Meteora, once supported 24 monasteries and means, 'to suspend in the air, which describes the unique geological formations seen at here making it one of the most visited of Greek sites. Geologists reckon the rock formations were created millions of years ago by erosion as the Pinios River split the huge north-south Pindos range to the west from the Thessalian plain, and separated the Pindos from the eastern range that includes Mount Olymbos and Mount Ossa of Pillion fame.
These gray pinnacles sit in the northwest corner of the huge plain, just north and west of the town of Kalambaka. Situated in the westernmost part of the huge Greek nomos (province/prefecture) of Macedonia, these precipitous rock formations that project dramatically into the sky, resembling natural towers.
Arriving by wheeled conveyance, the town of Kalambaka is approached from the south (from Trikala) and presents an intense contrast with the first-glimpsed spires of rock off to the right, which appear dreamlike and surreal, especially if seen on a misty day.
Numbering around 60 the rock pillars are composed of sandstone and rise sheer up to 300meters/984feet high. Large birds of varying kind often ride the updrafts and soar among the pillars like avenging angels.