When you need a break from the city head east (along with most of Thessaloniki) to the Chalkidiki peninsula, which has what many say are the best beaches in Greece. Try the less developed 2nd or 3rd leg and some of the beautiful old towns like Arnea. A beautiful area to discover.

Thessaloniki's east coast.

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A coffeehouse serving traditional desserts. It's the only one in Greece which produces milk from buffalos - delicious! Don't forget to try the Kazan Dipi and the ice cream and drink the Botza.

Opposite the Rotonda

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Thessaloniki is usually overlooked by visitors to Greece as it lacks an outstanding feature like Athens’ Acropolis. However, it is in many ways a more interesting city with a far more turbulent and diverse history from the times of Alexander the Great through to the Byzantine and Ottoman eras.

It’s a city you need to explore as it’s quite hard to find the interesting monuments in the chaos of the modern city. Thessaloniki was burned down in 1917 and of the wooden buildings only the Anopoli survived, this used to be the old Ottoman quarter and with its narrow cobbled streets and charismatic overhanging houses it’s a magical escape and it has the best tavernas in the city.

Check out the monasteries there as well with amazing views and on a clear day you can see Mt Olympus across the bay.

Tourists never make it here because they never find it and the Greeks don't see it as a tourist attraction. Make for the Trigonian tower (you can see it at the top of the city) and then begin walking West down the street 'Eptapyrgio' along the Byzantine walls, at any point if you walk down towards the city you will find the Anopoli, the best of the Anopoli is the western side.

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Sephardic Jews actually made up the majority of Thessaloniki's population from 1600 to WW2, and the Jewish museum is a fascinating and unique account of an extroardinary story, as well as the general history of the city in that period.

If your interested in the history check out the Thessaloniki page on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki

13, Agiou Mina Street, 546 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
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