This was a visit to the famous monasteries of Meteora, astonishing retreats perched on rock pinnacles rising up to 1,000 feet above the valley floor.
Of the six functioning monasteries, the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen and the Holy Monastery of Roussanou are inhabited by nuns while the remainder are inhabited by monks. The total monastic population of the Meteora monasteries in 2015 was 56, comprising 15 monks in four monasteries and 41 nuns in two monasteries.