Meteora Adventure: 2-Day Scenic Tour from Athens

Embark on a two-day rail tour from Athens to Meteora and explore the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Discover the stunning geological phenomenon and Byzantine Monasteries with top-rated tours and activities included.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Travel from Athens to Meteora by bus, soaking in Greek mainland views. Check in at noon, then enjoy a sunset tour.

Meteora - You will enjoy the Meteora sunset tour. You will visit a monastery (Saint Stephen), The Byzantine church, The hermit Caves, The hidden monasteries and few breathtaking view points for great photo opportunities.
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What's Included
  • Join the Meteora Sunset Tour
  • Accommodation in a 3-star or 4-star hotel, including breakfast
  • Explore the renowned Meteora and visit all its monasteries
  • Convenient pick-up and drop-off service from Kalampaka train station
  • Option to select between the Meteora Hiking Tour or the Meteora Half-day Tour
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Meals
  • Entrance fees per monastery
  • Hotel local tax
  • State licensed guide inside the monastery
Additional Information

Embark on a captivating 2-day journey to Meteora from Athens. Catch the 8:00 am bus, and upon arrival at 12:30, our driver awaits to transfer you to your hotel. Join the Meteora Sunset Tour for mesmerizing views and hidden gems. Choose between the Meteora Hiking Tour or the Half-day Morning Tour the next day, exploring the cultural and natural wonders….

Location
Athens Railway Station
Domokou
The bus will depart from Larissis train station in Athens at 08:00am. We request you to be present at the exit of the Larissa metro/subway station on Deligianni str, directly opposite the Athens train station Everest cafe, by 07:45am. Here is the location: https://goo.gl/maps/16AcMUsyJNSoFF698
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Claire_d
Jun 24, 2025
Majestic memorable Meteora was amazing. - Exceptional. We had amazing tour guides and bus drivers. They gave us interesting stories and information. Your pictures will never capture the beautiful area of history and massiveness, but you will take a zillion photos. Going inside the monestaries was so educational and enlightening. We had a mishap leaving a travel bag behind that we needed to get travel home. The bus driver connected us immediately to Visit Meteora travel and they will have it on a bus tonight. We are so thankful with their ease, confidence and caring nature. Our tour guides were so personable taking pictures of us. They even had water on board after the many stairs. Recommend with 20 stars. Our hotel they lined up had a beautiful authentic breakfast and was so clean. Their staff also helped with our dilemma. Great caring staff. The town was cute to walk during our time not on tour. I highly highly recommend going and doing the overnight tour including the sunset tour and then next day tours. Amazing. All our friends seeing our posts have put it on their bucket list!
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Departure11480950414
Jun 17, 2025
Great Views, Fascinating History - The two of us did the sunset tour with Lina and Sotos and then a morning tour with them to see more monasteries. The two of them were great and told the history of the area with detail, and included aspects of how the locals still interact with the monasteries today. As a small group Lina gave us all the info about the site prior to going in allowing us to enjoy each spot at our own pace. Then if we had any questions when we got back to the bus she would answer them well. Sotos drove great and not once were we worried about road safety.
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Karan
Jun 2, 2025
Great Tour Guide, great views! - Super good tour! Very thorough explanations. Lina was cheerful and bubbly, making everyone feel welcome. Drawing on her knowledge of Archaeology and her childhood experiences, she shared insights into the churches and monasteries, not missing any detail! The bus driver Nick was also very nice, offering us bottled water when we were thirsty. Good trip. 10/10 would recommend
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Qiyingz2015
May 27, 2025
Well organized well run tour - Well organized well run tour. More than worth the price. Glad that we took it. Strongly recommend. There were many similar tour operators on the ground than we were able to find online beforehand during our trip preparation
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Phippinger
May 25, 2025
Fabulous! - We are in our late 70s, and we loved this tour. For some of the monasteries, we had to climb many steps. One was over 250 steps but had areas to explore between various sets of steps, so it wasn't so bad. The terrain was breathtaking - I've not seen anything like those towering cliffs. The tour was well organized, the guides were great, and the ride from Athens to Meteora on the bus was comfortable. I think its best to stay at least 1 night in Meterora.
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Rachelba7841xu
May 25, 2025
Hiking Tour for the Win - Would 10/10 recommend the hiking tour in the morning! We had Christos as a guide, and he was excellent. The hike was about 5 miles, but he set a great pace that was accessible to people of all ages in our group and stopped every ~10 minutes to provide some history and context of the surrounding area. He was incredibly knowledgeable and had so many interesting facts that we would never have known otherwise. He also knew a lot about the local flora and stopped to show us different varieties, which we really enjoyed. Plus, the view of the monasteries from the hikes is incredible. Overall our experience with Visit Meteora is one to remember!
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Melanie
May 22, 2025
The Guides here are amazing. Tolis for sunset tour and Evan for the hiking tour. You will not regret it. - The evening tour provided history and background information. The hike enabled you to see it up close and personal. .. Wear tenns/hiking shoes!!
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R7085fjsandrah
May 4, 2025
Unbeatable memories! - The views are magnificent! The guides are knowledgeable and humorous! The locals are friendly ! We definitely will come back !
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Amack718
Apr 17, 2025
Informative tour with wonderful views - Great trip with 2 included tours. We did the bus tour for sunset and the hiking tour in the morning. Both guides were very friendly and knowledgeable - answering any questions we or others in the group had.
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Michelle_g
Jun 2, 2025
Tour schedule not great; Guides and Meteora history and landscape terrific - Just finished up this 2 day tour to Meteora and wanted to share some insights. The tour guides Dimitrius (for the 1st 1/2 day sunset portion) and Chris (for the hike 2nd 1/2 day) were phenomenal!! So much knowledge they shared with us - more than we ever expected. The rock formations in Meteora are a spectacular view and the Monasteries were quite unique. The parts of the tour that we wish we had known ahead of time: the town of Kalabaka does not have much to do. We were there on Sunday for the 1st day and once you arrive at your hotel you have about 3+ hours before you get picked up for the sunset portion of the tour. Most businesses were closed in the afternoon so very little shopping and limited choices for lunch. More things were open once we returned after sunset. We did the hike the next morning rather than the bus tour. We hiked at a pretty good pace through some difficult terrain at times for a few hours until we arrived at a monastery for an hour break- only to continue hiking down to the road for our pickup point. I recommend that you are physically fit, wear good shoes with grip, and preferably long pants. The hike is about 7km long. Once the hike was over, we again arrived back in Kalabaka (where we had already had to check out of our hotel room) and had 3+ hours before being picked back up to head back to Athens on the bus. A lot of businesses and restaurants again closed on Monday afternoon so limited lunch choices again. Not sure if more things would be open during the busier times of tourist season or not?? Our tour was June 1-2. I would recommend the tour simply for the fact that you learn a lot and the views are spectacular!
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).