Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rousanou Monastery was founded in the 14th century and is one of six still in use in the Meteora region. Photograph by ...

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 ...

Fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight . . . I have to stop to catch my breath. With fifty-eight stairs behind me, I have yet to face another 137 to reach my final target: the holy monastery of Varlaam, ...

Fifty-six, 57, 58 . . . I have to stop to catch my breath. With 58 stairs behind me, I have 137 more to go to reach my final target: The holy monastery of Varlaam, one of only six of the original 24 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The stone spires of Meteora rise out of the earth like steel tuning forks and disappear into the mist. I could be the last person on ...

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 ...