Kalambaka Hotels - Reviews and Rates

This morning we were picked up by our bus at the hotel, and taken to a central city redistribution point, where the various half-day, full-day & 2 & 3-day tours commenced from. Once on the right bus for our 2-day trip to see Delphi ruins, & Meteora monasteries, we made our way out of the sprawling Athens & into the countryside li...

The train ride from Athens to Kalambaka was enjoyable. It's descent from Mt. Parnassos (home to the Oracle of Delphi) offered some breathtaking views. They did nothing to prepare us, however, for what we encountered in Meteora. The views from the small adjacent town of Kalambaka made us feel as though we were on another planet. Meteora is a UNES...

All's well, and we admire not our VW Polo, but a gleaming black four-door Ford Focus. For its size, it seems very roomy, and we judge that the petrol consumption will be excellent. The suitcases fit perfectly and the staff explains how to get out of the city centre and onto the motorway north. At 14:00 we are on our way! On the insistence of Cec...

Eric This the base from which we can visit Meteora, a Monastic City of Rocks. It stands as the most important and the largest centre of Orthodox Monasticism. Around the 14 century, the first Monastery was built on the largest rock amongst the forest of rocks. Since then, another 24 monasteries were built, though a few have become ruins. This cou...

After visiting Delphi, we spent the night at a little village called Kalambaka. Kalambaka is on the north east side of the plain of Thessaly, the largest plain in Greece. It is big, but we drove through it in a few hours, and the entire time you could see mountains all around the perimeter. I mean, when I think of a plain, I think of something l...