloster-Shops erhältlich, erhältlich in deutsch, engl., griech.
trips
- Zagori - wilde, fantastische Berglandschaft mit typischen Steinhäuser und der tiefsten Schlucht in Europa
- Tzoumerka Nationalpark - wilde Berglandschaft mit vielen alten Steinbrücken, bekanntes Rafting Gebiet.
- Olympische Riviera - endlose Strände mit allen touristischen Angeboten.
- Olymp - Sitz der 12 Götter und beliebtes Wandergebiet
- Pilion - schöne Berglandschaft mit sehr reizvollen Stränden
