Thessaloniki Attractions

Interested in finding out about Thessaloniki attractions? Let me try to help. Thessaloniki, is the second biggest city in Greece. But, what does it really has to show to a tourist? Which are its attractions? I admit that some years ago I would not be able to answer this question. I am not a local in this city and due to this I did not know it so well. My mother gave birth to me in Thessaloniki but my family lives in a village 40km west of Thessaloniki. Until I finished school I was visiting it a couple times every year, mainly to participate in table tennis competitions with my village team :). Later on I moved and live in Thessaloniki for a few years but still I was not be able to answer this question. Maybe, because I did not know the city’s history. I did not even had the curiosity to understand how so many ancient sites were founded inside the center of this city… I can’t say I am very proud for this..The years passed, I left from Thessaloniki but came back again and the same cycle continued for more than two times and still continues. But this time, growing up, maybe the ‘microbe’ of this city really hit me. I started getting stimuli and have queries. I had to help my friends (foreigners visiting Thessaloniki) to visit the city. And thus, somehow suddenly I decided to read about its history …. And after these somehow the pieces began to connect. The truth is that I am not known for my good memory so I thought a website that would be similar to a travel guide to the city of Thessaloniki would help me not to forget all the things I like about this town. And that’s how I got the idea and started to build this website.

With a lot of effort but great pleasure I began to visit all these places that can be considered the Thessaloniki attractions and started to take photos. Thanks to my friend Dessi who always liked to make me company and even had visited some of these places by herself when for me it was not possible I managed to collect all the info. She really helped me gather all these material about Thessaloniki’s attractions and I am really grateful for this.

And this is how more or less I reached the point to discuss about the attractions in Thessaloniki and to propose to people some of the places I consider to be Thessaloniki’s most interesting attractions. The list of Thessaloniki’s tourist attractions is big! If you are interested in reading about all of them and would like to visit as many as possible please continue reading.

Thessaloniki Attractions by Category

Infinite museums, Byzantine and Old Christian period monuments which are protected by UNESCO, interesting attractions for families, numerous festivals, historic squares, historic buildings from all the historic periods of Thessaloniki, beautiful neighborhoods with a human face and many others suggestions are listed in this section of the website. Reading through will make you feel that you will need to spend a lot of time to discover Thessaloniki’s treasures.

So get ready!! 🙂 Most of the attractions are located in Thessaloniki’s historical center and you can visit them on foot or with the help of the city’s urban bus line or by using Thessaloniki’s touristic bus. One look at the map below will convince you about how many places you can visit.

I will be very happy if this list is useful to you. You may like to visit the facebook page of this site to be able to find it easily again also during the time you will be visiting Thessaloniki. I’m looking forward to seeing your pictures on its facebook wall. It will be a pleasant surprise! If you need further information about the city of Thessaloniki or would like to comment about my page just leave me a note below and I will try to respond to you as soon as possible.