Spectacular views from the balcony, wild natural beauty and a rock rising steeply 120 m. high are among the many incentives for one to visit the Monastery of the Great Cave.

Spectacular views from the balcony, wild natural beauty and a rock rising steeply 120 m. high are among the many incentives for one to visit the Monastery of the Great Cave. According to many scholars it is the oldest monastery in Greece and one of the most impressive shrines of Orthodoxy. Tradition states that it was founded in 362 AD by the monks Symeon and Theodore at the location of the water source where the icon of the Virgin, a work of St. Luke made of wax, mastic and other materials, was found. Ever since, the Monastery was burned and rebuilt many times, the last time being in 1943 after it was destroyed by the Germans. It contains significant holy and national relics. Located at 12 km from Kalavryta, access via road or on foot via the Zachlorou path, Phone +30 26920-23130.