Discovering Amazing Thessaloniki Center

Where to go while staying in a hotel in Thessaloniki center

We strongly recommend staying in a hotel in thessaloniki center and taking advantage of its strategic position in order to explore this amazing city. For your first night out don’t forget to start from Ladadika area. Ladadika, a historic suburb conveniently located near Thessaloniki's port, has been designated as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture. Ladadika, a former oil-shop district, includes multicolored buildings from the 19th century that reflect the city's oldest charm. Following urbanization in the 1980s, the district is now home to excellent tavernas, fashionable bars, and clubs.

A short stroll from your hotel in thessaloniki center you will find the Kemal Mustafa Museum. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern-day Turkey, was born in Thessaloniki in 1881 while the city was still under Ottoman administration, and the Ataturk Museum contains his birthplace and boyhood home. The three-story mansion, which was given to the Turkish state in 1935, retains many of its original furniture.

Also, a museum worth visiting is The Olympic Museum of Thessaloniki, the country's only Olympic museum, founded in 1998. Its purpose is to present and maintain the legacy of sports. The museum's collection includes historical records, items of Greek medalists such as medals, torches, various Olympic organization mementos, and sports equipment, as well as a permanent display dedicated to the Olympic Games.

The Agios Demetrios Church dates back to when the town was the greatest in the Byzantine Empire. The layout of today's church goes back to 629-634 AD, having been built in the 4th century AD and subsequently rebuilt owing to fires. After being destroyed again in the 1917 fire, the church was rebuilt in the 1940s, this time utilizing fragments of tombstones from the Jewish cemetery; it was reconsecrated in 1949. Some of the excavation discoveries are on exhibit in the crypt of the church.

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