…if you want to…

…if you want to visit the monasteries you also still have to climb hundreds of stairs to get in.

Wiki: “In the 9th century, an ascetic group of hermit monks moved up to the ancient pinnacles.

“They were the first people to inhabit Metéora. They lived in hollows and fissures in the rock towers, some of which reach 1800 ft (550m) above the plain. This great height, combined with the sheerness of the cliff walls, kept away all but the most determined visitors.”

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