Mateora which means "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" , is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka. The Metéora is included on theUNESCO World Heritage List
We went there on May which seems to be the best month as the weather is clear and comfortable and not high season so it was not so crowded. Anyway, you can visited there year round but it would be wet and cold in winter, Dec-Mar, and very crowded during high season, Jul-Oct.
If you want to go to Mateora from Athens, you can also take a bus or a train. You could take a morning bus from Athens to Delphi and had overnight stop at Delphi and then from Delphi take a bus to Trikala and changed the bus there to Mateora. If you go in group, rental car is the most recommended because bus and train does not run so frequently that you can do flexible plan. Road in Greece is very good and safe, at least for me. Inter city road most are wide highway and quiet easy to follow the map and GPS. I got lose only once on the way to Olympia.
We drove our own car up hill to Mateora as it located on the top of the cliff.
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