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

The area's also popular for adventure travel, including rock-climbing and rafting High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched ...

St. Barbara of Roussanou's Greek Orthodox monastery perches at the edge of a towering hilltop in Meteora, Greece. As one of Meteora's six active monasteries, its medieval stone walls drop off at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of ...

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 ...

Meteora, Greece, is where nature’s grandeur meets human ingenuity — towering sandstone pillars crowned with centuries-old ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. If you're looking to visit a monastery that sits on top of a wind ...

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 ...

What better way to get closer to heaven than to build monasteries on megalithic mountains? Monks from the Greek Orthodox Church constructed their soaring monastery complex, known as Meteora, upon ...

High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched on the edge of sandstone peaks. In centuries past, their place of worship brought ...