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1. Plateia Aristotelous

0.07 MILES

Built after the great fire of 1917, this is where Thessaloniki looked away from its Ottoman and Byzantine past towards modernity, aspiring to the planned…

2. Yad Lazikaron

0.12 MILES

Opposite the Modiano Market in the former Jewish quarter, Yad Lazikaron opened in 1984 as a practising house of worship dedicated to victims of the…

3. Modiano Market

0.15 MILES

The city's largest indoor market sits on the ashes of former Jewish neighbourhood Kadi, which burned down in the 1917 fire. The architect Eli Modiano…

4. Museum of the Macedonian Struggle

0.17 MILES

Ground zero for Greek nationalism, this museum in a handsome late-19th-century mansion recounts how heroic Hellenes wrested Macedonia from both Turks and…

5. Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki

0.21 MILES

This touching museum is housed in one of the few Jewish buildings to survive the great fire of 1917, the former office of Jewish newspaper L'Independent…

6. Church of Agia Sofia

0.24 MILES

Candlelight on gold chandeliers pierces the gloom in this stunning 8th-century church, modelled on its İstanbul namesake. Among many striking 8th- and 9th…

7. National Bank of Greece

0.24 MILES

This grand neoclassical temple of mammon is particularly graceful in design. You can pop inside during working hours.

8. Bey Hammam

0.26 MILES

Bey Hammam was built in 1444, making it Thessaloniki’s oldest Turkish bathhouse and reputedly the largest remaining in Greece. Externally squat and…