Fall from these structures, as monks often did during their perilous, devotion-proving construction, and you’d have many moments of tumbling contemplation. When travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor ...

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The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of ...

Meteora rocks are rising ... since the establishment of the first ascetics in Greece. The historical evidence suggests that in the past, the monasteries of Meteora were thirty in total.

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

These Greece tours depart daily, usually from May through October. Meteora – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – has been home to monasteries since the 11th century. The monasteries sit atop ...