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The Great Meteora Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
The Great Meteora Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
The Great Meteora Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
The Great Meteora Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

The Great Meteora Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

By Action Tour Guide
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$28 per traveller
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 365d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Explore soaring monasteries suspended on towering rocks
  • Gaze up at hermit caves carved into high cliff walls
  • See murals by Theopanes, the teacher of the famous El Greco
  • Learn the history of these amazing monasteries
  • Find out how these rocky pillars first formed

Activity location

  • Meteora
    • Meteora
    • 422 00, Kalampaka, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Meteora Thrones
    • 28 Trikalon
    • 422 00, Kalampaka, Greece

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The Great Meteora Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
  • Activity duration is 365 days365d
    365d
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$28.06 x 1 TravellerNZ$28.06
Total
Price is NZ$28.06

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedApp on your phone: A link to download the Action Tour Guide app. Password for your tours.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEasy to use: Stories play automatically by GPS. Hands-free. Get HELP all day: Call, Chat, or Email.
  • What's includedWhat's includedGood value: Buy just one per car. Don’t pay for each person. Save money compared to a bus tour.
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate tour in your/hire car: No group. Take breaks for photos/ snacks/hikes. Go at your own pace
  • What's includedWhat's includedFlexible schedule: Use any day, any time. Travel over multiple days or on next trip. Never expires.
  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline use: No cell signal or wifi required. Offline GPS Map & route. Stop-to-stop direction.
  • What's includedWhat's includedDon’t miss a thing: Full itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated, videos, text, hidden gems.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport, parking fee, food/drinks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedNational Park/attraction Passes, entry tickets, or reservation.

Know before you book

  • This is a self-guided tour; no guide will accompany you. The Action Tour Guide app functions as a guide, an audio tour, and a map all in one.
  • Please arrange for a vehicle before you take the tour. You only need to book one tour per vehicle, not per person.
  • After the booking, you will receive an email with a link to the Action Tour Guide app and a unique password to access the tour within the app.
  • This tour has been developed by local guides, curated by creative writers, and narrated by professional voice artists.
  • Many stops along the tour have animated videos allowing you to visualise what you cannot see, such as snapshots from different centuries or interior rooms.
  • This tour is valid forever - from the moment of booking. You will not need to edit or cancel the booking if your travel plans change.

What you can expect

Recommended: Purchase one tour per car. Everyone can listen at the same time!

Experience the magic of Meteora, Greece, where ancient monasteries perch atop towering pillars of rock. With this self-guided audio tour, dive into the history of the monasteries, the hermit monks who built them, as well as miraculous tales of Saint George and the looming threat of Ottoman invasion. Combine natural beauty, rich history, and incredible architecture in one of Greece’s top travel destinations.

After booking, you can check your email before downloading the Action Tour Guide app, enter your unique password, and access your tour. The preceding steps require good internet/wifi access. Simply follow the audio instructions and the route from there.

No expiration — The tour comes with lifetime validity!

This is not an entrance ticket to attractions along the route. Check pandemic rules and opening hours before your visit.

Points of Interest along the Great Meteora Driving Tour :

  • Welcome - Municipal Square/ Town Centre
  • Geology
  • Park
  • Hermit History
  • The Hermit Caves of Badovas
  • What's in a Name
  • Museum of Geological Formations of Meteora (Kastraki)
  • Doupiani Hermitage
  • St. George Mandilas
  • Park
  • Holy Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapafsas
  • Caves of Meteora
  • The Holy Monastery of Saint Barbara - Rousannou
  • World Heritage Site
  • Holy Monastery of Varlaam / All Saints
  • The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron / Transfiguration of the Saviour
  • Viewpoint Meteora
  • Sunset Rock
  • The Monastery of the Holy Trinity
  • Holy Monastery of Holy St. Stephen / Conclusion

Benefits Over Live Guides and Group Tours:

  • This flexible, self-led tour works by sensing your location as you drive
  • The in-depth audio narration plays as you drive
  • Buy just one tour for the whole car, and use it as often as you’d like
  • Once it’s downloaded, the audio tour never expires— use it multiple times
  • Once it’s downloaded, the tour works completely offline
  • Tour your way: choose when to start, stop fast-forward, or rewind
  • Ask for help from a real person anytime over call, chat, or email

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMeteora
    • Meteora
    • 422 00, Kalampaka, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMeteora Thrones
    • 28 Trikalon
    • 422 00, Kalampaka, Greece