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Tall grey rock pillars of Meteora catch the first light of dawn above a forested valley filled with mist.

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.

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An adult Egyptian vulture with white plumage, black wing feathers and a yellow face stands on a Meteora rock, with the valley and other rock pillars behind it.

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.

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AI reconstruction: the mouth of Theopetra Cave on a frozen dawn, with a low wall of rough stones and firelight glowing inside.

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.

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Visitors sit in a room where the rocks of Meteora are projected across every wall.

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An immersive experience in Kalabaka about the landscape, history and atmosphere of Meteora.

An earth footpath with stone steps climbs through sunlit woodland towards the rock pillars of Meteora rising in the distance.

The old footpaths: walking without leaving a trace

Monks and pilgrims once walked these paths. Walk them too, and leave nothing behind.

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