Meteora Full Day Private Tour from Athens including Lunch | 12 hours to 14 hours

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Without food
2 Adults x $634.38
$1,268.76
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$1,268.76
Lunch: We will make a stop for lunch anyway, but it is not included in the price.
Pickup included
With Greek Traditional Food
2 Adults x $689.86
$1,379.72
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$1,379.72
Lunch: Enjoy authentic Greek cuisine and traditional foods.
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Private transportation
  • Athens hotel/ Piraeus port/ Athens airport pick-up and drop-off
  • Bottled water
  • WiFi on board
  • Professional drivers with deep knowledge of history (not licensed to accompany you in any site)
  • Lunch (With Greek Traditional Food option)
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Licensed tour guide (upon request and depending on availability)
  • Entrance fees to the monasteries (€3 per person per monastery)

Overview

Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Meteora, a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries on this private, full-day excursion from Athens. Travel in private, air-conditioned vehicles and get around all the sites your group is interested in visiting within the extensive mountain complex before returning comfortably to Athens. • Walk around the rock formations and visit up to three of the monasteries for an up-close look at ancient hermit life • Take photos and create lifelong memories at this picturesque yet imposing natural beauty • Enjoy authentic Greek food in Kastraki village • Return to Athens via Thermopylae, hearing battle tales along the way where 300 Spartans fought 100,000 Persians

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This is a private tour. Only your group will participate. The pick-up time is adjustable upon your request. Your personal driver will pick you up and return you to the same place or to the point you prefer. In case of a hotel, he will be waiting for you in the hotel ... lobby. In case of an apartment, he will be waiting for you at the entrance of the building. For airport pick up, he will be waiting for you at the arrival hall holding a sign with your name on it to spot him upon arrival. We will track your flight and our driver will be there on time. For port pick up, he will be waiting for you at the gate, just as you disembark, holding a sign with your name on it to spot him upon arrival. Read more â–Ľ

Itinerary

  • Athens

    We 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.

    4 hours 30 minutes

  • N/A (Pass By)

    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.

  • Meteora

    We 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.

    3 hours

  • Meteora

    Free time for lunch at a traditional Greek tavern with your friends and family or shopping at Kastraki, a picturesque village near Meteora.

    1 hour

  • Thermopylae (Pass By)

    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.

  • Battlefield of Thermopylae

    As 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."

    15 minutes

  • Leonidas Monument

    Leonidas 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.

    15 minutes

  • Athens

    We start our way back to Athens late in the afternoon. The drive is about 4,5 hours.

    4 hours 30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Our drivers are not official tour guides, but they are knowledgeable and can provide fascinating commentary in fluent English. Although they will not enter the sites with you, they can answer all of your questions about the places you visit with this tour.
  • Third party activities and especially extreme sports are not allowed during the tour. This can be a cause for immediate cancellation of the tour.

Free Cancellation

June 15100% refund
June 16No refund

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Showing 1-5 of 106 reviews with 5 stars

Awesome place!

Published on Dec, 2024

Even though the weather was foggy, we still enjoyed our visit. We could see enough to get a feel for the place… quite breathtaking! Spyro was knowledgeable and engaging. We’d love to come back when the weather is better.

Absolutely spectacular. Highly recommend!

Published on Oct, 2024

My husband Craig and I traveled by car w/ our local tour guide extraordinaire, Petros. He was so very knowledgeable and made sure we were able to capture all the breathtaking shots of the monasteries in Meteora. The Greek countryside is lovely, and we had a fabulous lunch at Taverna Panellinio. It was a spectacular day trip from Athens, and we would highly recommend. Thank you! Carol Felzien of SW Missouri

Excellent! Driver Constan was wonderful- early, all about service, and making sure we had a great experience. Lunch tops

Published on Oct, 2024

Wonderful trip. Driver Constan excellent! All about making sure we had the best experience possible. On time. Wonderful lunch.

Beautiful Place to Visit with the Best Guide Ever

Published on Oct, 2024

This was a fun and educational full day tour. We were able to adjust locations and the timing of all activities based on our interests and schedule. This is a benefit of a private tour. We were not “stuck” in a crowded bus on someone else’s timetable. However, the best thing about the trip was our guide and driver, Costa. His excitement about the tour and the details on everything we saw was so interesting. We learned so many things about Greek history, language, culture and architecture. Beyond that he was kind and humorous and let us know right away we could set our activities just the way we wanted them for the day.

Excellent Tour!

Published on Sep, 2024

Nice private van with AC and water included. George (our driver) was very well mannered and great with the kids. He was very informative during the drive and pointed out multiple sites of interest along the drive and provided lots of historical insights. At Meteora, he stopped along all 6 monasteries and we visited 2-3. Highly recommended tour!

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