Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the ...

Vangelis Galanis has made a rope solo first ascent of a new multipitch rock climb on Kapelo Peak in Meteora, Greece. The route is dedicated to Dietrich Hasse, the German climber who pioneered rock ...

In March 2023 at Meteora in Greece the Italians Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia established the multi-pitch climb Pythagoras (150m, 7a max, 6c obligatory) on the Sourloti Tower.

In October, I flew to Greece to visit my daughter’s family. After a few days seeing the sights of Athens, we drove to the town of Kalabaka, a four-hour drive northwest. The town is situated at the ...

Meteora: This celebrated view of Meteora has become one of the most photographed spots in Greece.

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 ...

From a distance, when you catch the first glimpse of the colossal sandstone monoliths of Meteora in Greece, they look familiar. And then it hits you. Meteora was the real-life inspiration for the ...