These 10 places are the ones you genuinely should not miss in Thessaloniki — from Aristotelous Square, The Church of Panagia Chalkeon, Roman Forum and beyond. Each has been hand-picked as a highlight of the city.
Aristotelous Square is the main city square of Thessaloniki, and is located on Nikis avenue (on the city's waterfront), in the city center. It was designed by French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, …
Read more →The Church of Panagia Chalkeon is an 11th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. With the conquest of the city in 1430 by the Ottoman Turks, the church was turned into a …
Read more →The Roman Forum of Thessaloniki is the ancient Roman-era forum (or Agora) of the city. It is a large two-terraced forum featuring two-storey stoas, dug up by accident in the 1960s. The forum complex a …
Read more →The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος), is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, dating from a time when it was the se …
Read more →The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos is an early 14th-century Byzantine church. The church's name, "Saint Nicholas the Orphan", is first attested in the 17th and 18th centuries, and presumably refers …
Read more →The Atatürk Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Ατατούρκ, Mousío Atatúrk, Turkish: Atatürk Evi Müzesi, Atatürk House Museum) is a historic house museum in Thessaloniki. The house is the birthplace of the founder o …
Read more →The Arch of Galerius or Kamara (Καμάρα) and the Rotunda (Ροτόντα) are neighbouring early 4th-century AD monuments in the city of Thessaloniki. The 4th-century Roman Emperor Galerius commissioned these …
Read more →The White Tower of Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the waterfront of the city of Thessaloniki. The present tower replaced an old Byzantine fortification, known to have been mentioned around t …
Read more →Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a] and a member of the Argead dynasty. He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the thron …
Read more →With the 100th anniversary of the 1912 incorporation of Thessaloniki into Greece, the government announced a large-scale redevelopment program for the city of Thessaloniki, which aims in addressing th …
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