Meteora

ආරම්භයේ සිට අවසානය දක්වාම ඉතා විශිෂ්ටයි. උදෑසන 9ට නියමිත වේලාවට පිටත්වී රාත්‍රී 11ට පමණ ඇතැන්ස් ස්ථානයට ළඟා විය. අපගේ රියදුරු යැනිස් වෙත ස්තූතියි, ඔහු ආරක්ෂිතව රිය පැදවීය. තවද අපගේ සංචාරක මාර්ගෝපදේශක වස්සූ ඉතා මිත්‍රශීලී සහ දැනුමැති තැනැත්තියකි!! අපි ඇතුළත ආරාම 3 ක් නරඹපු අතර, හතරවන ආරාමය ඉක්මනින් වසා දැමෙන නිසා එය ඇතුළතින් බලාගන්න නොහැකි වුණත්, පිටත සිට එය බලාගන්න අපව அழைத்துச் ගියා .. එය ඉදිකරන ලද පළමු ආරාමය මෙන්ම ඉතාමත් සුන්දර ආරාමයයි! ආරාම තුනම නැරඹීමට පියවර නැගීම වටී. දිවා ආහාරයද ඉතා විශිෂ්ට විය. තිබූ එකම අවාසිය නම් රාත්‍රී ආහාරය ඉතා මිල අධික වීමයි. එය සාමාන්‍ය සංචාරක උගුලක් යැයි සිතේ, සූව්ලකි කූරු 2 ක්, ෆ්‍රෙන්ච් ෆ්‍රයිස්, සැලඩ් සහ වතුර බෝතලයක් සඳහා යුරෝ 20 ක් අය කළේය. වෙනත් ආහාර විකල්ප ද තිබූ අතර, අනෙකුත් මගීන් ද තමන්ට ගෙවීමට සිදු වූ මිල ගණන් ගැන මැසිවිලි නගනු මට ඇසුණි. නමුත් එයින් පරිබාහිරව, ඉතා සුන්දර සංචාරයක් විය! අප නැරඹූ ආරාමවල වැසිකිළි පහසුකම් තිබූ අතර ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් වැසිකිළි විවේක ලබා දුන්නේය

The pick-up location was very easy to find. We saw many monasteries along the way. I didn't bring cash, but I was able to get in using a card. The tour guide was very humorous and kept saying he was his parents' favorite child. The driver drove very smoothly, and I slept soundly along the way. As for the food being expensive, I didn't think so—it seemed like the normal price around here.

Irene K and our driver George were an absolute pleasure! George is an excellent photographer with a wonderful sense of humour and Irene K was truly fantastic. she is extremely knowledgeable, flexible and adaptable to peoples interests and shared so much history and context that was truly valuable. Having such a qualified and experienced archaeologist as a guide to such ancient and important spaces was a real blessing! as for the trip itself, it was perfectly paced really such a special experience! I am so glad that I joined this tour and highly recommend it. The only negative thing I can think of was that the food at the restaurant for lunch on the first day was just okay and a little overpriced. Perhaps to tour company might consider some other locations to stop for lunch. Even just a smaller local spot considering the group itself was only small.

I participated in a 2-day, 1-night tour. For the hotel in Kalambaka, I chose the 4-star option, but I ended up being the only person placed in a large hotel on the outskirts of town. It took about a 20-minute walk to get to the town center. Given this, I would have rather stayed at a 3-star hotel in the center of town. I was satisfied with the tour content, though. The tour to see the sunset in Meteora was amazing. The next day, due to a misunderstanding on my part, I ended up booking a hiking tour. While this turned out to be nice in its own way, I wish I had chosen the option to visit more monasteries instead. Since it is far from Athens, I am glad I didn't do a day trip. If I am being picky, the pickup time on the second day could have been a little earlier.

What an amazing experience! My son and I wanted to see Meteora and the monasteries from a different perspective other than from a tour bus. I am so glad that we went on this hike. Our guide, Kris, was so funny and very knowledgeable. I thought we were just getting a hike. What I didn’t expect was how knowledgeable Kris was on how the rock formations were formed, the ecology of the area, and how the monasteries developed over the centuries. The hike was not too challenging, but definitely bring an extra water bottle… They give you one at the start of the hike, but having an extra one would be helpful. Also, there were parts where we were out in the open so bringing sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses definitely helped. I would definitely recommend this hike to anyone on the adventurous side and looking to experience the beauty of nature and Meteora.