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Women Prohibited Sign - Women Tourists Allowed Allowed Looking Grave SucDI modern times like this, there are still places that forbid women to enter. The reason is because the tradition is also to safety. Check out his review below, as quoted by FoxNews:

Mount Athos, Greece

Mount Athos is the name of a mountain located on the peninsula of Macedonia, in northern Greece. Mount Athos is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Peninsula has an area of ​​390 square kilometers and is home to about 1,400 monks in the Greek Orthodox monasteries.

Mount Athos is actually an autonomous state under Greek sovereignty. To get into this area is not easy, and unique, women were not allowed to enter and stay in the Mount Athos is.

The reason for the monks of Mount Athos is considered holy place to escape from the modern world. In fact, a visit to the male guests regulated very strictly. Each day, only 100 visitors are allowed 10 non-orthodox and orthodox.

 Not only women are banned from visiting the sacred mountain in Greece, even female animals are not allowed in the vicinity. This sacred mountain in Cape Macedonia and is only accessible by ferry. Travelers who want to come to have special permission to go into the mountain.

Local people believe that the presence of women can interfere spritiualitas monks living on this mountain. In recent years, some women managed to sneak into the mountain. One was a French writer disguised as a monk guy.

However, despite having some trouble rules to enter, Mount Athos is a very beautiful place. Dozens of antique monasteries menghiasai this area, visitors can immediately see the life of a monk who had simply paced life here.

Mount Athos is generally visited by tourists who wish to travel religious or religious study. But the views of the monastery and the charm of the coastal strip also attracts tourists. i India

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