Holy Trinity monastery is now a nunnery built atop a stone edifice hundreds of meters high by monks originally hiding from invaders during the middle ages...great for shutterbugs, history buffs or spiritual seekers. Take in a few of these for a great day.
Included in our trip to Greece was a side trip to Meteora and its monasteries. The landscape was stunning with these huge pinnacles of rock protruding from the earth; mind-boggling to think how that even happened. But even more spectacular were the monasteries built on the sides and tops of these protrusions of rock. To learn about the efforts of the monks who built them, sometimes over decades, was inspiring. While getting to Meteora is a journey (it's several hours north of Athens), it was very much worthwhile. Anyone traveling to Greece should consider adding this to their itinerary!
The approach to this monatery is the hardest in that you first have to go down to go back up. There are only a few rooms that you can see though the view here is a little different from the other monasteries making it all worth while.
The route down and up to the monastery is unbelievably beautiful, but also the steepest of all the six monasteries.
But, really worth the visit.
Amazing, what can I say...
Enjoyed the walk up the steps, perhaps the best part. The view of town was nice. I enjoyed Great Meteoro and Agios Stefanos more.
