article_snippet.sent: This area of Greece is known for This area of Greece astonishing panoply of monasteries.
article_snippet.sent: Prince Charles is a regular visitor, spending time in the company of the monks in the Simonos Petras monastery, which crouches on top of a rock high above the Aegean Sea.
article_snippet.sent: Such is said to be Charles's fascination with the Greek Orthodox religion that Prince Charles has installed Byzantine art in Prince Charles Highgrove garden.
article_snippet.sent: Far above the twinkling domes, on the peak of Mount Athos itself, sits a stone building.
article_snippet.sent: Who would build a chapel on top of a mountain 6,000ft high, I wonder out loud? '
article_snippet.sent: A view like few others: The Simonos Petras monastery towers some 800 feet above the Aegean Sea .
article_snippet.sent: One morning, Pavlos takes us boys on bikes into the town of Ouranoupoli - where an ancient watchtower stands sentinel above seafront tavernas.
article_snippet.sent: A monastery which is probably 10th century, and the first of all those built along this peninsula.
article_snippet.sent: A monastery which is probably 10th century, and the first of all those built along this peninsula is a reminder of the history which seeps through the earth in this land - and courses through the veins of Vassilis and the other descendants of the ancients who shaped this Greek marvel.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Greek resort boasts 164 rooms, which all have a balcony or terrace .
  