Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the plain of Thessaly, Greece. There are approximately 900 multi-pitch ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As the sun sinks towards the serrated horizon of the distant Pindus Mountains, the assembled congregation grows quiet. There are ...

Vangelis Galanis has made a rope solo first ascent of a new multipitch rock climb on Kapelo Peak in Meteora, Greece. The route is dedicated to Dietrich Hasse, the German climber who pioneered rock ...

In October, I flew to Greece to visit my daughter’s family. After a few days seeing the sights of Athens, we drove to the town of Kalabaka, a four-hour drive northwest. The town is situated at the ...

Meteora: This celebrated view of Meteora has become one of the most photographed spots in Greece.

High above the Meteora landscape in the central region of Greece, 60 monks and nuns live in fabled monasteries perched on the edge of sandstone peaks. In centuries past, their place of worship brought ...

Inhabited more than 100,000 years ago, Theopetra Cave in Greece may be home to the oldest known human construction. Closed for nearly a decade, it has just reopened to the public after nine years of ...

Vangelis Galanis making the rope solo first ascent of 'Dietrich Hasse' on Kapelo Peak at Meteora in Greece, June 2024 Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata ...