Things To Do in Thessaloniki

1. Alatza Imaret

Along with the Bezesteni, the Alatza Imaret, a former 15th-century mosque with a poorhouse, or almshouse, is one of the best-preserved Turkish...

2. Flea Market

Just what its name implies, this market, which sprawls along Tositsa, sells everything from genuine junk to genuine antiques (much more of the...

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• Markets

3. Jewish History Museum (aka Museum of the Jewish Presence in Thessaloniki)

This small museum uses photographs and artifacts to portray Jewish life in Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki Jews established the city's first printing...

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• Museums

4. The Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine, and Post Byzantine Musical Instruments

What is it about music museums? The small one in Athens is one of that city's finest, and Thessaloniki has its own appealing music museum. The...

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• Museums

5. The Bezesteni

It would be wonderful to have a bird's-eye view of the Bezesteni's six domes and four entrances, one on each side. This covered market, built in...

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• Markets

6. Apostolic Diakonta Bookstore

Although this handsome bookstore specializes in books on religious matters, it also carries a wide selection on Greece (in English and French,...

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• Shopping

7. Greek Agora and Roman Forum

In the 1960s, workmen digging to lay the foundations of new law courts for Thessaloniki came across the remains of the city's ancient Greek agora,...

8. Ayios Dimitrios (aka Church and Crypt of Ayios Demetrios)

Like Ayia Sofia, Ayios Dimitrios was heavily restored -- in fact, almost entirely rebuilt -- after the fire of 1917. Consequently, this is a church...

9. Panagia Chalkeon (Virgin of the Copper Workers)

This tiny church with its three domes looks as if it would fit nicely into a miniature village. It has some fine frescoes, but its real glory is...

10. Ayia Katerini

Another of Thessaloniki's fine 14th-century churches, built with a central dome flanked by four cupolas, is now surrounded by new apartment buildings...