The Great Meteors
Description:
The price includes:
The tour program is developed with each customer individually.
Excursion programme: In the lobby of the hotel you are met by a guide and a tour begins; the road to the monasteries of the Great Meteor; a visit to three open monasteries of the Great Meteor; return to Athens.
Monasteries of the Great Meteor
Megal Meteora The Great Meteor, or the Transfiguration Monastery, is the largest and oldest Orthodox monastery among the meteoric ones, founded at the beginning of the XIV century by the monk Athanasius on one of the rocks of Thessaly near the town of Kastraki in the nome of Trikala, Greece. In 1988, the Transfiguration Monastery, among other meteor monasteries, was included in the List of World Heritage Sites.
Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapauss
The Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapaussa was founded in the early 14th century and is distinguished by its unique design and magnificent frescoes of the 16th century, made by the outstanding icon painter of the Cretan school Theophanes Strelidzas. One of the popular scenes depicted is the Last Judgment, the frescoes demonstrate the characteristics that made Theophan famous: the fineness of the line, the brightness of the image and bright colors. What comes in
guide or accompanying (at your choice), vehicle, professional driver.
What's not in
Entrance tickets, food, drinks.
Useful information Entrance to the monastery is free.
Notable places on the route Meteora