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Meteora Full Day Private Tour from Athens including Lunch 20% OFF
Athens, Greece, Europe
$570.08
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Overview
Meteora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Greece, features one of the largest complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched on towering rock formations. This private, full-day excursion from Athens offers a unique opportunity to witness breathtaking landscapes and rich history.
- 🏞️ Visit up to three monasteries, gaining insight into ancient hermit life and the incredible architecture built atop natural pillars.
- 📸 Capture stunning photos at Meteora, a site renowned for its picturesque yet imposing natural beauty.
- 🍽️ Savor authentic Greek cuisine in Kastraki village during your lunch break, immersing yourself in local flavors.
- 🚍 Travel in comfort with private, air-conditioned vehicles, ensuring a pleasant journey to and from the site.
- ⏳ Enjoy free time for lunch or shopping at Kastraki, a charming village located near the magnificent monasteries.
- 🏺 Hear captivating stories about the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans faced a massive Persian army, on your return journey.
- 🌄 Marvel at the breathtaking rock formations that have been shaped by nature over millions of years, creating a masterpiece of geological beauty.
- 🗣️ Benefit from knowledgeable drivers who provide fascinating commentary in fluent English, enhancing your understanding of the tour highlights.
- 🚗 Pickup and drop-off included from your Athens hotel, port, or airport for a hassle-free experience.
- 💧 Stay refreshed with complimentary bottled water during your journey, ensuring you remain hydrated throughout the day.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Without food
Lunch: We will make a stop for lunch anyway, but it is not included in the price.
Pickup included
Lunch: We will make a stop for lunch anyway, but it is not included in the price.
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Lunch (With Greek Traditional Food option)
- Professional drivers with deep knowledge of history (not licensed to accompany you in any site)
- WiFi on board
- Bottled water
- Athens hotel/ Piraeus port/ Athens airport pick-up and drop-off
- Private transportation
- Meteora fee per monastery
- Licensed tour guide
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AthensWe start our tour early in the morning from Athens till Meteora. Our driver will pick you up from your hotel/ apartment or the airport/ port. The travel time is about 4,5 hours.
- Kalabaka is a town and seat of the municipality of Meteora in the Trikala regional unit, part of Thessaly in Greece. The population was 12,000 at the 2011 census, of which 8,330 in the town proper. The Meteora monasteries are located near the town. (pass by)
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MeteoraWe arrive at Meteora and visit up to three Monasteries. Breathtaking at first site, the Monasteries are of great cultural and natural importance. Split from earthquakes, weathered from the wind and the water over millions of millions of years, these immense rocks are an authentic masterpiece of mother nature. The Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox Monasteries. The six (of an original 24) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. Meteora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List and the name means "lofty", "elevated", and is etymologically related to meteor. Please be modestly dressed. Women are suggested to wear long skirts & long sleeves. If you do not have, you will be given a skirt on your way in.
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MeteoraFree time for lunch at a traditional Greek tavern with your friends and family or shopping at Kastraki, a picturesque village near Meteora.
- Thermopylae is a place in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. In Greek mythology the Hot Gates is one of the entrances to Hades. Thermopylae is the site of a battle between the Greek forces and the invading Persian forces, commemorated by Simonides of Ceos in the famous epitaph, "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, That here obedient to their laws we lie." Thermopylae is the only land route large enough to bear any significant traffic between Lokris and Thessaly. To go from north to south along the east coast of the Balkan peninsula requires use of the pass, and so Thermopylae has been the site of several battles. (pass by)
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Campo della battaglia delle TermopiliAs we leave the magnificent Meteora behind us, let us not overlook the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BCE, which has long been the topic of cultural motivation, as it is perhaps the most famous military last stand of all time. The monument of the Great Leonidas, King of Sparta, in Thermopylae, will grace our path on our way back to Athens in the late afternoon. Thermopylae is world-famous for the battle that took place there between the Greek forces (notably the Spartans, Lakedemonians, Thebans and Thespians) and the invading Persian forces, commemorated by Simonides in the famous epitaph, "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, That here obedient to their laws we lie."
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Leonidas MonumentLeonidas was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod Heracles and Cadmus. Leonidas was son of King Anaxandridas II. He succeeded his half-brother King Cleomenes I to the throne in c. 489 BC. Leonidas had a notable participation in the Second Persian War, where he led the allied Greek forces to a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) while attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army; he died at the battle and entered myth as the leader of the 300 Spartans. While the Greeks lost this battle, they were able to expel the Persian invaders in the following year.
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AthensWe start our way back to Athens late in the afternoon. The drive is about 4,5 hours.
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Meteora Full Day Private Tour from Athens including Lunch 20% OFF
Athens, Greece, Europe
$570.08
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!