Guidebook for Thessaloniki
Essentials
AB ΑΓ. ΣΟΦΙΑΣ-ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ
3 Agias SofiasMasoutis
35 Kosta VarnaliSightseeing
The White Tower of Thessaloniki (Greek: Lefkos Pyrgos, Turkish: Beyaz Kule) is a monument and museum on the waterfront of Thessaloniki. The present tower replaced an old Byzantine fortification, known to have been mentioned around the 12th century, that the Ottoman Empire reconstructed to fortify the city's harbour sometime after Sultan Murad II captured Thessaloniki in 1430. The tower became a notorious prison and scene of mass executions during the period of Ottoman rule.The White Tower was substantially remodeled and its exterior was whitewashed after Greece gained control of the city in 1912. It has been adopted as the symbol of the city.
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White Tower of Thessaloniki
The White Tower of Thessaloniki (Greek: Lefkos Pyrgos, Turkish: Beyaz Kule) is a monument and museum on the waterfront of Thessaloniki. The present tower replaced an old Byzantine fortification, known to have been mentioned around the 12th century, that the Ottoman Empire reconstructed to fortify the city's harbour sometime after Sultan Murad II captured Thessaloniki in 1430. The tower became a notorious prison and scene of mass executions during the period of Ottoman rule.The White Tower was substantially remodeled and its exterior was whitewashed after Greece gained control of the city in 1912. It has been adopted as the symbol of the city.
OTE Tower
One of the most famous churches of Thessaloniki resembling the on in Constantinople.
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Hagia Sophia of Thessaloniki
Agias SofiasOne of the most famous churches of Thessaloniki resembling the on in Constantinople.
The house is the birthplace of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was born here in 1881. It is a three-floor house with a courtyard on 24 Apostolou Pavlou Street, next to the Turkish Consulate. Interesting feature: A pomegranate tree planted by Kemal’s father still grows in the courtyard!!!.
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Ataturk Museum
17 Apostolou PavlouThe house is the birthplace of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was born here in 1881. It is a three-floor house with a courtyard on 24 Apostolou Pavlou Street, next to the Turkish Consulate. Interesting feature: A pomegranate tree planted by Kemal’s father still grows in the courtyard!!!.
It was designed by French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, but most of the square was built in the 1950s. It is an important tourist attraction for the city with numerous cafes and bars. The two quarter-circle sides of the square are occupied by important buildings. On the left is Electra Palace Hotel, which is one of the best five-star hotels in Thessaloniki and on the right is one of the city's most famous movie theaters, the Olympion Theatre cinema, site of the annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival. It also houses a very popular bar of the same name.
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Aristotelous Square
It was designed by French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, but most of the square was built in the 1950s. It is an important tourist attraction for the city with numerous cafes and bars. The two quarter-circle sides of the square are occupied by important buildings. On the left is Electra Palace Hotel, which is one of the best five-star hotels in Thessaloniki and on the right is one of the city's most famous movie theaters, the Olympion Theatre cinema, site of the annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival. It also houses a very popular bar of the same name.
The square dates back to the Roman period of the city, with the ruins of the palace of Galerius located within it. The square is beside the "Hippodromus Square", where the Massacre of Thessalonica took place during the reign of Theodosius I.
Today Navarinou is a popular meeting place, mainly amongst the student population of the city.
Hot info: My father painted the plan of the archeological side on the side of the building on top of the square!!!
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The Palace of Galerius
Platia NavarinouThe square dates back to the Roman period of the city, with the ruins of the palace of Galerius located within it. The square is beside the "Hippodromus Square", where the Massacre of Thessalonica took place during the reign of Theodosius I.
Today Navarinou is a popular meeting place, mainly amongst the student population of the city.
Hot info: My father painted the plan of the archeological side on the side of the building on top of the square!!!
Drinks & Nightlife
Great Coffee and beautiful people. Also tapas style restaurant with great food.
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LOCAL Thessaloniki
17 Paleon Patron GermanouGreat Coffee and beautiful people. Also tapas style restaurant with great food.
Apallou
10 Karolou NtilSinatra espresso wine bar
20 MitropoleosNice music and beautiful people.
All time classic all day bar right in front of the sea. Have a coffee early in the morning and enjoy the magnificent view come back at night and enjoy a drink. great music alternative people.
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Θερμαϊκός Μπαρ - Thermaikos Bar
21 Leof. NikisAll time classic all day bar right in front of the sea. Have a coffee early in the morning and enjoy the magnificent view come back at night and enjoy a drink. great music alternative people.
