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Meteora Footpaths

Old monks' paths winding between the pillars from Kastraki and Kalambaka up to the monasteries.

Photo: Stathis floros · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
Half a day
Address
Kastraki, 422 00 KalambakaDirections
Getting There
Trails start from Kastraki and from behind Kalambaka's cathedral.

Why Go

Before the road was built, these paths were the only way up. They climb through oak woods past hermits' caves high in the rock faces, and give the best sense of the pillars' size.

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