Thessaloniki Tourist Information

Sightseeing

The northernmost Byzantine walls of the city and parts of the western walls are still standing, as is the city's symbol - the White Tower, one of the 16th c. AD fortified towers - which is the only surviving tower on the seafront. The rest of the walls are in the picturesque Upper Town which offers a spectacular view over the bay, especially in the late afternoon.

Visit the upper town for its traditional old houses, small cobbled streets, Byzantine citadel, the Eptapyrgion fort.

On no account should you miss the Byzantine churches built between the 5th and 14th century, such as Agios Demetrios, (7th c.) and Agia Sophia (Holy Wisdome, 9th c.), and many lovely smaller ones in the upper town (St Nicolaos Orfanos is particularly worth a look for its frescoes), which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The traditional central food market, with hundreds of stalls selling meat, fish, fruit, vegetables (sometimes cheek-by-jowl, an unnerving experience for North Americans), cheap clothes and shoes, flowers, herbs and spices, between Aristotele Square and Venizelou street.

Aristotelous Square-the biggest of the city-and the promenade with its cafes and restaurants.

(Source: Wikitravel, for more information please read the entire article http://wikitravel.org/en/Thessaloniki)

Nightlife

If you are into nightlife, just walk into the center sometime after 11. We have our usual midnight rush-hour traffic jam due to people going out (not a joke!) and you can just walk around - if you stay in the area between the seafront and Egnatia street you can go from one place to another. At the end are the 'ladadika' with night clubs, many others are further afield ...

Other useful sources

http://www.greecetravel.com/thessaloniki/

http://wikitravel.org/en/Thessaloniki

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/northern-greece/thessaloniki

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g189473-Thessaloniki_Macedonia...