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Meteora and Thermopylae Private Tour from Athens

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Meteora and Thermopylae Private Tour from Athens
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Allow 13 hours from Athens at a starting price of €110 per person. Three hours cover three monastery visits including Great Meteoron when open. Thermopylae follows a lunch or shopping break in Kastraki.

This suits a day from Athens with Meteora as the main stop. The whole trip takes 13 hours. Prices start at €110 per person.

Three hours cover three monastery visits including Great Meteoron when open. A two-hour break in Kastraki gives you time for lunch or shopping. The return drive stops at the Leonidas monument at Thermopylae. Private transport and bottled water are included.

Your driver gives English commentary outside the monasteries. A licensed guide is extra. Agree the other two monastery entries and a replacement for Great Meteoron when closed. Bring cash for the monastery doors.

Before you book

  • Bookings allow up to ten people aged 1 to 80.
  • Pickup and return use the same Athens hotel or apartment.
  • Choose a departure between 06:00 and 08:30.
  • Infant seats are available.
  • Cancel at least 24 hours before departure for a full refund.
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Our drivers are not official tour guides, but they are knowledgeable and can provide fascinating commentary in fluent English. Although they will not enter the monasteries with you, they can answer all of your questions about the places you visit with this tour.

Itinerary, stop by stop

  1. Leave your Athens hotel or apartment for Meteora.
  2. Visit three monasteries including Great Meteoron when open, about three hours.
  3. Stop in Kastraki for lunch or shopping, about two hours.
  4. See the Leonidas monument at Thermopylae, about 15 minutes.
  5. Drive back to Athens.
  1. Athens240 min
  2. Great Meteoron Monastery180 min
  3. Meteora120 min
  4. Leonidas Monument15 min
  5. Athens240 min
What the operator writes about each stop
  1. Athens

    Your driver will pick you up from your hotel or your apartment early in the morning. The travel time is about 4,5 hours.

  2. Great Meteoron Monastery

    We arrive at Meteora and visit three Monasteries. Breathtaking at first site, the Monasteries are of great cultural and natural importance. Split from earthquakes, weathered from the wind and the water over millions of millions of years, these immense rocks are an authentic masterpiece of mother nature. The Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox Monasteries. The six (of an original 24) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. Meteora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List and the name means "lofty", "elevated", and is etymologically related to meteor. Please be modestly dressed. Women are suggested to wear long skirts & long sleeves. If you do not have, you will be given a skirt in your way in.

  3. Meteora

    Free time for lunch at a traditional Greek tavern with your friends and family or shopping at Kastraki, a picturesque village near Meteora.

  4. Leonidas Monument

    On our way back to Athens we will make a stop at the battlefield of Thermopylae to admire the statue of king Leonidas. Leonidas was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta and had a notable participation in the Second Persian War, where he led the allied Greek forces to a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) while attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army; he died at the battle and entered myth as the leader of the 300 Spartans. While the Greeks lost this battle, they were able to expel the Persian invaders in the following year.

  5. Athens

    We will be back to Athens late in the afternoon. The travel time is about 4,5 hours.

Included

  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • On-board WiFi
  • In-vehicle air conditioning

Paid separately

  • Gratuities
  • Licensed tour guide

Meeting point, pickup and return

Hotel pickup included, departure at 06:00 or 06:30 or 07:00 or 07:30 or 08:00 or 08:30. 332 pickup points listed.

Your personal driver will pick you up and return you to the same place. Your driver will be waiting for you at the hotel lobby or at the entrance, in case of apartment, to pick you up.

Schedule and cancellation

Usual timetable: daily, at 06:00, 06:30, 07:00, 07:30, 08:00, 08:30. Check your date when you book.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund when cancelled 1 day or more before departure
  • 0% refund when cancelled less than 1 day before departure

Cancelled for bad weather: another date or a full refund.

Ratings by source

Averages and review counts, as shown on Viator on 3 November 2026
SourceAverageReviews
Viator4.912
Tripadvisor4.910

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From the operator

In LS Tours's own words, from the listing.

Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Meteora, a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries on this private full-day excursion. Departing from Athens, pass through the scenic towns of Amphissa, Lamia and Trikala before arriving at Meteora, the name Meteora is used to define any rocky plateau or steep rock formation. The monasteries were built between the 14th and 19th centuries, their location was chosen carefully so that the monks could be as close as possible to God.

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