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Theopetra, GR
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Across from the majestic Meteora, over the village of Theopetra, a rocky limestone mass hides the first cave excavated in Thessaly, offering visitors a particularly engaging insight into a prehistoric settlement.
Thanks to this enchanting cave with its continuous anthropogenic deposits and remains of human activity, it was possible to study the transition from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic way of life, and the human evolution from Homo Neanderthalensis to Homo Sapiens.
It is in this site that the oldest human footprints ever discovered in Greece were also found; two of them belong to children aged 4-5 years old and date back 130,000 years.
Directions
42200, Theopetra, Trikala
On foot
35 minutes from the settlement of Theopetra
By car
5 minutes from the settlement of Theopetra
25 minutes from Trikala
Opening hours
Summer hours
April 1 – October 31
Mon: 08:30 – 15:30
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 08:30 – 15:30
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30
Winter hours
November 1 – March 31
Mon: 08:30 – 15:30
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 08:30 – 15:30
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30
Last admission: 20 minutes before closing time
The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays: January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.
The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays: January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.
Tickets
Full: €5.00
Reduced: €3.00
Admission is free on March 6, April 18, May 18, the last weekend of September, on October 28, as well as on the first and third Sunday of each month between November 1 and March 31.
Amenities
WC
Parking
Elevator
Accessibility
Contact
Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology
(Northern Greece Office)
Τ: +30 23112 25045
Ε: efps@culture.gr
