The way to the top of all but one of the Meteora Monasteries is tiring. Below, you'll find how many steps there are and how difficult it is to climb to the Meteora Monasteries: The Great Meteoron: 270 steep and winding steps take you to the top of the plateau. It is rather difficult to climb.

This type of rock formation and weathering process has happened in many other places locally and throughout the world, but what makes Meteora's appearance special is the uniformity of the sedimentary rock constituents deposited over millions of years leaving few signs of vertical layering, and the localised abrupt ...

The best nature site in Greece. It is constructed from mighty cliffs with multiple astonishing monasteries at the rock peaks. The scenery curved road among the various monastries is magnificent and some of the monasteries are one of a kind, specialy Varlam and Agios Stepanos.

The Monastery of Great Meteoron The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron, located at Meteora-Greece, is the biggest and oldest one of all. It is called the monastery which remains “suspended in the air” (meteoro), because of the cliff formation of a gigantic rock on top of which it was built.