Top Meteora Rail Tours

Discover the hidden gems of Meteora with this small-group sunset hike with a local guide. Enjoy transfers from your Kalabaka or Kastraki hotel to the trailhead. Hike along hidden local trails, explore secret hermit caves and an ancient monk’s prison, and enjoy views of the sunset and panoramic views of Meteora from a scenic viewpoint.

Hop aboard a train in Athens and head out to Kalabaka with this overnight tour led by a local guide. ON your first day, you'll take a sunset tour through the area, visiting six monasteries, a hermitage, and a Byzantine church before relaxing in your hotel. On your second day, you'll visit Meteora, seeing cave dwellings once used by hermits and learning about the monks who constructed this incredible site before returning to Athens via an early-evening train.

Spare yourself the risks of Greek roads and the expense of car hire on this comprehensive small-group tour of Meteora’s religious monuments. Soak up the sunset over this dramatic landscape; see all six monasteries and visit the interior of one or two; admire the Byzantine Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Kalabaka and 1,000-year-old cave hermitages. Tour includes transport and guiding: entrance fees are at your own expense.

This magical Meteora tour is perfect for first-time visitors who want to make the most of their time near these magnificent rock structures. Opting for a private tour means you won’t have to wait around for other members of your party, and you can customize the tour based on your needs. See all six monasteries in Meteora and have a chance to enter some of them. You’ll learn local secrets and travel comfortably in an air-conditioned vehicle.

Uncover the history and myths of Meteora’s spectacular clifftop monasteries on this half-day tour with pickup at the train station. Reach the UNESCO World Heritage Site, where you'll take in panoramic views and visit two of the sky-high medieval sanctuaries with a guide and learn about the local culture, history, and etiquette of monasteries. If you're short on time, it's a convenient way to fit in a visit to one of Greece’s most awe-inspiring spiritual sites. Enjoy a more personal experience with tour group sizes capped at 18 travelers.

Discover Meteora’s UNESCO-listed rocktop monasteries in one day with this small-group rail tour from Thessaloniki. Admire the scenery of the passing countryside as you travel by train to Kalabaka, with further transport to Meteora, where you’ll be able to see all six monasteries, and visit three of them with an English speaking tour leader.

History enthusiasts will love a private all-day tour of UNESCO-listed Meteora. After a hotel pickup from Kalabaka or Kastraki, head to the historic site. You’ll pass by all six monasteries, and get the chance to visit two or three of your own choice. Explore the monasteries independently (guides are an extra cost) and make use of the handy free Meteora map.

Join this 3-days/2 nights rail tour from Thessaloniki to Meteora to discover the beauty and the history of a unique geological phenomenon and the Byzantine Monasteries, listed as UNESCO World Heritage monuments. Travel from Thessaloniki to Meteora and back by train and enjoy captivating views of an out of this world landscape. Seize the chance to engage in memorable activities in a 3-days tour that will definitely be the highlight of your entire visit to Greece.

Discover the beauty and history of unique geological phenomena and Byzantine monasteries on a two day rail tour to Meteora from Thessaloniki. The first day covers a trip from Thessaloniki to Meteora, where you go on a breathtaking sunset tour. The next day, you go from Meteora to Athens, plus a hiking tour or a half-day tour in Meteora. Check out world heritage monuments on this trip.

DEPARTURE POINT The train departs from Athens Railway Station at 07:20 subject to confirmation after booking MEETING POINT You will arrive in Kalabaka at 11:30 (approx) and we will wait for you at Kalabaka train station with a sign with your name. After the amazing Special Midday Meteora Tour, we will drop you off again at the Kalabaka train station to catch the train back to Athens. The train departs at 17:15 and you will be in Athens at 21:30. Times subject to confirmation after booking