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 ...

Perfect peace in Greece: Mystical mountains, divine views - Meteora's hilltop monasteries are heavenly. Meteora is a three-hour drive from Thessaloniki in the central Greek mountains ...

The monastery complex of Meteora, Greece, sits thousands of feet above the ground, making it one of the most remote places to live and worship in the world. While 30 monasteries were built over ...

The monasteries of Meteora, Greece, are marvels of engineering. Perched atop sandstone cliffs, with monastic cells hidden in crevices throughout, these Greek Orthodox sanctuaries reflect the ...

Visit Atlas Obscura for more on Meteora. Ella Morton is a writer working on The Atlas Obscura , a book about global wonders, curiosities, and esoterica adapted from Atlas Obscura . Follow her on ...

Meteora translates into suspended in the air, which is pretty accurate since the monasteries are built on sandstone pillars that reach over 1200 feet high.

Mystical mountains, divine views — Meteora’s hilltop ... The poet and painter Edward Lear once remarked that ‘no pen or pencil’ could do justice to the mountain monasteries at Meteora, ...

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 ...

The monasteries of Meteora are one of Greece's biggest attractions The area's also popular for adventure travel, including rock-climbing and rafting CNN — ...