This is Part 2 of our walking tour of Meteora, Greece – a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988 and one of the most remarkable places in all of Europe. This tour takes you deeper into the towering sandstone pillars, where ancient monasteries still cling impossibly to the sheer cliff faces above the valley floor.
Experience the awe-inspiring beauty of Meteora, Greece as we explore three more of the region’s most iconic sites.
Part 2 of this definitive tour explores the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity, the Main Observation Deck of Meteora, and the Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapafsas.
Experience the sheer scale, rich history, and spiritual serenity of these historic clifftop sanctuaries in high-resolution detail.
📍 Location: Meteora, Greece
📹 Filmed on: 31.05.2026
⛅ Weather: 27 °C
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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Meteora Walking Tour Start
07:28 Entering Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity – Path & Stairs
13:50 Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity – Main Entrance
41:19 Main Observation Deck of Meteora
46:00 Entering Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapafsas – Path & Stairs
56:22 Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapafsas – Main Entrance
About Meteora Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Agia Triada)
Holy Trinity is the one you have already seen, even if you have never set foot in Greece. It stands alone on top of a sheer pillar high above the valley, and it played the fictional St. Cyril’s in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. The monks actually fought the production over it and only lost on the exteriors, so every interior you see in the film is a set built elsewhere.
Getting up is half the reason to come. For centuries the only way in was a rope ladder and a net basket, and the 140 steps carved into the rock did not arrive until 1925. It is the most famous monastery in Meteora and, oddly, one of the least visited, so you often get those huge valley views mostly to yourself. Save it for a clear morning and climb before the afternoon heat hits the staircase.
About Meteora Monastery of the St. Nicholas Anapafsas (Agios Nikolaos)
St. Nicholas Anapafsas is the first monastery you reach climbing up from Kastraki, and it is the smallest of the six. The rock it sits on was too narrow to build outward, so the monks built upward instead, stacking the whole monastery across three floors linked by a staircase cut into the stone. It feels tighter and more vertical than anywhere else in Meteora, which is exactly what makes it worth the stop.
The real reason to go inside is the frescoes. The tiny main church was painted in 1527 by Theophanes the Cretan, the leading painter of the Cretan School, and this was his first signed work on that scale. Look for the Last Judgment, Jonah and the whale, and a rare, almost playful scene of Adam naming the animals
