Monastery of Great Meteoron

The present building of the Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas dates from the early 16th century and probably owes its name to an ascetic who lived on the rock in the 14th century. Fully adapted to the rock on which it was built, the monastery is suspended on several floors. The monastery was famous for having been painted by the Cretan painter Theophanes the Cretan in 1527 and houses one of the most important collections of post-Byzantine painting.

Varlaam Monastery or Monastery of the Saints is a male monastery founded in the early 16th century and named after the ascetic Varlaam, who settled on the cliff and built a chapel there in the 14th century. The monastery experienced a time of wealth and spiritual influence in the 16th century. It was during this period that the bryzone tower was built (1536). The monastery is one of six that continue to be active in the Meteora, and have been included in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1988.

The monastery of Roussanou is a women's monastery probably founded in the 16th century. The monastery declined in the 19th century and became a hermitage of the Varlaam monastery. The monastery has the peculiarity of occupying the entire plateau on top of the rock where it is located. It is one of the six monasteries that continue to be active in the Meteora and have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.