Meteora Hike: Discover Hidden Trails and Monasteries

Discover hidden trails and monasteries in Meteora. Enjoy a gentle-paced hike with local insights and avoid the crowds. Book your small group tour today.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Meteora - Meteora is an area that covers few square kilometers, where an ancient monastic community and a rare geological phenomenon of huge rock pillars coexist in absolute harmony. Located at the northwest tip of the plain of Thessaly, Meteora today has become one of the most popular destinations of mainland Greece. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage…
What's Included
  • Local English speaking mountain guide
  • Bottled water
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off to/from Kalambaka or Kastraki
  • Visit the hidden monastery of Ypapanti
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees (approx. 3 euros each)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore Meteora on a gentle-paced hike, and discover the little-known trails that many day-trippers to the UNESCO World Heritage site don’t get to see. On a round-trip route from the Doupiani rock to the heady heights of Grand Meteora Monastery, pass some of the smaller rock monasteries such as Ypapanti and learn about Meteora’s intriguing rock…

Location
Meteora
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Alexp646
Dec 5, 2024
An excellent hiking trip with a great guide - Despite the cloudy weather this was a really interesting and enjoyable walk through beautiful woods with fantastic views of the amazing rocks and monasteries. It is quite a strenuous walk but Chris adapted the pace to suit the group. Chris was a great guide who spoke perfect English and was able to tell us about the monasteries and history of the area, even explaining how the amazing rocks were formed. He even pointed out a pair of climbers high up on the rocks - they must be mad! Thanks Chris, this was one of the highlights of my holiday. Hi
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E2268ibsarahg
Nov 16, 2024
Wonderful experience - Thank you for this amazing experience, the guide was very nice and took photos of us. We recommend them 100% ! Do not hesitate to discover the Meteores by hike.
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Wijule
Oct 28, 2024
Peaceful and Authentic Meteora - We had a lovely small group hike with Chris. I enjoy hiking but I was worried because my friend had never been hiking before. We are both in our 50’s and somewhat out of shape. But Chris was amazing! He encouraged my friend, took time with her and even tied her shoes properly! This was the first hike I planned for us on our Greek Odyssey and was the impetus for the rest to follow. It felt amazing to peacefully hike into and out of the monastery while watching the hordes of people load the buses. It almost felt like a pilgrimage. I loved it and would definitely do this again. Thank you Chris!
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988owenh
Oct 25, 2024
Interesting and pleasant guding - Nice hike, interesting and well performed guiding by knowledgeable guides who could give a lot of interesting background and information with regards to Meteora and the region in a pleasant way.
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Jpdigger
Oct 7, 2024
Very Enjoyable - Highly recommend - We really enjoyed this tour. We did this hiking tour the day after doing the sunset tour the evening before. These two tours together were a perfect way to see the region of Meteora. We saw and learned so much on this hike which we were not able to see from the road. The guide was enjoyable and knowledgeable. This is a rigorous hike. The distance is not too great (7kms) but it is up and down and the paths were, at places, rocky and unsteady. We are late 60s and not avid hikers and managed well but you need good knees and good shoes to enjoy this hike. We wished we had used Visit Meteora to arrange transport to and from Thessaloniki and Athens. Try to get them involved in arranging your visit to the region.
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Richard_s
Sep 26, 2024
Worthwhile morning to early afternoon tour - Great tour. Will not take you to most of the monasteries but will get you to cover a good deal of the area surrounding them. I found this combined with driving to some of the individual monasteries the day before a complete tour of Meteora. Kristos was a great and entertaining guide.
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Tricia_q
Sep 21, 2024
Wonderful Experiene with an Exceptional Guide - Our guide was very knowledge, friendly and considerate of all ability levels . This 60 yr old women would of not accomplish the 5 mile hike without him The hike was beautiful, and we would recommend it anyone visiting Meteora.
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Melissa_r
Sep 9, 2024
Wonderful hiking experience. Highly recommend - Perfect hike. It was informative and epic scenery. Not too hard, but not so easy that it was boring.Still felt like I got a workout in lol. Can't wait to go back and do the caves with you guys. Thank you for a wonderful hike.
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Stefanie
Sep 8, 2024
Morning hiking - We did this tour in the morning. Pick up was on the spot and after a short drive we started our hike. Pace of the hike is adjusted to the group and our guide gave a lot of information about the history of meteora, the monasteries and nature.
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Natalina2412
Aug 12, 2024
An exclusive hiking tour - An exclusive hiking tour of the breathtaking Meteora! Our group consisted only of four including the guide, Chris, who was an experienced and enthusiastic guide, full of information about the history, geology, and natural history of this fairy-tale place. The whole experience went flawlessly, from the booking, with due reminders, the pick-up from/drop-off at the hotel, which in my case was actually quite distant from Kalambaka, and of course the hike. It was ca 7 km long, but rather easy. We had free time to visit one monastery. Absolutely recommended!
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