Thessaloniki is the capital of Macedonia and second largest city of Greece. The city was rebuilt in the 1920s and today Thessaloniki is a lively modern city bustling with life and movement. Large avenues, parks and squares, lines of trees that frame commercial streets with showy shop windows. Old houses, neoclassical buildings, stand side by side with modern dwellings which makes a walk through any section of the city an interesting journey. The past and present merge at old taverns, 'ouzeries', restaurants next to hotels and luxury bars, 'bouzouki halls' (Thessaloniki is the cradle of modern Greek popular song, 'rembetika'), cinema halls, theaters and sidewalk cafes on street pavements and squares. Small family run taverns and basement pastry shops offer a delicious variety of famous Macedonian specialties, next to stalls of ice-cream sellers for busy pedestrians.
Distances in a glance:
Beach: 30km
City centre (Thessaloniki): 20km
Shops / Restaurants: 200m
Port: 25km
Airport: 40km
Train station: 10km