A trip to Athens isn’t complete without a pilgrimage to the colossal rocks of Meteora, to see the Monasteries nested on top of these lofty towers. Of course, the best way to travel here is with an Avis rental. Renting a car meant that we could also take the opportunity to explore the wider area around Meteora, Trikala, and its surrounding mountains.

So once again we plumped for a spacious SUV for our travels north. We booked online, effortlessly! Choosing one from a large range of vehicles that were not only comfortable but economic to run, great for our 800km round trip. So we picked up our new vehicle (at a place and time of our choosing) filled her up and set off to explore more of mainland Greece, this time Thessaly.

Arriving in Trikala
We whizzed up the motorway and arrived in Trikala after about 4 hours, we had a little coffee break on the way up. Trikala has a loooong history (don’t most of the places we’ve been visiting on our trip) and the area where the city is now was first inhabited 4,000 years ago! As we found out it got its name from the nymph Trikke, daughter of Pineus, and was the birthplace of the god of healing Aesculapius.

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