Meteora
Meteora, Greece
Meteora is not one ticket but six. Each working monastery on the rock pillars charges its own small entrance fee at the…
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Monasteries & Abbeys in Greece
Greece's monasteries include the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora, Arkadi and Preveli on Crete, Daphni and Kaisariani near Athens, the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos and Paleokastritsa on Corfu.
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Arkadi Monastery
Rethymno, Greece
Entry is by a cheap ticket bought at the gate, and it covers the whole complex, including the small museum and the…
31 tickets & tours
Saint Gerasimos Monastery
Argostoli, Greece
The Monastery of Agios Gerasimos lies in the Omala Valley in the centre of Kefalonia, about fifteen kilometres from…
3 tickets & tours
Toplou Monastery
Sitia, Greece
Toplou Monastery stands in a remote landscape in the north-east of Crete, about fifteen kilometres east of the town of…
2 tickets & tours
Daphni Monastery
Athens, Greece
Entry is free, which is unusual for a Greek UNESCO site, and there is no ticket office;
1 ticket or tour
Kaisariani Monastery
Athens, Greece
The Monastery of Kaisariani stands in a pine forest on the slopes of Mount Hymettus, about five kilometres east of…
1 ticket or tour
Odigitria
Crete, Greece
The Monastery of Odigitria stands in the Asterousia Mountains in south-central Crete, about seventy kilometres south of…
1 ticket or tour
Panagia Tourliani Monastery
Mykonos, Greece
Entry is free with a donation box inside, and a small museum of vestments and icons occupies a room off the courtyard.
1 ticket or tour
Panormitis Monastery
Symi, Greece
Entry to the monastery is free; two small museums inside, one of folk objects and one of ecclesiastical treasure,…
1 ticket or tour
Preveli
Crete, Greece
The Monastery of Preveli stands on a cliff above the Libyan Sea on the south coast of Crete, about forty kilometres…
1 ticket or tour
Keras Kardiotissas Monastery
Hersonissos, Greece
The Monastery of Panagia Kera Kardiotissa stands on the road up to the Lasithi Plateau in eastern Crete, about fifty…
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Monastery of Great Meteoron
Meteora, Greece
The Great Meteoron is the largest and oldest of the six monasteries still inhabited at Meteora in central Greece,…
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Monastery of Paleokastritsa
Paleokastritsa, Greece
The Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Paleokastritsa stands on a green headland above the famous bays on the west coast…
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Monastery of Rousanou
Meteora, Greece
Rousanou is one of the six monasteries still active at Meteora, and it is the easiest to reach: a short path and a…
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Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
Patmos, Greece
The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian crowns the hilltop village of Chora on the island of Patmos, in the…
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Monastery of Saint Stephen
Meteora, Greece
The Monastery of Saint Stephen, Agios Stefanos, is the only monastery at Meteora that can be reached without climbing…
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Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas
Meteora, Greece
Saint Nicholas Anapausas is the first monastery you reach on the road from the village of Kastraki to the Meteora…
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Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora
Meteora, Greece
Holy Trinity is the most dramatically sited of the monasteries at Meteora, perched on a narrow rock pillar above the…
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Monastery of Varlaam
Meteora, Greece
Varlaam is the second largest monastery at Meteora and one of the most visited, standing on a rock close to the Great…
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Panagia Drosiani
Naxos, Greece
Panagia Drosiani is a small Byzantine church in the hills of central Naxos, just outside the village of Moni, about…
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Modest dress is required, many close at midday, and tours are the easiest way to reach the remote ones.