Day trip

Thessaloniki: Full-Day Bus Trip to Meteora

Activity provider: Ammon Express
Day trip

Thessaloniki: Full-Day Bus Trip to Meteora

Activity provider: Ammon Express
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Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Meteora on a full-day bus trip from Thessaloniki. Enter 2 of the 6 holy monasteries and get panoramic views of the giant rocks.

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Duration 11 hours
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Live tour guide
English

Experience

Highlights
  • See 2 of the 6 holy monasteries of Meteora
  • Get panoramic views of the buildings perched on near-vertical rocks
  • Enjoy a traditional Greek lunch in Kastraki
Full description

Embark on a full-day bus trip to Meteora from Thessaloniki. Explore this UNESCO world heritage site and admire the unique landscape.

Depart Thessaloniki in the morning and journey to the amazing monastery complex of Meteora to visit 2 of the 6 holy monasteries, depending on their operating schedule.

Get access to holy sites such as the women's Monastery of Agios Stefanos with its impressive wood-carved iconostasis, or visit the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, perched on the top of a rocky precipice over 400 meters high.

Alternatively, discover the tower of the old preserved net at the Monastery of Varlaam, or explore the largest of the monasteries at the Monastery of Great Meteoron. Take in panoramic views of these incredible structures and the stunning landscape.

Enjoy a traditional Greek lunch in Kastraki, near the city of Kalampaka, before heading back to Thessaloniki.

Includes
  • Round-trip transportation
  • Bilingual escort
  • Basic travel insurance
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if private option is selected)
  • Entrance fees (€3 per monastery – cash only)
  • Cost of lunch at the restaurant
  • Guided tour inside the monasteries and museums
Not suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users

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Meeting point

Meet your guide on Aristotelous Square and Egnatia Street, in front of the Venizelos Statue.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Comfortable clothes
  • Cash

Know before you go

  •  The coach journey from Thessaloniki to Meteora is 3.5 hours each way, including a short stop along the way to use the restroom and buy snacks.
  • The monasteries have strict dress rules prohibiting entry to male visitors wearing shorts and female visitors with sleeveless sweatshirts
  •  Women need a long skirt/ dress to enter the monasteries. Women cannot enter the monasteries wearing trousers or jeans.
  • To reach the monasteries, you will be required to climb stairs
  • The €3 entrance fee to each monastery is not included in the ticket price, this must be paid in cash
  •  You will stop for a traditional Greek lunch in Kastraki, this is not included in the ticket price
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5

based on 818 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.8/5
  • Transportation
    4.8/5
  • Service
    4.2/5
  • Organization
    4.2/5

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Friendly guide & bus driver. Bu overall, a long and expensive bus ride. A few suggestions: - Depart half an hour earlier: this way, we can actually stop.at more than one viewpoint. - Albeit pretty, the tour only does one stop for photos. - The tour could easily stop 5 minutes to appreciate the beauty of the ... monastery, no detour would be needed. - We visited the .. monastery that just before reaching has a great viewpoint to appreciate it. Once again, a quick stop to absorb the view and take some pictures - It felt like a 'we'll just follow the bus ahead of us and to what the others do" kind of tour.

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March 25, 2023

Meteora is just amazing! Beautiful landscape and interesting monasteries. Our tour was very well organized from start to finish. It’s quite a long drive from Thessaloniki, but our guide kept things interesting by giving some history of the region and pointing out important sites along the way, like Mt Olympus.

February 8, 2023

A one day but well worth it - definitely a must -see The guide was wonderful, full of interesting and relevant information without feeling the need to talk all the time as many guides do The views really are breathtaking - would have been nice to see a couple more monasteries - maybe next time !

January 16, 2023

Product ID: 134685