Varlaam Monastery
Guide
Photo: Dido3 · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$5ChurchAllow 45–75 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A monastery spread across a flat rock top, with a richly frescoed church, a huge old wooden water barrel and the tower where the rope-and-net winch still hangs.
A brief history
Two brothers from Ioannina built the present monastery in the 16th century, on a rock where a hermit called Varlaam had lived two centuries before.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning
- Cost
- About €3 (check)
- Allow
- 45–75 min
- Hours
- Usually 9:00–16:00, closed Fridays; shorter hours and a second closed day in winter (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The rocks and monasteries: The plateau road and footpaths between the six monasteries open to visitors.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered; women usually need a skirt, lent at the door
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Partly indoors
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