Day 01
Thermopylae, Meteora and Kalabaka Discovery
- Pick up at 08:00 am from your hotel or from Piraeus Port.
- Start this incredible journey by following the road towards Thermopylae.
- Visit the Thermopylae Museum, next to the monument of King Leonidas in historic Thermopylae, dedicated to the 480 BC battle that changed the course of Greek history, when 300 Spartans fought against the Persian Empire. The center presents history as an interactive narrative: in its three exhibition halls, multimedia applications offer visitors a virtual trip to the time and battlefields of the Persian Wars as described by the ancient historian Herodotus, while the battle of Thermopylae comes alive in a digital 3D movie.
- Afterward, head to Meteora and make your first stop at the Great Meteoro (or similar), the largest and oldest of them all. It was called the monastery that was "suspended in the air" (meteoro) because of the formation of the gigantic rock on top of which it was built.
- Continue to the great Monastery of St. Stephan (or similar), a small church built in the 16th century and decorated in 1545. This monastery rests on the plain rather than on a cliff. It was damaged by the Nazis during World War II, who believed it was harboring insurgents, and was later abandoned.
- Admire a small treasure of Byzantine and Christian items at the museum inside the monastery.
- End the tour in the picturesque village of Kalabaka, a small traditional town built at the foot of the majestic grey rocks of God, in the shadow of the great Meteora monasteries.
- Have a traditional Greek lunch.
- Return to your hotel at approximately 20:30.
