Greece Meteora Monasteries

“For several hours we’d been winding our way up through ancient woodland when we broached the top of a hill and the largest and oldest of Meteora’s monasteries – The Great Meteoron – came into view. [...] I felt quietly awe struck. It was not until the 1920’s that stairs were added to the monasteries to allow easier access – So rather than have to winch ourselves up in a net, we went down to a small bridge that precariously crossed the chasm across to its isolated sandstone pillar and clambered up the steps that clung to the cliff face, having gained access through a tunnel hewn out of the rock.”

“It was too hot to be out for too long, and I was glad I’d planned two days of Meteora rather than one – when Lauren and John went on to do all the monasteries in one day, I stopped around 1pm at the third one and headed down.”