Meteora Panoramic Morning Small-Group Tour with Local Guide
by Meteora Thrones Travel Tourism Center
Choose from 1 available option
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€70Overview
This small-group tour lasts about four hours and uses a luxury air-conditioned VIP mini bus to travel around Meteora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Greece. The tour starts with hotel pickup in Kalabaka or Kastraki. A local English-speaking guide provides detailed explanations about the geology and history of the area as the group visits all six monasteries scattered across the towering rock formations. During the tour, guests have the chance to enter three of the six monasteries, including the Great Meteoron, Varlaam, and Rousanou monasteries, subject to their opening hours. The guide offers insights into how the first monks built this large monastic community on nearly 2,000-foot-high cliffs. The itinerary includes stops at panoramic viewpoints with short walks to take photos and appreciate the landscape. Hotel drop-off is included at the end of the tour. Inside the monasteries, there is no guide provided, and entrance fees are not included. Meals, drinks, and gratuities are also excluded. Free Wi-Fi is available on the mini bus throughout the journey.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Meteora
The tour begins with hotel pickup in Kalabaka or Kastraki and includes a comprehensive four-hour visit around Meteora. The area features giant rock pillars reaching nearly 2,000 feet high that host one of Greece’s most important monastic communities. Travel is by luxury air-conditioned VIP mini bus, with several stops at viewpoints for photos and short walks. The local English-speaking guide explains the geological formation of the rocks and the history of how monks established the monasteries on these cliffs.
20 min
Great Meteoron Monastery
The group visits inside Great Meteoron Monastery, the largest in Meteora, according to its opening hours. If it is closed, another monastery is visited instead.
50 min
Varlaam Monastery
The tour includes entry to Varlaam Monastery, provided it is open. If it is closed, the visit is replaced by another monastery.
45 min
Rousanou Monastery
The group visits inside Rousanou Monastery, depending on its timetable. If it is closed, a different monastery is visited.
45 min
Meeting point
• We offer pick up / drop off from all the hotels in the area of Kalampaka or Kastraki. • Please advise us your hotel. Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel.
End point
• We offer pick up / drop off from all the hotels in the area of Kalampaka or Kastraki. • Please advise us your hotel. Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
Additional info
Meteora Panoramic Morning Small-Group Tour with Local Guide
by Meteora Thrones Travel Tourism Center
Choose from 1 available option
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€70Overview
This small-group tour lasts about four hours and uses a luxury air-conditioned VIP mini bus to travel around Meteora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Greece. The tour starts with hotel pickup in Kalabaka or Kastraki. A local English-speaking guide provides detailed explanations about the geology and history of the area as the group visits all six monasteries scattered across the towering rock formations. During the tour, guests have the chance to enter three of the six monasteries, including the Great Meteoron, Varlaam, and Rousanou monasteries, subject to their opening hours. The guide offers insights into how the first monks built this large monastic community on nearly 2,000-foot-high cliffs. The itinerary includes stops at panoramic viewpoints with short walks to take photos and appreciate the landscape. Hotel drop-off is included at the end of the tour. Inside the monasteries, there is no guide provided, and entrance fees are not included. Meals, drinks, and gratuities are also excluded. Free Wi-Fi is available on the mini bus throughout the journey.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Meteora
The tour begins with hotel pickup in Kalabaka or Kastraki and includes a comprehensive four-hour visit around Meteora. The area features giant rock pillars reaching nearly 2,000 feet high that host one of Greece’s most important monastic communities. Travel is by luxury air-conditioned VIP mini bus, with several stops at viewpoints for photos and short walks. The local English-speaking guide explains the geological formation of the rocks and the history of how monks established the monasteries on these cliffs.
20 min
Great Meteoron Monastery
The group visits inside Great Meteoron Monastery, the largest in Meteora, according to its opening hours. If it is closed, another monastery is visited instead.
50 min
Varlaam Monastery
The tour includes entry to Varlaam Monastery, provided it is open. If it is closed, the visit is replaced by another monastery.
45 min
Rousanou Monastery
The group visits inside Rousanou Monastery, depending on its timetable. If it is closed, a different monastery is visited.
45 min
Meeting point
• We offer pick up / drop off from all the hotels in the area of Kalampaka or Kastraki. • Please advise us your hotel. Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel.
End point
• We offer pick up / drop off from all the hotels in the area of Kalampaka or Kastraki. • Please advise us your hotel. Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.