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 Fountain Valley resident ...

St. Barbara of Roussanou's Greek Orthodox monastery perches at the edge of a towering hilltop in Meteora, Greece. As one of Meteora's six active monasteries, its medieval stone walls drop off at ...

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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 brought ...

Where nature meets the divine, Meteora rises above the clouds as a mystical sanctuary of Greek Orthodox monasteries perched on towering rock pillars. Built centuries ago, with only ropes, pulleys, and ...

Greece is most often characterized by its idyllic beaches and ancient ruins, which are fantastic and not to be missed. However, on my second trip to Greece we stayed with a friend who showed us some ...