{"id":2864,"date":"2023-11-07T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:33:57","slug":"where-in-the-world-is-meteora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2023\/11\/07\/where-in-the-world-is-meteora\/","title":{"rendered":"Where in the World is Meteora?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In modern-day Greece, where everything seems to look like the past, one place that has a futuristic name is <strong>Meteora<\/strong>.  It&#8217;s a small town in the administrative region of <strong>Thessaly<\/strong> that&#8217;s about a five (5) hour bus ride from Athens, including a 30-minute break for refreshments in a restaurant called Makadonia after the first 2-hour drive from the capital city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We visited the place late this year (2023), and despite the long trip, our senses were treated to some of the awe-inspiring vistas in this much-fabled country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was supposed to be a train ride from the <strong>Larissa Station<\/strong> in Athens to the old, almost run-down station in <strong>Kalabaka<\/strong> (for the Greeks, it&#8217;s <strong><em>Kalambaka<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>Kalampaka<\/em><\/strong>).  From the train station in Kalabaka, small buses will take you up the steep slopes of Meteora.  But some railway tracks were still unpassable after floods hit the towns on the way to Kalabaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46e9d8f7&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46e9d8f7\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-350x218.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-96x60.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus-144x90.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteorabus.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> From Athens, the highway going to Meteora (also towards Thessaloniki) heads north, and particularly in Agios Konstantinos (part of Central Greece),  bus passengers will have magnificent vistas of the tributaries of the <strong>Aegean Sea<\/strong>, like the <strong>Malian <\/strong>and <strong>North Euboean<\/strong> gulfs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olive groves are abundant in the area<\/strong>, which has provided for the country, just like in ancient times, a steady source of revenue &#8212; whether as food, oil, or any other by-products like soap, cream, or lotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>It takes about 35 to 40 lbs. of olives to produce a liter of olive oil, but Greek olive oil is one of the best olive oils on the planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46e9e664&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46e9e664\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-350x218.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-96x60.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece-144x90.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CentralGreece.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the long but comfortable bus ride, mainly on paved highways, we parked right across from the train station where we should have disembarked in Kalabaka had the trains from Athens been operational.  We would also get our bus rides back to Athens in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46e9eb16&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46e9eb16\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/KalabakaStn.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will have to crane your neck up upon arrival in Meteora.  The place seems to have sprouted from nowhere and appeared like humongous mushrooms made of sandstone in the plains of Thessaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46e9ef8d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46e9ef8d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteora4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meteora4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The unique and steep rock formations, which took millions of years to form, and the resulting caves within these rocks, attracted a group of ascetic monks as early as the 9th century AD, to live a secluded life as high as they could above the plains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46e9f7f1&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46e9f7f1\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meteora-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to time constraints and the lung-busting steep terrain, we could visit only two (2) of the six (6) active monasteries in Meteora, but we were able to view most of them from afar along the asphalted roads that meander through these cliffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo below is the  <strong>Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapafsas<\/strong>, founded in the 14th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46e9fd08&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46e9fd08\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anapafsas-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anapafsas-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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The nave was painted in 1548, according to an inscription on its south wall, while the frescoes &#8211; because of the technique, colors, and figure arrangements &#8211; can be attributed to the painter <strong>Frango Katelano<\/strong> from Thebes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f5f46ea0613&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f5f46ea0613\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vaarlam-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2883\" style=\"width:676px;height:auto\" 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