Kastraki
Kastraki is a village in Kalabaka municipal unit, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece. It is located on the northwest of the main municipal unit of Kalabaka. Kastraki takes advantage of a small valley opening into the southwest side of the Meteora massif.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: village in Meteora Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Kastraki, Trikala” and “Kastrákion”
- Postal code: 42200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agios Georgios Mandilas and Hagio Pneuma (Holy Spirit).
Hagio Pneuma (Holy Spirit)
Peak
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Holy Spirit Rock or Holy Ghost Rock, also known as the Agion Pneuma in Greek, is a rock in the Meteora rock formation complex of Thessaly, Greece. It stands on the northern flank of the westward-opening valley in which Kastraki, Trikala is located.
Holy Monastery of St. Nikolaos of Anapafsas
Monastery
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapausas is a former Greek Orthodox monastery near the town of Kalambaka, in the Thessaly region of central Greece. It is located at the top of a rocky precipice over 415 metres above the Pineios valley floor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meteora and Kalambaka.
Meteora
Photo: Wisniowy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The monastery-crowned pillars of Meteora are among the most striking geological and cultural gems of Greece. The formation consists of a number of steep and narrow rock pinnacles near the town of Kalambaka in northwestern Thessaly, topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors.
Kalambaka
Photo: Haneburger, CC0.
Kalambaka is a city of 11,500 people in the Thessaly region of central Greece, at the base of the Meteora monasteries. This is the hub of tourist services for the mystical clifftop refuges that loom above it.
Avra
Village
Avra is a village in the municipality of Meteora in Trikala, Thessaly, Greece. Avra is situated 6 km east of Kastraki.
Kastraki
Latitude
39.71684° or 39° 43′ 1″ northLongitude
21.62061° or 21° 37′ 14″ eastPopulation
1,120Elevation
266 metres (873 feet)Open location code
8GF3PJ8C+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 286623494OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
260780Wikidata ID
Q12108991
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kastraki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاستراكيون، تريكالا”
- Arabic: “كاستراكيون”
- Cebuano: “Kastráki”
- Dutch: “Kastraki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاستراكى”
- Finnish: “Kastráki”
- French: “Kastraki”
- French: “Kastráki”
- Georgian: “კასტრაკი (ტრიკალა)”
- Georgian: “კასტრაკი”
- German: “Kastraki”
- Greek: “Καστράκι Τρικάλων”
- Greek: “Καστράκι”
- Greek: “Καστράκιον”
- Italian: “Kastraki”
- Polish: “Kastraki”
- Romanian: “Kastraki”
- Russian: “Кастраки (Трикала)”
- Russian: “Кастраки”
- Russian: “Кастракион”
- Spanish: “Kastraki”
- Swedish: “Kastráki”
- Ukrainian: “Кастракі”
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