Balanced across 24 pillars are monasteries, visible through the clouds. Related video: The Greek ... to inhabit Meteora arrived in the 9th Century. In a bid to escape everyday life, they braved ...

The poet and painter Edward Lear once remarked that 'no pen or pencil' could do justice to the mountain monasteries ... off for Meteora. The three-hour drive into the heart of central Greece ...

Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be one of the most powerful travel experiences of my life. The Hanging Monasteries of Meteora in Greece is a world heritage site. RELATED: Why you want to ...

Meteora, a collection of ancient monasteries perched atop towering pinnacles of rock, is one of the holiest sites in Greece ... For the first time in my life I had to disappoint a nun.

The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of Thrones - Paul Williams /Alamy ...

In October, I flew to Greece to visit my daughter ... the 11th century because of its remoteness; monasteries followed. The area is known as Meteora. The views of the rising rock formations ...

Six of the 24 Orthodox Christian monasteries strewn across Meteora, a collection of massive stone pillars and rounded boulders in northwestern Greece, are still active more than 700 years after ...