2 days Meteora Tour from Thessaloniki by Train

Great four hour trip with breathtaking views. Wonderful opportunity to get a first impression of the whole of Meteora and to prepare the next visit with selected monasteries. Very knowledgable... read more tour guide speaking impeccable German and English. Evcharisto!

You must do this if you are staying a few days in Athens!
My husband and I spent a week in Athens, and this is one of three tours that... read more we planned during our stay. Since taking the train to Meteora, the scenery on our way there and the village were unique.
The staff were very nice and helpful.

You need this tour! 🙂

Everything was great.! Travel agancy was very friendly and professional!! The view so nice!!! You must visit this place with meteora thrones agancy

We were fortunate enough to have a private tour with Chris, as other people had cancelled due to bad weather. The wealth of information he shared with us, more than... read more made up for the lack of sunset!

This was an amazing experience! I'm so glad I did this day trip from Athens! I took so many breath taking pictures! Just incredible!

It is a long day.... read more So, be rested and ready. Lots of walking.

Meteora 4 hour hiking tour - We were promptly picked up and we then made our way to Varlaam monastery,where we had 45 minutes.
Then we had an awsum hike with Crystos the tour guide who... read more was very knowledgeable about all of the meteora history and also natural history,plants and animals along the way.Definately recommend

We went in April when the temperature was still cool. Summer would make all the walking a little more difficult. Spending time with Chris was like spending time with a... read more friend. He patiently shared with us the history and details of Meteora and its monasteries. Clearly Chris loves his job and every knows him. Our friends who have been to Meteora complimented us on the pictures that my wife shared on Facebook. Chris is an excellent photographer (very important to my wife) and knows all of the places. I highly recommend Chris and this tour. Book early so you can reserve 1st class train tickets since these seats are limited.

The Meteora Thrones travel company were a great team. Prompt on schedule, with immaculate timing between monasteries.

Guide Yannis was a cool chap, with a good sense of humour,... read more and a decent array of facts about the area.

Approximately 3-4 hours total time.

Would recommend this trip to others.

That was a great tour, our guide Ioannis was very knowledgeable and nice, I learned a lot! I would do this tour on the first day as you drive around... read more the whole Meteora and gives a nice sense of what you can do afterwards (walking or by car)

Everything was just perfect and well organized. We had a wonderful time during our daily trip to Meteora. Highly recommended!

Amazing experience. Really good organisation - we had nothing to worry about. The train trip was also exciting, a chance to see the non-tourist Greece from the comfort of a... read more train seat (with A/C on).
If you get Dimitris as your guide - be prepared for an awesome day full of knowledge and giggles.
Highly recommend!

The team were super great! We had a lovely tour and our guide was so knowledgable, going to extra effort to highlight some of his favourite interests on the tour.... read more Wonderful team would do again!

Rhea was an amazing tour guide. Very knowledgeable about the area, and was very flexible to adjust the tour to our needs. We were four of us so they gave... read more us a van to ourselves. It was a once in a life experience to visit these monastries in the heavens.

We grabbed breafast at the Larissa station before we headed out, had lunch when we got there and there was time to grab a small snack before heading back. We had booked for first class but did not get it, so we had regular coach tickets. We were a bit anxious when we looked at our seat numbers because they were not sequential. Don't worry because of the crazy numbering in the trains, the seats were actually together.

Rhea took us to three main monastries where we spent close to an hour each but also covered many more of the monastries - stopping by on some great picture spots to take some amaing pics. Time just went by so quickly. You do get some time to rest ast some amazing, quiet and meditative spots in the monastries. Lots of steps so travel light and carry cash. Every monastry charges an entrance fee (3euro/person) and they don't take cards.

This was amazing! Just everything you wish for its there. You have your own time to explore but still keep the group. The guide I got was really awesome and... read more so clever. If you go to Greece this is a must do experience even the train is a bit too long then its totally worth it.

Many Thanks to Meteora Thrones Agency's services. And especially,I'd like to appreciate guide's service of Ms. Lora. Mainly for: interesting explanations that included a lot of important and relevant information,... read more humor and linking Meteora to lyrics of known popular songs. Additional advice on where to find the post office in Kalambaka was also much appreciated. As a former tour guide and a long term professional in field of customer care, I recommend Meteora Thrones to any of the passengers. Jan

Perfect tour! Very informative, great duration, I had a blast! I strongly recommend that tour to see the Meteors.

We had a great time with this tour. Our tour guide greeted us at the Kalambaka train station parking lot. We were grouped with other tourists in a big coach... read more bus. The tour began by taking us to a 20min stop in the Kalambaka town to grab some food. The tour is well organized with photo and monastery stops. The tour ended at Kalambaka train station, about 50 minutes before our scheduled train back to Athens.

The company also offers this tour with return train tickets from Athens. It's a little more expensive than booking the train tickets yourself. However, the trainose website is not well organized. I got first class tickets for a family of 4 with 2 young children. 2 days before my trip, the train company emailed me and said I have booked the handicapped seats due to technical difficulty from their part, and they changed my tickets to coach class. I wasn't happy but I wasn't going to fuss about it. But when we were boarding, those coach seats were actually occupied. After some stress and communication, the train conductor put us in empty seats in first class (and some other wonderful passengers volunteered to move their seats so we could sit together with our young children). And similar thing happened on our return train tickets back to Athens. I'm happy that at the end it was resolved. But we are traveling in low season now. I can't imagine what would happen if the train was full in high season.

The point of my story is, it might be worth it to book the tour along with the train tickets through a 3rd party who probably would know how to navigate the trainose ticketing website.

Interesting facts, fascinating tour details (including the amazing spinach pie), glorious views and fun in the way! Everything we wished for a day excursion from Thessaloniki. Thank you so much!