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==In popular culture== * The monastery of Holy Trinity was a filming location for the 1981 [[James Bond]] movie ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''.<ref name="Internet Movie DataBase">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082398/locations|title=For Your Eyes Only (1981)|access-date=3 April 2018|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> *The 1957 film ''[[Boy on a Dolphin]]'' is partly shot in Meteora.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050208/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt|title=Boy on a Dolphin (1957) – IMDb|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> [[Clifton Webb]]'s character visits Meteora, and goes up to the Holy Trinity monastery to do some library research. *Scenes in ''[[Tintin and the Golden Fleece]]'' were also shot at the Meteora monasteries. * Michina, the main setting of the movie ''[[Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'', is based on Meteora. * Meteora is the main location in the fiction book ''[[The Spook's Sacrifice]]'', by English author [[Joseph Delaney]]. * One of the surviving characters in [[Max Brooks]]'s zombie apocalypse novel ''[[World War Z]]'' finds refuge and peace of mind in the monasteries during and after the zombie war. * The 2012 film ''[[Meteora (film)|Meteora]]'', directed by [[Spiros Stathoulopoulos]], is set in the monasteries and scenery of Meteora. * The primary location and name of Volume 3 in the comic book series ''Le Décalogue'' by French author [[Frank Giroud]] is based on Meteora. * The ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' [[Downloadable content|DLC]] Map "Sanctuary" is set in the monasteries of the Meteora. * The [[Meteora (album)|2003 album]] by [[Linkin Park]] takes its name from the site. * The monasteries were a filming location for the 1976 action movie ''[[Sky Riders]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/sky-riders-1976-best-of-hang-gliding.html|title=BLACK HOLE REVIEWS: SKY RIDERS (1976) – best ever hang gliding action movie...|first=Mark|last=Hodgson|date=17 December 2010|website=blackholereviews.blogspot.com|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> starring [[Susannah York]], [[James Coburn]] and [[Robert Culp]]. * In ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' episode "Travels with Father", Indiana and his father visit Meteora. * Meteora served as an inspiration for the Eyrie in the ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' television series.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/cliffs-inspiration-for-game-of-thrones-2016-5 A breathtaking spot in Greece served as inspiration for 'Game of Thrones']</ref> *The design of the Elysium realm in The Fate of Atlantis downloadable chapter of [[Assassin's Creed Odyssey]] was inspired by the geology of Meteora. * Meteora was the location of the first challenge in the eighth season of the Belgian reality show ''[[De Mol (TV series)|De Mol]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Debi|first=Eline|date=8 March 2020|title='De Mol': een advocaat zonder geweten en een (verdacht) blinde mol in aflevering 1|trans-title='De Mol': a lawyer without conscience and a (suspected) blind mole in episode 1|url=https://www.flair.be/nl/chillax/series-films/de-mol-griekenland-aflevering-1/|access-date=10 March 2020|website=Flair|language=nl}}</ref> * A professional wrestling move innovated by [[Cima (wrestler)|CIMA]] was named after the Meteora, as that was where he had proposed to his wife. * The external design of the level "St. Francis' Folly" in the 1996 game ''[[Tomb Raider (1996 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'' and its 2007 [[Tomb Raider: Anniversary|remake]] was inspired by the lofty monasteries of Meteora.
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