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Historic and Protected Site · Παλιά Παραλία · 248 tips and reviews
Will Belford: Visit the city's most important historic site, which was used as a prison by the Ottomans, when the city was under their control. The view is breathtaking up there.
Will Belford: Galerius Arch is celebrating the Roman Empire as part of Galerious winning over the Sassanid king. It's the ultimate place to meet your friends in Thessaloniki and is truly magnificent.
Dessert Shop · Παλιά Παραλία · 46 tips and reviews
Will Belford: Right across the White Tower you'll find this charming, little dessert shop, which serves the best ice-cream in town and many more tasty sweets. You'll want to lick your fingers!
Will Belford: If you want to get to know what Greek cuisine is, then this is the place for you. Great service and delicious food, right in the centre of the city. One of the best restaurants, I've ever been to.
Will Belford: The best breakfast spot in town. Enjoy your coffee will tasting Greek pies,pastries and fresh sandwiches, which will drive you crazy! The perfect place to eat your first ''Bougatsa''.
Will Belford: A trip back in time. The museum is unique and gives you the opportunity to get to know everthing about the city's culture and people. A must-see!
Will Belford: Flocafe is the country's first coffee chain and is one of my favourites in town. Incredible coffee, pastries, sandwiches and many more are availabe at the Flocafe, which has a perfect view to the sea!
Will Belford: The ultimate science-experience! After this, you'll love science! So many interesting things to do and see. It looks like a small theme park, but it really is the city's perfect science museum.
Will Belford: The biggest shopping mall of Thessaloniki is simply fantastic. So many places to shop from, so many restaurants and bars, so amazing! It is pretty close to the city centre and is absolutely wonderful!
Will Belford: The beach promenade is unique and one of the things you really have to do, before leaving Thessaloniki. Rent a bike and enjoy its beauty. Let the moment take you!
Will Belford: The city's protector, Agios Dimitrios is one of the most important and magestic churches all over the world. Going down to the chamber of the church is a unique experience.
Will Belford: Endless brands, the Public Megastore, a cafe and many more are inside the Notos Galleries. It is convenient and recommended for shopping in the city. It is like a small mall, but more accessible.
Will Belford: Its beauty is beyond doubt. Visit the Roman Forum and think how many constructions were made on the city by foreign kings, who run it in the past.
Αγίου Δημητρίου (3ης Σεπτεμβρίου), Θεσσαλονίκη, Θεσσαλονίκη
Museum · Τριανδρία · 2 tips and reviews
Will Belford: It is unique and very different from most city museums. It's a fun and amusing way to get into shape, learn how fit you are and how important sports were for both ancient and modern Greeks.
Will Belford: Greece's biggest fast-food chain, Goody's serves delicious burgers, salads, spaghetti and sandwiches! It is inexpensive, fast and with great quality! You'll love it!
Will Belford: Taste the ultimate greek ''souvlaki'' in a small store, with perfect quality, Nterlikatesen! It is by far the best souvlaki I've ever eaten and has so many things to eat, you'll get lost! It's amazing
Will Belford: It has the biggest wave-pool in Europe. It is an amazing and extremely amusing experience for both adults and kids! Safe, with many instructors and many water pools, full of games and mysteries.Great!
Αποθήκη Α (Προβλήτα Α στο Λιμάνι Θεσσαλονίκης), Θεσσαλονίκη, Θεσσαλονίκη
Art Museum · Λαδάδικα · 10 tips and reviews
Will Belford: One extremely interesting museum, focused on the art of cinema and how it was developed in Greece. Its entrance fee is cheap and it really is unique! I've never seen something like this before! Great!
Will Belford: Saltsa Bar has some of the most tasty food in Thessaloniki. It is a mix of Greek-American food and it really is addictive! It's like a Greek T.G.I. Friday's! All in all, it's not expensive either!
Will Belford: It is a beautiful building, which carries so many important details about the past of the Greek culture. One of the places you must visit! It's something more than a museum. It's the country's past.
