Meteora has become a fantastic destination for sport climbing over the years, attracting climbers from Greece, Europe, and ...

Kalabaka, Greece, in October with views of Meteora’s rock formations and monasteries perched above sheer drops. (Woody Stephens) By A Virginian-Pilot reader ...

High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched on the edge of sandstone peaks. In centuries past, their place of worship ...

This week's Offbeat Traveler is inspired by Los Angeles Times reader Gene Minick, who recently visited the remote monasteries of Metéora in Greece's Thessaly region.

The Monasteries of Meteora in Greece are stunningly beautiful. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the grouping of six monasteries rests on natural sandstone rock pillars.

Greece, the cradle of Western civilisation, bears a wealth of archaeological and historical treasures, some of these being thousands of years old. From the Acropolis in Athens to the mysterious ...

Meteora is one of the famous, oldest and most idyllic places for rock climbing in Greece, "discovered" as it were by none other than Dietrich Hasse in 1975 together with climbing partner from Saxony.

In October, I flew to Greece to visit my daughter’s family. After a few days seeing the sights of Athens, we drove to the town of Kalabaka, a four-hour drive northwest. The town is situated at ...