- Bougatsa for breakfast: custard pie with cinnamon and powdered sugar.
- Trigona panoramatos: cream triangles from the Panorama suburb's patisseries.
- Ladadika for dinner: ouzo, meze and live rebetiko.
Thessaloniki City Guide
The White Tower on the Thessaloniki waterfront. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Thessaloniki is Greece's second city: 2,300 years old, founded in 315 BC and named for Alexander the Great's sister. The White Tower stands on the waterfront; above it climbs Ano Poli, the old town that survived the 1917 fire.
This is the food city of Greece: bougatsa for breakfast, trigona pastries, the Ladadika tavernas at night. The waterfront promenade runs for kilometers along the Thermaic Gulf.
What to do in Thessaloniki
Waterfront and center
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White Tower The 15th-century tower and the city museum inside. - 2
Aristotelous Square The great square opening to the sea. - 3
Rotunda and Arch of Galerius The Roman monuments of the emperor's palace quarter. - 4
Museum of Byzantine Culture The great Byzantine collection, by the White Tower.
Old town and markets
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Ano Poli The upper old town: walls, the Heptapyrgion, the views. - 2Ladadika The old oil merchants' quarter: tavernas and nightlife.
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Modiano and Kapani markets The covered food markets of the center.
Thessaloniki Hotel Guide
How to choose the best places to stay in Thessaloniki. Verified properties below; for the full list, search live availability on Booking.com.
Luxury
Electra Palace Thessaloniki
The waterfront grand hotel on Aristotelous Square.
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Where to eat
Getting there and around
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) is 15 km southeast; buses run to the center. The new metro (opened 2024) crosses the city. KTEL Macedonia is the intercity bus terminal.
Eating in Thessaloniki
Fledge Food has a full guide to how Thessaloniki eats: its defining dishes and how to order them, street food decoded, the markets, and the neighborhoods to eat in.