So, up there on my bucket list was this place! Meteora Monasteries. Meteora today is the largest archeologist site of Greece in terms of the area that it covers. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1989.

The first monks of Meteora arrived in the 14th century constructing the Meteora monasteries on the top of giant cliffs. They chose to do this not because it was easy but because it was hard, almost impossible. And they succeeded in this great achievement to build them through their great faith.

The six active Meteora monasteries create a truly inspiring and sensational setting of overwhelming rock formations with these ancient monuments occupying their picks. Today, out of initially 24 monasteries that used to exist, only 6 remain active for people to visit.

Out of those 6 active monasteries, 2 of them (Agios Stefanos & Roussanou) are convents with nuns and the rest 4 are male monasteries with monks. In total, today there are approximately 50 nuns and 17 monks still living in the active monasteries of Meteora.