Meteora, Monasteries And Battle of Thermopylae Private Tour From Athens

Meteora hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries. The six (of an original twenty four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. It is located near the town of Kalambaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains.

Meteora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List

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Thermopylae is a place in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs.The Hot Gates is "the place of hot springs" and in Greek mythology it is the cavernous entrances to Hades

A main highway now splits the pass, with a modern-day monument to King Leonidas I of Sparta on the east side of the highway

Please note that its 4 hours to arrive to Meteora from Athens
And 4 Hours Driving Back
on the way back we will make 30 minutes stop to Thermopylae.