2-days rail trip from Athens to Meteora

Meteora, Greece

2 days (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

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.

Accommodation in a three-star hotel is included
Travel in the comfort of an air-conditioned vehicle
See the Greek countryside with a round-trip train journey
Local guides will provide commentary

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
WiFi on board
All Fees and Taxes
Bottled water
Round trip train tickets
Luxury mini-bus transportation
Local English-speaking tour leader
Choose second days tour
See and visit monasteries,hidden gems and hermitages

Monasteries entrance fee which are 3€ per person for each monastery
Byzantine church entrance fee which is 2€ per person
Dinner,lunch and snacks
State Licensed guide, inside the monasteries

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Kalambaka
Kalabaka 422 00, Greece

Start time

08:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
Pets are not allowed to enter the monasteries.
You will receive an e-mail with the train e-tickets a few days before the tour.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

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Beautiful Meteora trip

jhankard, May 2024

Meteora is just amazing and feels out of the real world. Well planned trip. Specially the evening trip to monasteries with our fantastic guide Antonios were amazing. He explained with great patience all the history and helped us to understand the beauty of Meteora. Thanks a lot.

Brilliant trip . Amazing guide. Highly recommend this tour…

Liz_C, May 2024

Oh goodness … what an amazing tour… Antonios was an excellent guide. Very informative, fun, and taught us so much about the local area and monasteries! … Thank you! We loved it! Highly recommend this trip… plus delicious supper and lunch restaurants recommendations that we wouldn’t have gone to… thank you x a million!

This tour is not ro be missed!

Crystal_H, Sep 2023

It starts with a four hour train ride from Athens. Roundtrip tickets are issued electronically. No problems. Sthatis, my driver, met me at the station and dropped me off at Hotel Alexiou, which was included. Nice hotel with gorgeous views of Meteora from the balcony. A light breakfast the next morning is included. You are right in town,walking distance from shopping, cafes, etc. I had lunch at Valia Calda, recommended by the hotel. Food was excellent, reasonably priced, with large portions, and great service. I was picked up at the hotel for a sunset tour. Xrisa was our guide, who spoke excellent English and is very knowledgeable. We had a small group, only two others on day one. Only one other person on day two, so we were able to personalize the tour to what we wanted to see and do. I chose the afternoon tour for the second day. Got to know Xrisa even better. Hotel pickup on the second day was timely and drop off at the train station for return to Athens was prompt. I would highly recommend this tour without hesitation! The sights you will see and the knowledge gained will be well worth it.

Magnificent tour, wonderful guides - definitely recommend!

Thomas_L, Jul 2023

The most beautiful place we've ever been! We took the two-day tour from Athens on the train - which we preferred to driving - and were promptly picked up from the train station in a very nice luxury van and delivered to our nice, cozy hotel overlooking Meteora. We had a bit of time to explore before being picked up for the evening part of our tour. There are no words to describe the beauty of Meteora at sunset - it's magnificent and definitely the way to experience this beautiful landscape. We also toured a number of other monasteries and stopped for plenty of photo opps. The second day of the tour was more active - glad we wore comfy shoes! We had plenty of time to visit the monasteries and experience the area before being delivered back to the train station. We thought Krissa (I know I spelled it wrong) was super lively and knowledgeable and made the trip most enjoyable, in particular. If I had to give any recommendations, I would suggest more detailed information be posted or shared in advance. Thanks to so many excellent reviews I trusted all would fall into place, but it would have been nice to receive the train information when I scheduled the trip versus when I emailed to request it and more specifics about exactly when and where we should go in advance. This was no big deal and I'm sure some of it varies from one trip to the next - just a preference as I like to plan ahead. That said, they were very responsive when I reached out and absolutely wonderful to work with. Definitely would recommend!

Meteora was a great experience

Morten_S, Sep 2022

All logistics worked very well, efficient with digital train-tickets. A nice four hour train-ride from Athen to Kalabaka (in Meteora county). We were picked up at station in Kalabaka and taken to the hotel. We had a couple of hours to relax and eat lunch until the guide Dimitri took us for a four hour afternoon and sun-set tour where we saw the fantastic landscape, its monastries, and with his excelent explaination of the history and the area. Day #2; We were picked up from the hotel for a three-four hour morning tour where we visited several monastries. The driver was nice, though he didn’t explain or tell anything and his English was rather limited despite being a english tour. It was a nice two-day tour which we are happy to recommend. Very good logistics, and if I had questions then Viator were easily available via the app to respond. The lack of guiding on day #2 was a big disappointment, but day #1 was very good, so it is fair to give an oversll 4* rating.

A Must while visiting Athens!

Maria_L, Apr 2022

The view of all the Monasteries and the outlaying Mountain areas are nothing but breathtaking. We were fortunate enough to have two great tour guides and driver that made the experience even more pleasant with all their knowledge and positive attitude. Even throwing in the occasional joke to keep us on Our toes and a little trivia. We highly recommend this tour for anybody that is looking to be educated of the area and take in all the beautiful landscapes.

Response from Host, May 2022

We appreciate the time you spent to write all this kind words. We are happy you enjoyed it!

Amazing place to visit, lovely guides

Silvia_R, Oct 2021

I really enjoyed the tour! It was amazing to visiti the monasteries, the sunset at Meteora, and all the interesting explanacions of the guides... Really worth It!

Response from Host, Oct 2021

Dear Silvia, thanks for your review! We are glad that the tour experience with our agency was quite enjoyable!