Travel in Greece on board this comfortable and spacious rail tour over two days from Athens to Meteora and discover the history of the Byzantine Monasteries listed as UNESCO World Heritage monuments. Countless panoramic images will remain etched in your memory with the opportunity for video and photos along the train ride.
Day 1: Catch the train to Kalambaka of 08:20 a.m. from the Athens Railway Station and enjoy a trip that will give you the chance to admire the beauty of the Peloponnesian countryside. Arriving in Kalambaka, your English speaking driver will transfer you to your hotel and you will have the whole afternoon to discover this picturesque small town built at the foot of the majestic grey rocks and crowded by the Meteora Monasteries. Take this opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum of Meteora & Mushroom Museum or enjoy an optional sunset tour to Meteora and admire breathtaking views.
Day 2: Next morning and after your breakfast, your guide will meet you in the hotel lobby to visit two main monasteries of Meteora and delve yourself into the natural beauty and the cultural heritage of this area. This guided tour will take you back in the dark ages and the story of the first hermits and monks who laid the foundations of what later on became the monastic community of Meteora. After the end, enjoy comfortable transfers back to Kalambaka, where you may choose to partake in lunch (own expense). By evening the train departs from Kalambaka, and arrives back to Athens.
Know Your Guide:
In 1963, a number of leading Greek travel agents have decided to join forces and create a sightseeing operator with the purpose of organizing quality sightseeing tours and cruises, on a daily or weekly basis. Over the years it has been organizing excursions for hundreds of Greek and foreign tour operators. Today, Key Tours is still owned by some of its founders that include major Greek travel agencies. Also, since its foundation in the 1960s, it has been an Exclusive Supplier of sightseeing tours and excursions to American Express International and Carlson Wagonlit Travel.It serves annually over 60.000 visitors to Greece, by organizing 20 scheduled excursions and numerous other tours on a private/tailor-made basis. Key Tours distributed its tours via 500 contracted agents and approx. 100 hotel front desks.
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