High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched on the edge of sandstone peaks. In centuries past, their place of worship brought ...

The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of Thrones - Paul Williams /Alamy After a lengthy drive along traffic-jammed ...

This week’s Offbeat Traveler is inspired by Los Angeles Times reader Gene Minick, who recently visited the remote monasteries of Metéora in Greece’s Thessaly region. The Fountain Valley resident ...

The Great Meteoron Monastery: The region's largest and oldest monastery is the Great Meteoron. Meteora means "suspended in the air" and this place of worship gave its name to the entire region.

The Monasteries of Meteora in Greece are stunningly beautiful. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the grouping of six monasteries rests on natural sandstone rock pillars. They are part of the ...

From a distance, when you catch the first glimpse of the colossal sandstone monoliths of Meteora in Greece, they look ...

In central Greece, huge rock pillars rise straight up from the valley floor. From a distance, they look like giant stone columns holding up the sky. On top of several of these pillars sit monasteries, ...

Spring is the perfect time to visit Meteora, a collection of precipitous cliff-top sanctuaries Heidi Fuller-love is a travel writer and has lived in a dozen countries, including Argentina, Cambodia ...