Against the backdrop of the Meteora rocks, a unique custom unfolds every year on the feast day of Saint George in Kastraki, ...

Don’t make my Meteora day trip mistake. Here’s what you should differently when you visit Greece’s most beautiful spot and the Meteora Monasteries. Meteora took my breath away. Standing beneath those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the ...

Meteora means "suspended in the air" and this place of worship gave its name to the entire region. Abseiling the Great Saint: The sandstone peaks have become a hot destination for rock climbers and ...

In March 2023 at Meteora in Greece the Italians Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia established the multi-pitch climb Pythagoras (150m, 7a max, 6c obligatory) on the Sourloti Tower.

Vangelis Galanis has made a rope solo first ascent of a new multipitch rock climb on Kapelo Peak in Meteora, Greece. The route is dedicated to Dietrich Hasse, the German climber who pioneered rock ...

In October, I flew to Greece to visit my daughter’s family. After a few days seeing the sights of Athens, we drove to the town of Kalabaka, a four-hour drive northwest. The town is situated at the ...

Metsovo is not a destination that needs to sell itself. The locals are not particularly concerned with that. They go out in ...

Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the plain of Thessaly, Greece. There are approximately 900 multi-pitch ...