Nature & environment

Stories and things to do in Meteora, Kalambaka and the surrounding area.

Nature & environment How the rocks of Meteora were born Meteora's pillars are built from river cobbles that settled in an ancient sea, millions of years ago. Nature & environment The Egyptian vulture and the winged guardians of the rocks In 1980 around 50 pairs of Egyptian vultures nested at Meteora. Today every single bird counts. Nature & environment Theopetra: a stone wall against the Ice Age cold Some 23,000 years ago, at the height of the Ice Age, people piled stones across the mouth of a cave.