ΥΨΙΛΟΝ
5 EdessisFood Scene
Great environment at the Old Post Office. Secret restaurant and garden downstairs!!!
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TOMS Flagship Thessaloniki
22 TsimiskiGreat environment at the Old Post Office. Secret restaurant and garden downstairs!!!
A must see place!!!! Huge space that works as a delicatessen, meat, fish fresh fruits and vegetables market and restaurant at the same time. Order the famous soutzoukakia (kebab) and their rose house wine. Also a great place for brunch!!!!
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ERGON Agora
42 P. MelaA must see place!!!! Huge space that works as a delicatessen, meat, fish fresh fruits and vegetables market and restaurant at the same time. Order the famous soutzoukakia (kebab) and their rose house wine. Also a great place for brunch!!!!
Parks & Nature
Παραλία Θεσσαλονίκης - Θέα της Λεωφόρου Νίκης
Arts & Culture
Exhibits include machinery, i.e. cine-cameras and projectors, old pieces of cinema equipment and attachments, cinema-film developing tanks, lenses, sub-titling machines etc., celluloid material (films, news reels etc.), photographs from almost two thousand films, gigantic, hand-produced cinema posters, the musical background to all cinema films circulated prior to 1995 on LPs and CDs, and a cinema archive. In the cinema archive visitors and researchers alike can find information about the cinema in Greece from 1985 and on. This includes information about film festivals, public showings of films in Greek cinemas, and biographical data on directors and actors etc. www.cinemuseum.gr
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Thessaloniki Cinema Museum & Cinematheque
Exhibits include machinery, i.e. cine-cameras and projectors, old pieces of cinema equipment and attachments, cinema-film developing tanks, lenses, sub-titling machines etc., celluloid material (films, news reels etc.), photographs from almost two thousand films, gigantic, hand-produced cinema posters, the musical background to all cinema films circulated prior to 1995 on LPs and CDs, and a cinema archive. In the cinema archive visitors and researchers alike can find information about the cinema in Greece from 1985 and on. This includes information about film festivals, public showings of films in Greek cinemas, and biographical data on directors and actors etc. www.cinemuseum.gr
It holds and interprets artifacts from the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.
http://www.amth.gr
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Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
6 Manoli AndronikouIt holds and interprets artifacts from the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.
http://www.amth.gr
Τhe museum currently has three permanent exhibitions. The first, "Early Christian Churches", focuses on the design and decoration of churches in early centuries of Christianity. "Early Christian Cities and Dwellings", presents aspects of economic life, domestic handicrafts, houses, and food and clothing of early Christians, and finally, "From the Elysian Fields to the Christian Paradise" focuses on cemeteries of early Christians, jewellery, sepulchral architecture and painting, cult customs, and clay and glass objects recovered from excavated graves.www.mbp.gr
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ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ
Τhe museum currently has three permanent exhibitions. The first, "Early Christian Churches", focuses on the design and decoration of churches in early centuries of Christianity. "Early Christian Cities and Dwellings", presents aspects of economic life, domestic handicrafts, houses, and food and clothing of early Christians, and finally, "From the Elysian Fields to the Christian Paradise" focuses on cemeteries of early Christians, jewellery, sepulchral architecture and painting, cult customs, and clay and glass objects recovered from excavated graves.www.mbp.gr
At present the MMCA's permanent collection comprises 2000 works by Greek and foreign artists, it is constantly being augmented by gifts from collectors, artists, gallery owners, and private individuals and constantly presented in the museum' s new wing.
http://www.mmca.org.gr
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MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art
At present the MMCA's permanent collection comprises 2000 works by Greek and foreign artists, it is constantly being augmented by gifts from collectors, artists, gallery owners, and private individuals and constantly presented in the museum' s new wing.
http://www.mmca.org.gr
The museum’s mission is to collect photographs, especially historical and artistic photographs of Greece, to organize exhibitions and events to show the museum’s collection, to join forces with other similar bodies and work together and to publish books on photography. The museum has 57 photographs and 700 negatives by the photographer www.thmphoto.gr
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Museum of Photography Thessaloniki
The museum’s mission is to collect photographs, especially historical and artistic photographs of Greece, to organize exhibitions and events to show the museum’s collection, to join forces with other similar bodies and work together and to publish books on photography. The museum has 57 photographs and 700 negatives by the photographer www.thmphoto.gr