Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. If you're looking to visit a monastery that sits on top of a wind ...

The area's also popular for adventure travel, including rock-climbing and rafting High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched ...

Set atop a narrow Meteora cliff, the Holy Monastery of Roussanou offers a blend of rich history and stunning scenery. Built in the early 16th century on the remains of an older site, it is now an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rousanou Monastery was founded in the 14th century and is one of six still in use in the Meteora region. Photograph by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of ...

Spring is the perfect time to visit Meteora, a collection of precipitous cliff-top sanctuaries Heidi Fuller-love is a travel writer and has lived in a dozen countries, including Argentina, Cambodia ...