Hotel Divani Meteora is ideally situated at the foot of the rocks
of Meteora at the small town of Kalambaka. Completely renovated
during 2003 the Hotel rooms offer a unique view to Meteora.
These peculiarly impressive natural sculptures known as Meteora,
seem to hang or hover above the plain. Their summits, totally isolated
from the rest of the world, were a refuge for many hermits from
as early as the 11th century. Three hundred years later the first
monasteries were founded. Most of the monasteries were built or
renovated in the 16th century.
Nowadays six are in use. In older days one reached the inaccessible
peaks in a basket drawn up by the monks operating a windlass. Today
a good road leads from Kalambaka to the monasteries with their wonderful
wall paintings, ecclesiastical treasures, rich libraries with precious
manuscripts and exquisite icons. |
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