Religious or pilgrimage tourism is an alternative form of tourism that has been booming throughout Greece for several years. Believers, feeling the need to get closer to their religion, seek out destinations with a religious character, and thus churches and monasteries throughout Greece are a major attraction for visitors throughout the year.

Religious tourism enthusiasts who come to Grevena have the opportunity to visit destinations throughout the prefecture. A few kilometers before Deskati, there is the famous Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, in Zavorda, built between 1534 and 1544 by Saint Nikanor, and next to it is the hermitage of the Saint above the rushing waters of Aliakmonas.

The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary of Torniki was built around 1200 and is the monastery that, after the construction of a dam in the area, was transferred intact, to a slightly higher point. It is worth seeing and then climbing steeply up Vounassa, where you will admire the Monastery of the Annunciation of Panagia Bounasia, which was probably built in 1348. The impressive church, the beautifully painted dome and the carved representations above the doors, combined with the wild landscape and the stunning view of the artificial lake, make the 5 km dirt road to get there seem like a game.

On the other side of the prefecture, the church of the Great Virgin Mary in Samarina with the pine tree on the dome, enchants thousands of people on August 15, while at the entrance to the legendary valley “Valia Kirna” or otherwise the valley of the devil, stands the church of the Transfiguration of the Savior and Agia Paraskevi.

A special religious monument for the prefecture is the Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary or Panagia Spiliotissa, founded in 1643. The temple’s iconostasis, its door and windows are excellent examples of 17th-century woodcarving. Dozens of other stone temples and chapels adorn every corner of the prefecture and are open to believers and visitors to the area.