Meteora Monasteries Opening Hours

The six Meteora monasteries are open from about 9 or 10 am to between 2 and 5 pm, and each closes on one to three days a week; on the winter timetable, from 1 November, all six are open on Saturdays and Sundays and only three on Thursdays. Entry is €5 a person at each monastery, in cash. The day trips plan their visits around the closed days: Meteora Trip’s day from Athens, with time inside three monasteries, is from $88 a person (checked October 2026).

Winter hours, from 1 November

On a phone, swipe the table sideways.

From Visit Greece, the Greek National Tourism Organisation, and the Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora, the church authority for the monasteries, both read in October 2026 (winter 1 November to 30 April). The two official sources agree except at St Nicholas Anapafsas, where Visit Greece gives 09:00 to 16:00 every day but Friday and the Holy Metropolis gives 09:30 to 14:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. The monasteries set their own hours and can change them for feast days.

Which are open on each day

Worked out from the closed days above.

On a day trip from Athens you reach Meteora around 1 pm, so on winter afternoons the Great Meteoron (to 14:00) and Roussanou (to 14:00) are the hardest to fit in; that is why some day trips go inside two monasteries rather than three from November to March.

Summer hours, 1 April to 31 October

From Visit Greece and the Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora, read in October 2026.

Call before you go

Visit Greece advises calling a monastery before visiting for the latest hours. The numbers it lists:

• Great Meteoron: +30 24320 22278
• Varlaam: +30 24320 22277
• St Nicholas Anapafsas: +30 24320 22375
• Roussanou: +30 24320 22649
• Holy Trinity: +30 24320 22220
• St Stephen: +30 24320 22279 or +30 24320 78322
• Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora, for all the monasteries: +30 24320 22752 or +30 24320 77957

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Entry, dress code and access

• Entry: €5 a person at each monastery, paid in cash at the door, as the operators list it in October 2026 (two private-car operators list €3); the toilets at Varlaam cost €1.
• Dress code: shoulders covered, long trousers for men and long skirts for women, and most monasteries lend long skirts and scarves at the entrance (Visit Greece). The Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora states that men in shorts or sleeveless tops and women in trousers or sleeveless tops are not let in.
• Stairs: every monastery is up a staircase or a steep path, except St Stephen’s, the easiest to reach; the Holy Trinity is 149 steps (Visit Greece).

Booking around the closed days

Prices and ratings from GetYourGuide (checked October 2026); operators change prices, so treat them as a guide, not a quote.

Opening hours, closed days, telephone numbers, the dress code and the Holy Trinity’s steps from Visit Greece’s Meteora page; opening hours and the dress rule from the Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora’s monasteries page; the entry fee and the Varlaam toilet charge from the GetYourGuide listings; all read in October 2026. Monastery positions on the map from mapped monastery buildings.