Kalambaka 2011 Day 11 – From Athens to Kalambaka, visit the monasteries
Going to Kalambaka for 2 days from Athens. At Larissa station, we boarded the 884 train. Train tickets can be purchased at Trainose.
What it looks like inside the train
End station of Kalmambaka, a 4hrs journey.
Basic room but nice and clean.
Similarly for the toilet…
…basic but clean.
Checked in at our hotel Pyrgos Adrachti for a night.
Booked the room with Meteora view that came with a balcony.But the view was amazingWe booked a tour guide to visit the temples. This is a view of the Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron while we were on our way to our first temple.
The monasteries were not opened everyday but with a schedule. For this day, we were going to 3 of them which was opened. First one was to Holy Trinity Monastery.
From a distance, we saw this monastery which had a stairway that starts from forest below and up to the side of the cliff. This is the Holy Trinity Monastery
Its quite an arduous climb to this monastery but an interesting experience.
Walking into the monastery.
We saw this rope device that was used to for bringing stuff from the bottom to the monastery.
One of the room with the decorations at the bottom of the ceiling.
Walls made of rocks and bricks
in another room which was decorated with these paintings which was amazing.
Here is another pulley system for bringing things up
The walls and floors made of stones
Pots and Pans of the kitchen
Kitchen
In the compound
Little bell tower and gardens
View from the monastery…
Simply can’t get enough of this
After visiting 3 monasteries, there weren’t any more time left as the rest have closed. The tour guide then brought us to the City Center where we bade farewell. We then went to get some dinner.
Then it was still early so we roamed around in town for a bit. Then we entered a little cosy coffee place called Erōphilē to rest and chill for a bit before going back to the hotel.
ziyi
A travel addict from the little red dot otherwise known as Singapore. Started blogging during travel to help the aging forgetful mind remember the experience of each destination.