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Thessaloniki

Greece

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✈️ Getting there

SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport

📍 15 km⏱ 35 min🚌 Bus🚕 Taxi🚌 Rideshare

Bus line 78N runs directly to the city centre (Aristotelous Square) for around €2, taking 40-50 minutes; taxis cost roughly €20-25 and take 30-35 minutes outside rush hour.

A compact, single-terminal airport that handles Aegean, Ryanair, easyJet and numerous charter carriers — busy in summer but never overwhelming, with quick baggage claim times.

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Hidden gems and local experiences in Thessaloniki — beyond the tourist trail.

🏛️Rotunda of Galerius: arrive just after opening at 8am when it's empty — the 4th-century mosaics glow in the morning light and you'll have the space to yourself before tour groups arrive around 10am.

🥘Modiano Market (Agora Modiano): go on a weekday morning and head straight to the butchers' and fishmongers' inner hall — the prepared food stalls at the back serve grilled offal and fish soup that locals eat standing up for under €5.

🌅Ano Poli at golden hour: walk up through the Upper Town's cobbled lanes to the Byzantine walls for a panorama over the gulf — the neighbourhood is largely touristed, but the northeastern corner near Eptapyrgio fortress stays quiet and authentic.

🍫Trigona Elenidis in Panorama: make the 20-minute taxi ride to this hilltop suburb for the city's most famous bougatsa and trigona pastries, stuffed with cream so fresh they collapse if you wait too long to eat them.

🎶Ladadika district on a Thursday night: this old warehouse quarter comes alive mid-week when it's full of locals rather than weekenders — the tavernas spill onto the street and impromptu live music is common from around 9pm.