The following monasteries can be visited and are located nearby the road circuiting Meteora. Clockwise you'll find:
Agiou Nikolaou monastery
St. Nickolas AnapausasAgias Varvaras Rousanou monastery
St. BarbaraVarlaam monastery
Megalou Meteorou monastery
Great MeteoronAgias Triados monastery
Holy TrinityAgiou Stefanou monastery
St. Stephen, the only monastery for womenAn entrance fee is expected by some monasteries which might be about ⬠2. Inexpensive, mass produced icons may be purchased in the monasteries for as little as ⬠1. They do not have the variety of the factories, however.
The opening hours for visiting are as of 2009:
Varlaam monastery
09:00 - 16:00Megalou Meteorou monastery
09:00 - 17:00Agias Triados monastery
09:00 - 17:00Agias Varvaras Rousanou monastery
09:00 - 18:00The monasteries were not originally built for tourism. Tourism, essential to the monasteries survival, has also destroyed their character. They are no longer contemplative.
