Day trips · Thessaly (overnight recommended)

Meteora

Sandstone pillars in Thessaly between Kalambaka and Kastraki carrying six monasteries still open to visitors, each closed on a different weekday and each charging €5 in cash at the door. Dress code is enforced: skirts below the knee and covered shoulders for women, long trousers for men, no sleeveless tops. This is a long trip and rail access is broken — the Palaiofarsalos–Kalambaka line has been suspended since the 2023 Storm Daniel floods with reopening scheduled for 2028, so trains from Athens terminate at Palaiofarsalos and a bus covers the last 90 km.

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