Meteora, Greece - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Meteora, Greece

Weather: Occasional rain, 50/71F.

Route: From Corfu 210 km east on ferry, A2, E90.

Significance: Starting in the 11th century monks decided to start building monasteries on these incredibly dramatic sandstone cliffs. Most of them are from the 15th century.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

One of the monasteries perched impossibly above the void (from whc.unesco.org)

Beautiful frescoes fill the inside of the monasteries (from whc.unesco.org)