点评:Meteora, from afar, looks like a cluster of steep rocky hills that seem almost inaccessible.
As we walk up the stairs to each monastery, I begin to understand why the early monks chose such a challenging place to build a church. It was so they could be closer to God.
The Greek word “Meteora” means “suspended in the air”, which aptly describes these mysterious Greek Orthodox monasteries.
We joined a day tour from Athens to Meteora. The driving time was 4-hour plus each way, which gave us about 4 hours to visit 3 monasteries.
Our group first stop was the Monastery of St Nicholas Anapausas, followed by Roussanou St Barbara and ended the tour at Varlaam. Each of the monastery is unique with its own architecture, design, artworks and atmosphere.
Out of the 3 monasteries that we had visited, Varlaam is the largest in terms of size. There was a small museum in the basement with posters explaining the history of the area. Unfortunately we were there near their closing time so could not really explore in detail. I would love to go back another time to take a closer look.
After the monastery visits we proceeded to Sunset Rock for a 40 minutes break to watch the sunset. The views were just spectacular.
We were lucky that it was not very crowded that day.
Sitting on the rock as we looked out to the valley and the steep rocks, that short moment of peace and calm was a good cleansing of the mind.
I hope to revisit Meteora soon.
On 16 December 2024, we joined a day tour from Athens to Meteora. After a 4-hour ride on the coach, we arrived at the town of Kalabaka for a quick lunch before ascending the hill.
翻译:从远处看,迈泰奥拉就像一簇陡峭的岩石山丘,几乎无法到达。
当我们走上通往每个修道院的楼梯时,我开始明白为什么早期的僧侣们选择这样一个具有挑战性的地方建造教堂。这样他们就可以更接近上帝。
希腊语“迈泰奥拉”的意思是“悬浮在空中”,这恰如其分地描述了这些神秘的希腊东正教修道院。
我们参加了从雅典到迈泰奥拉的一日游。单程开车时间是 4 个多小时,这给了我们大约 4 个小时的时间参观 3 座修道院。
我们团队的第一站是圣尼古拉斯·阿纳帕萨斯修道院,然后是 Roussanou St Barbara,最后在 Varlaam 结束了这次旅行。每个修道院都有自己的建筑、设计、艺术品和氛围,都是独一无二的。
在我们参观过的 3 座修道院中,Varlaam 的规模最大。地下室有一个小博物馆,里面的海报解释了该地区的历史。不幸的是,我们去的时候快到他们关门的时间了,所以没能真正详细地了解一下。我很想再回去仔细看看。
参观完修道院后,我们前往日落岩休息了 40 分钟,看日落。景色太壮观了。
我们很幸运,那天人不多。
我们坐在岩石上,眺望山谷和陡峭的岩石,那短暂的宁静和平静让我们的心灵得到了很好的净化。
我希望很快能再次访问梅黛奥拉。
2024 年 12 月 16 日,我们参加了从雅典到梅黛奥拉的一日游。乘坐长途汽车 4 小时后,我们抵达卡拉巴卡镇,在爬山前吃了顿快餐。