This private day trip includes visits to the famous Meteora Monasteries (located on the top of imposing rocks / Unesco World Heritage site) as well as a short stop/visit to the well known Thermopyale.
Visit the Great Meteoron Monastery
Visit the Varlaam Monastery
Visit the Rousanou Monastery
Visit of Saint Nikolaos Anapafsa Monastery
Visit the Holly Trinity Monastery
Admire the King Leonidas Statue in Thermopylae and see the area of the famous battle
What is Included
Private activity (only your group will participate)
Hotel or Apartment pick up & drop off
Piraeus Port pick up & drop off
Athens Airport pick up & drop off
Luxury air-conditioned vehicle
English speaking driver/guide (Not allowed to enter inside the monasteries)
Bottled water, wet & dry tissues
Free WiFi on board
All taxes, fuel surcharge, tolls’ cost, parking fees
Baby seat or child booster upon request with no extra charge (compulsory to be requested in advance)
Folding wheelchair upon request with no extra charge (compulsory to be requested in advance)
What is Not Included
Licensed tour guide for escorting you into the monasteries (on request with additional charge)
Food & drinks
Gratuities (optional)
Entrance Fees (Cost as bellow)
Meteora Monasteries: 3 € per person / per monastery (No fee for children up 12 years old)
Thermopylae: No fee
Entrance Fees Important Note
You will buy your entrance ticket on spot (at the entrance gate of each monastery)
Duration : 12 hours (approx)
Bring along
Your passport or ID and your booking confirmation
Comfortable shoes, sun hat
Your smile
Participants : 1 up 6 participants
Languages : English, Greek
Opening Hours of the sights
Meteora Monasteries
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 09:30 – 15:00
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 09:00 – 16:00
Requirements
Please provide us with pick up point details (hotel name or apartment’s address, cruise ship name, arrival flight details or other) and with drop off point details (if different from pick up point).
Important Information
Please wait us for pick up at least 5 minutes before the scheduled tour start time.
Our driver will meet you at the hotel lobby or outside of the building of your apartment 5 minutes before the scheduled pick up time.
For Cruise travelers, our driver will meet you at Piraeus Port - Exit Gate of Cruise Terminal holding a sign with your name.
In Athens Airport, our driver will wait you at the Exit Gate of the Arrivals Terminal holding a sign with your name.
Due to the reason that Meteora rocks have been declared by the Greek State as a Holy Place, the dressing for entering into the monasteries has to be appropriate. At the entrance of the monasteries, clothing is provided only to women. Men are not allowed to enter if they are wearing shorts above the knee or sleeveless shirts.
Further Information / Detailed Tour Description
Our private day trips to Meteora starts with driving towards central Greece. After three and half hours driving we arrive in Kalampaka which is located just in the shadow of Meteora Rocks (also known as "The Rocks of the God"). We will "climp" to the imposing rock towers of Meteora with the unique phenomenon to have on their top Orthodox monasteries built since middle ages. The whole complex of the rocks with the monasteries has been listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. You shall have the opportunity to visit & admire some the most important monasteries such as the Monastery of Great Meteoron, the Monastery of Rousanou, the Monastery of Agia Triada (Holy Triniti), the Varlaam Monastery, the Monastery of Saint Nikolaos Anapafsa & the Monastery of Saint Stephanos. After having lunch & during our way back to Athens we shall have a short stop/vist to Thermopylae where the famous battle between the Greeks & the Persians took place in 480 B.C. You will admire the marvelous statue of King of Sparta, Leonidas who with 300 Spartans & 700 Thespians faced numerous Persian forces under the command of King Xerxes A’. It was there that Leonidas told to Xerxes the world famous phrase "Μολών Λαβέ (Molon Labe)" which means "Come & Get It". Our private day adventure reaches to the end with our returning back to starting point.
This private day trip includes visits to the famous Meteora Monasteries (located on the top of imposing rocks / Unesco World Heritage site) as well as a short stop/visit to the well known Thermopyale.
What is Included
What is Not Included
Entrance Fees Important Note
You will buy your entrance ticket on spot (at the entrance gate of each monastery)
Duration : 12 hours (approx)
Bring along
Participants : 1 up 6 participants
Languages : English, Greek
Opening Hours of the sights
Requirements
Please provide us with pick up point details (hotel name or apartment’s address, cruise ship name, arrival flight details or other) and with drop off point details (if different from pick up point).
Important Information
Further Information / Detailed Tour Description
Our private day trips to Meteora starts with driving towards central Greece. After three and half hours driving we arrive in Kalampaka which is located just in the shadow of Meteora Rocks (also known as "The Rocks of the God"). We will "climp" to the imposing rock towers of Meteora with the unique phenomenon to have on their top Orthodox monasteries built since middle ages. The whole complex of the rocks with the monasteries has been listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. You shall have the opportunity to visit & admire some the most important monasteries such as the Monastery of Great Meteoron, the Monastery of Rousanou, the Monastery of Agia Triada (Holy Triniti), the Varlaam Monastery, the Monastery of Saint Nikolaos Anapafsa & the Monastery of Saint Stephanos. After having lunch & during our way back to Athens we shall have a short stop/vist to Thermopylae where the famous battle between the Greeks & the Persians took place in 480 B.C. You will admire the marvelous statue of King of Sparta, Leonidas who with 300 Spartans & 700 Thespians faced numerous Persian forces under the command of King Xerxes A’. It was there that Leonidas told to Xerxes the world famous phrase "Μολών Λαβέ (Molon Labe)" which means "Come & Get It". Our private day adventure reaches to the end with our returning back to starting point.