1 day Meteora Tour from Thessaloniki by Train

The Tour was great! We started early enough so at least the first Monasterie was quiet empty still. We were a small group which was very comfortable as well. The... read more tourguide was Great! She knew so much not just about the monasteries but also the history of the Rocks. She was super nice at we took a lot of stops to take great pictures with less tourist.
I really enjoyed this tour.

Amazing trip to Meteora with great private tour - Had a fantastic private tour led by Antonis, it was great learning about the amazing history of Meteora. We especially enjoyed seeing the original monasteries and the hermit hole caves.... read more Highly recommended!

I recommend this tour with all my heart. Everything was perfect: the guide, the little stops at Kalabaka with those restaurants where you could eat delicious things, the amazing view,... read more and even the cute cats which were everywhere.
Overall, it was very professional and everyone was helpful. Loved it!

Awesome experience - Great time and an even greater tour guide! We really enjoyed this experience and would do it again..

Long day but well worth it. Train is easy to find. We got an uber to the station and had our tickets on our phones. Tassos, the guide was excellent... read more and provided some great insites into the area. Amazing photos on a good weather day.

Great services! Guide was excellent. She explained a lot of stories and showed lots of pictures. Highly recommend.

The best place to visit. A good tour operator. Majestic views. Good natured driver and guide. Informative.

Sunset view was very beautiful Cristina who guide us was wonderful and told us many interesting things about the places we visit

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!

Very nice guide and driver. Interesting comments and relaxed atmosphere. Very convenient with young kids.

Great tour agency. The original tour we booked got canceled, but they offered last second to switch us to a different tour. Amazing efficiency! We were worried that we were... read more going to miss out, but they were so fast at responding.
The tour itself was top notch, the guide was so knowledgeable, and the bus was very comfy. 110% would recommend to anyone. This is definitely the best way to see Meteors.

Booked this a few hours before the tour no issues. This is a must do day trip if you have the time. The guides are professional and funny. They... read more even laugh at my bad jokes.

Great experience. It was fenomenal and Klement(Klime) was wonderful as a tour guide. We had a private tour, with multiple stops, explanations and stories. We definitely recommend it if you... read more are going to Meteora. Thank you!

We had Clement from the Meteora Thrones Travel Center. Clement was the epitome of professionalism as a tour guide. He was extremely knowledgeable of the sites, local area (being... read more a resident himself), Greek history and Greek Orthodox Religious History. Clement spoke perfectly clear English, having lived in England and Canada. Most of all he was extremely thoughtful, polite, and courteous. When it started to rain hard, he met us outside the monastery to give us umbrellas so we didn’t get soaked walking to the van in the parking lot.

MONASTERY SITE
Unfortunately, the day we went was rainy and foggy/misty so we weren’t able to see all the monasteries from the outside. We visited 3 Monasteries inside and stopped at viewpoints to see 2 others, but again it was somewhat foggy we were unable to clearly see some of them. What we did see inside the monasteries we visited was beautiful and the views from up top stunning. Mondays are good because all are opened, except the one convent/nunnery, otherwise the monasteries alternate openings during the week. The Grand Meteora is closed on 3 weekdays. Winter hours are shorter closing at 4pm or earlier. We liked Grand Meteron and the St Varlaam. Wear SKIRTS inside the Monasteries out of respect. If not you will have to pay for a scarf like skirt at the entrance. The entrance fee is 3 euros per person cash for each monastery. Bring small bills.

3 BONUS Sites: As a result of us not being able to see all the monasteries, Clement offered to take us to one of the first HERMIT CAVES (really something to see, origin of habituating the area and eventually constructing the monasteries on the rocks.) He also took us to see the old BYZANTINE CHURCH that was built on top of Apollo’s Temple and explained the religious aspect inside the church. We also drove to see St Anthony’s Monastery and another ‘more’ recent hermit cave.

Our Tour VAN vehicle was spacious, clean and seemed like a newer Peugeot. Our Driver (sorry didn’t catch his name) drove carefully and safely through the windy roads.

Clement also recommended a restaurant in town that he frequented, when we were waiting for our train back to Athens. After, dinner Clement and driver drove us to the train station. They waited for us in the van while we dined.

TRAIN - Meteora Thrones company was very responsive in answering all questions. Tour company also emailed /WhatsApp our train tickets promptly. Clear instructions, Clement met us at the train station in Kalabaka with a placard of our name. Very well organized. Meteora Thrones Travel Center is probably the largest tour company in this area. The train ride itself was comfortable (Buy the first class cabin, it’s not that much more). Seats inside can slide down so you can lean back. If you have the entire cabin yourself (6seats), you could probably make it into a sleeper bed and lay down. You yourself must board the 7:57am train from Larissa Athens main train station. It’s a 4hr train ride each way and upon return you’ll arrive around 10:30pm back in Athens. However, we were delayed for 40mins (train employees did not specify why) and that made getting back very late. It’s a long day but this way you won’t have the additional day and expense of having to stay overnight in the vicinity of Kalabaka.

Overall, Clement was an excellent tour guide, very good tour (it ended up being a private tour for us even though we booked a small group tour), tour company is well organized and responsive.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND METEORA THRONES TRAVEL CENTER.

Loved this experience! - This was a fantastic day trip! The sights are incredible to see in person and the monasteries are works of art. Lots of steps but worth it!

Such a Amazing experience - Really nice!! The staff was perfect, beginning with the driver and bus (comfortable) because was a long journey (4 hours) to arrive there!

The stop points good to... read more and clean, and a tour guide that know deeply the history about monasteries and lived inside there those thing were fundamental to complete my experience

This is an amazing place and I highly recommend taking the time to go and see these monasteries! Our guide, Clement, was great. He had a lot of very interesting... read more information, kept us on time so we didn't miss anything, and seemed to have a real passion for the information he provided. I didn't really know what to expect, but it was a great time.

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