our private tour will start from your hotel in Athens and head to the central mainland of Greece. Our first stop is the battlefield of Thermopylae or Hotgates and the Hot Springs, where the 300 brave Spartans gave their lives for the freedom of Greece. Honor and Glory was their moto. They achieved both, as their memory lasts for ever. Drive towards Trikala, Karditsa, Kalambaka and Kastraki, finally we reach the Meteora monasteries. They come second in relegious importance after mount Athos in orthodox christianity. Meteora means “middle of the sky”, “suspended in the air” or “in the heavens above” and the monasteries are built on high pillars at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The monasteries are: St. Nicolas, Grande Meteoro, Varlaam, Rousannou, Holy Trinity and St. Stephen. There you will visit up to 3 monasteries, depending on the day, admire the wonderful, panoramic view and taste some local Greek food at Kalambaka or Kastraki. After that religious experience, it is time to return back to Athens.