Meteora: Self-Guided App-Based Driving Tour

Museum of Geological Formations. If you want to dive deeper into the geologic history of Meteora, this is a great stop after your tour. It’s open from 8am to 3pm and entry is free.

Note: The tour is over 2+ miles long per tour, with more than 25+ audio stories per tour, and takes about 2-3 hours per tour to complete.

Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.

The first of the monasteries in Meteora.

Built in the late 14th century, this monastery served as a resting place for the many pilgrims who traveled to Meteora.

The Holy Monastery of St. Barbara Roussanou is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in the Meteora region of Greece, near the town of Kalambaka. It is one of six functioning monasteries in the area and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Holy Monastery of Varlaam, the second largest monastery in Meteora. It’s also a great example of how important defense was to the monks who built these monasteries.

Up ahead is the Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron, the largest monastery in Meteora. Like some of the other monasteries, it also has a second name, ‘The Metamorphosis of the Saviour’ monastery.

But this monastery isn’t just big. It’s also the whole reason there are so many incredible monasteries in the first place!

The history of this monastery is a little sketchy, in part because it was built by different people at many different time periods. Some evidence suggests the earliest construction may have begun in the mid-1300s, but the bulk of the monastery likely dates back to sometime around the 1470s.

This is the most accessible of Meteora’s many monasteries, so don’t worry about climbing another 100 or two steps for this one! All you need to do to access it, is to cross a sturdy stone bridge. The Monastery of Saint Stephen is also simultaneously one of the oldest and newest monasteries in Meteora.