Αποθήκη Α (Προβλήτα Α στο Λιμάνι Θεσσαλονίκης), Θεσσαλονίκη, Θεσσαλονίκη
Art Museum · Λαδάδικα · 22 tips and reviews
Will Belford: It's the only photography museum of Greece. You'll adore how many things it will show you about Thessaloniki in the past and you'll get blown away, from how much it has changed! Perfect!
Mediterranean Restaurant · Παλιά Παραλία · 225 tips and reviews
Will Belford: The best restaurant in town. It really is incredible how tasty their food is! It has a remarkable view to the beach promenade and serves some of the best food, I've ever eaten. I highly recommend it!
Will Belford: Before leaving the city, you must try the traditional ''trigono'' with cream. It is the ultimate desert! The Ellenidis store makes the best for more than 30 years and still does!
Will Belford: Strolling around the most beautiful and graphic neighborhood of the city is an incredible experience. It resembles Paris and Bucharest city centre a bit. Ladadika is also ideal for food and drinks.
Will Belford: If you are at Thessaloniki, the days Helexpo International Exhibition is held, it'd be great to visit it! Kiosks from all around Greece and many more countries are there and also the OTE Tower.
Will Belford: ''Louloudika'' is a beautiful area of Thessaloniki, in which flower shops are everywhere and that's where it got its name from, s It is the place to relax with your coffee and newspaper and feel it.
Will Belford: The most beautiful view to Thessaloniki. Visit the Kastra and you won't want to leave. It is one of the most famous places in the city and is 100% breathtaking!
Will Belford: It is one of the most beautiful places to stroll around in the city. The port may not be very modern and useful, yet its beauty is beyond doubt. Magnificent constructions! Wear a jacket there.
Will Belford: Villa Luna. The most beautiful view to the city. Visit it by night, to check out the beautiful lights of Thessaloniki. It is a great bar, with many cocktails and beers to choose from. A must!
Πλατεία Αγίου Γεωργίου (Olympou), Θεσσαλονίκη, Θεσσαλονίκη
History Museum · 40 tips and reviews
Visit Greece: An enormous round building! Admire the exceptional mosaics added by Emperor Theodosios when he transformed Rotonda to a Christian church.
Will Belford: Taste the best coffee of your life at the most successful coffee chain of Greece. Mikel is special and different from all the coffees you've drunk so long. It is sweet, mysterious and modern. Perfect!
Hotel Olympia Thessaloniki: The Museum's collection includes more than 1800 works - paintings, sculptures, video art works, assemblages, installations, engravings and photographs.
Will Belford: It's the perfect place for an aromatic coffee and a delicious sandwich! It's small, yet really good. One of the best breakfast spots in town!
Pedestrian Plaza · Καλαμαριά, Θεσσαλονίκη, Central Macedonia · 25 tips and reviews
Will Belford: It is the ideal place for coffee, food and many more. Kalamaria is one of the most densely-populated areas of Thessaloniki and that's why it has developed that much! Stores everywhere!!!
Will Belford: It is a very different and good museum in the city centre, close to the Museum of Byzantine Culture. It has much for the tourist to know about the war periods in Greece and many more...
(Ιερός Μητροπολιτικός Ναός Αγίου Γρηγορίου του Παλαμά)
Μητροπόλεως 56, Θεσσαλονίκη, Θεσσαλονίκη
Church · 6 tips and reviews
Hotel Olympia Thessaloniki: Orthodox Cathedral in Thessaloniki, a fine example of modern Byzantine art and architecture, located right in the heart of the city center
Will Belford: The view from there is simply beautiful. Situated, in the heart of Nea Krini, Thessaloniki, Remvi is a modern bar-restaurant whose beauty is its biggest weapon to win against its competitors! Beauty!
Will Belford: A small and amusing zoo. It used to be in the city centre, but was transfered in this forest. When there, make sure to check if you can see a musical performance or a play at the Theatro Dasous.