PRIVATE : Full Day Meteora Tour from Kalabaka or Kastraki

Every penny worth spending - Everything was perfect for this trip. They made it so easy including sharing details & tickets for train. The guide was friendly, knowledgeable. He was very proficient in English.

Amazing views and interesting explanations! - After 5 hours on the train (it was delayed more than an hour for both Athens-Kalambaka and Kalambaka-Athens), our expectations of Meteora weren't high, but the whole tour was totally... read more amazing. Our guide explained everything in detail while we were on the bus, the views were totally amazing and the monasteries were also beautiful.

Amazing! This was a super long day of travel but we’ll worth it, and splurge on the private driver. After being on a train for 4 hours it was delightful... read more to have our own driver, made a quick stop at a little cafe (clean bathroom) then headed up to the monasteries. Learned a lot and got to go inside 4 of the 6 monasteries as we went through them quickly. (Apparently there’s always one closed each day). Enjoyed the private driver so we were able to go at our own pace and walk through between bus loads of people. Had a relaxed meal at a local restaurant before heading back to the train. Highly recommend, haven’t see anything like this elsewhere. Men were allowed in with shorts that covered their knees, women were offered wraps if they weren’t wearing modest skirts or shoulders were bare (sometimes just depends at who is selling tickets.) I wore a calf length dress with shoulders covered and was allowed entry. The sights are amazing, go see Meteora, it’s well worth it!
Figure out metro ahead of time when you get back to Athens, taxis charging 3X the amount they were earlier in the day.

Our guide, Krissa, was very friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable. We were easily guided from the train station, throughout the tour and back to the train station without any discomfort. Each... read more point of interest was thoroughly explained and all questions were answered thoroughly.
I highly recommend this tour company!

Beautiful weather, perfect amount of time at each monastery, and good information from Giannis the tour guide

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

Unfortunately due to the pandemic, we didn't get to do this tour we had planned for 2020. But George & his team have been fantastic throughout - initially providing a... read more credit voucher then as it became increasingly likely that we wouldn't be able to use that, they provided a full refund! They have been helpful, kind and unfailingly polite in our email correspondence.
If/when we do get back to Greece (from Australia) I will definitely use this company to make my long awaited trip to Meteora! Thank you so much George & all your team.

The tour was very well organized and the guide Chris knows everything about Meteora and I had an amazing day knowing all history about Meteora!

Guide was absolutely lovely girl who knows how to interact with people, perfect bus driver and of course incredible Meteors.

In Athens there are no signs of which track... read more you should take as also no schedules with all possible directions. But people always help.

Christos was a wonderful guide, really engaging, and full of knowledge and stories. Even my teenage kids were enthralled by the many anecdotes and insight into the places we visited.... read more
Nothing to add to how breathtaking Meteora is, the photos do not do it justice and the other reviewers write far better than I.
But I will add another reason to take this tour is that you will visit some monasteries out of the beaten path. If we had just driven ourselves we would probably have stuck to the big ones

I got this tour for my friend and I. It was a gift to her. We both loved it. Very well organised, the guide was great and funny. I recommend... read more it 100%! Go for it! We visited 3 monasteries and learned a lot about the history, the monasteries and how did these cliffs even happen to be there. Thank you so much!

Our train tickets arrived by email well before the tour, with assigned seats. Athens station was easy to navigate and find the train ok. Top tip there’s a station cafe... read more on the platform side that we only saw after getting to the platform!
The train was a little delayed, announcements kept coming on the platform which was ok, no actual information on the length of the delay tho!

Eleni and the driver (whose name I can’t recall, apologies) were both superb throughout the tour. They were waiting outside the station with a large sign with names listed below, no issue. We ended up on the largest of the coaches which was nice and a group of I think 16 people.
From the station we went to the main square in Kalambaka and stopped for 15 mins by a bakery to grab drinks and sandwiches/ pastries and bathroom stop, also goes to spot potential places for dinner after the tour.
The monasteries were stunning and lived up to all anticipation. there were 24 in Meteora, now only 8 and 2 uninhabited. 4 monks monasteries and 2 female. The first was the Holy Monastery of Grand Meteoran, be warned there are 275 steps down and up to get to the monastery and the same coming out. Superb, stunning frescoes, just magical views of the other monasteries too. Second was Varlaam, only 150 steps here, just as beautiful and the views were magnificent. En route fro here to the last monastery we saw the scenery used for a Games of Thrones scene and the monastery (occupied by one 53 yr old hermit monk) used in For shout Eyes Only.
The last monastery was the a holy Monastery of St Stephan, nuns here (priests at the the others two, none seen at the first one seen at the second with some serious ring kissing going on with visitors ).
St Stephan was way favourite of the three it is beautiful, the church itself is amazing, with incense to add to the ambiance. Beautiful lavender and rose gardens behind it with more stunning views over the valley and a sad dried up river bed (2022 drought).
A short stop at an icon workshop en route back to Kalambaka and ended up back in the central square.
We ate in the square at the Archontariki Taverna and the food was really good, service friendly too
The train trip back was smooth, just a long day but absolutely worth it it was phenomenal totally recommend it and the company they were superb

Very kind guides, financial tour and the view at Meteora so beautiful! I highly recommend it! Inside the bus, the tour guide constantly gave us information about the monasteries and... read more the place.

Excellent trip. I tried to find the cheapest way to get to Meteora with my wife, but from the distance from Meteora from Athens it made the most sense booking... read more with this company. Renting a car would have been too much of a hassle as we only planned to visit Meteora and get back and our airbnb based in the center of Athens didn't even have parking therefore car would have been to exhausting of a drive and expense to rent. Especially trip taking 4 to 5 hours driving. Company instructions was very easy to follow and we learned a lot from our guide. I recommend this method and company as the best way to reach Meteora, especially if your only planning to be there for a day.

Taking the trip to Meteora with Meteora Thrones was an excellent choice.
They booked train tickets (nice experience for my 14-year old twins!) and took us on a very interesting... read more tour in Meterora's monasteries. The information provided by our Guide (Mrs Ria) was detailed but interesting and amusing. She provided information not only on the Monasteries but on the geological history and the greated Meteora area as well.
A trip worth taking!

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

This was a great tour, I liked it so much I went ahead and booked their half day Monasteries tour for the next day. The sunset tour was my favorite... read more of the two because we got to go see a Monastery, an old church, the hermit caves, and the sunset from sunset rock. It really is spectacular to see the sunset behind the rocks. They picked up and dropped off at my hotel which was really convenient.

Not to Miss! - Tour guide was very knowledgeable and humour. Also very patient. Meteora is so beautiful and unbelievable