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Thessaly

Monasteries in the sky at Meteora, and the green villages of Pelion.

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Thessaly is the great plain of central Greece, ringed by mountains: Meteora in the west, Mount Pelion and the port of Volos in the east.

Musei a Thessaly

Dai un’occhiata, poi paga l’ingresso direttamente al museo.

La storia di Thessaly

At Meteora, monasteries stand on top of giant rock pillars, some 400 metres above the valley. Six are still lived in and can be visited, and the Great Meteoron has a museum of icons, manuscripts and old kitchens. In the east, the stone villages of Mount Pelion, the mountain of the centaurs in myth, look down on the sea, and Volos has a fine archaeological museum.

  • 1988Meteora on the UNESCO list
  • 14th c.the first monasteries are built on the rocks

Thessaly nel tempo

I grandi momenti, e dove vederli oggi.

  1. c. 1340The monk Athanasios founds the Great Meteoron.Da vedere: Great Meteoron Monastery

Cosa fare a Thessaly

  1. 01

    Great Meteoron Monastery

    The oldest and largest monastery on the rocks.

    Meteora1 to 2 hours
  2. 02

    Athanasakeio Archaeological Museum of Volos

    Painted grave stones and Neolithic finds.

    Volos1 to 2 hours
Come arrivare

Arrivare a Thessaly

Dall’aeroporto al centro con i mezzi pubblici, poi i treni e le linee locali fino ai musei.

Arrivare in aereo

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Athens Eleftherios VenizelosAthens · Athina · Piraeus

Muoversi: Thessaly

Linee e orari cambiano. Controlla il sito dell’operatore prima di partire.

Sulla mappa

Storia nascosta

Up in a net

For centuries visitors were pulled up in a net.

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Until the 1920s the only way into many Meteora monasteries was by long ladders or a net hauled up by a rope and winch. Visitors liked to ask how often the rope was changed; the monks answered, 'When the Lord lets it break.' Steps were cut into the rock in the 1920s, but the old winch towers can still be seen.