From Athens: Meteora Monasteries Visit and Hermit Caves Tour

- Get the full Meteora experience with this all-in-one tour from Athens, complete with round-trip coach transfers, monastery visits, photo stops, and shopping time. - Your local English-speaking guide leads the 4-hour tour, explaining everything from the symbolic meaning of monastery frescoes to how monks once scaled the cliffs in rope baskets. - Step inside three of Meteora’s active monasteries, such as Varlaam, with its restored wooden staircases and sweeping cliffside views, or Roussanou, a convent delicately balanced on a slender rock pillar, its gardens tended by resident nuns. - Explore the Hermit Caves of Badovas, once home to solitary monks, then stop by Kalabaka, filled with artisan workshops and local delicacies, perfect for taking a piece of Meteora home. - Opt for the lunch upgrade and enjoy local specialties like grilled souvlaki, vine-wrapped dolmades, and flaky spanakopita in Kastraki Village, all with a view of Meteora’s soaring rock formations.