Greece’s religious monuments are an integral part of its national heritage and constitute an important pole of tourism attraction.

This country astonishes visitors with its innumerable Byzantine churches, scenic chapels, monastic communities and incredible monasteries.

Mount Athos

The monastic state of Mount Athos is unique. Only men are allowed access to this unearthly beautiful peninsula of Chalkidiki, which hosts 20 historical monasteries. Time has stopped in this spiritual heaven and visitors will experience monastic life through a different dimension…

Tinos Island

This beautiful Cycladic island hosts the imposing church of Virgin Mary Evangelistria and the homonymous miraculous icon. Thousands of people are visiting the island around the 15th of August -Dormition of the Virgin Mary.

Syros Island

Syros is another scenic Cycladic island and the center of the Cycladic Catholicism. The church of Agios Georgios dominates in Ano Syros and attracts many visitors from all over the world.

Meteora

UNESCO has included the Holy Rocks of Meteora amongst the World Heritage sites. The incredible landscape with the high, steep, granite cliffs and the 24 monasteries built on the edges gain the respect and awe of thousands of believers that travel to this holy site to pray.

Panagia Soumela

This magnificent monastery was built on the slopes of Mount Vermion, in Naoussa, Macedonia by the refugees of Asia Minor. The homonymous miraculous icon –said to be carved in wood by Lucas the Evangelist- was transferred from the monastery of Melas in the Black Sea.

Mystras

The castle-state of Morias is located in the southern south-eastern Peloponnese. Its Byzantine religious monuments are incomparable and they all date back to the 13th, 14th and 15th century. UNESCO has included it in the World Heritage list of cultural monuments

Patmos

And last but not least, the famous Patmos! This is the island of the Apocalypse and a reference point for all Christians today. The Monastery of John the Evangelist and the Cave of the Apocalypse are two of the most important monastic life centers for the Orthodox world.

Cycladia proudly presents its new guide for Patmos for those who wish to combine spiritualism with cosmopolitan vacations!