After lunch, we drove to the monastries. It was a very easy drive up the hill. First stop was to take a picture of Roussanou Monastery. Hubby loved all these monasteries that are perched mystically on top of those sandstone rock pillar with straight cliffs.
Varlaam Monastery
Saint Nicholas monastery - the smallest monastery
Roussanou Monastery
Varlaam Monastery
Varlaam monastery
Varlaam Monastery
Grand monastery on higher ground and Varlaam monastery on the lower cliff
St Nicholas Monastery
St Nicholas Monastery on the left
St Nicholas Monastery
Grand monastery on the highest cliff, followed by Varlaam, Roussanou and St Nicholas.
Holy Trinity Monastery
The cable line for the cable car was very visible
Kalambaka Town at the base
St Stephen
It was very hot up here and since we did not want to watch the sunset, we descended to Kalambaka to have dinner.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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