| Thessaloniki ((el)Θεσσαλονίκη) | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Greece |
|---|---|
| Area | 1 455,62 km² |
| Population | 788 952 hab. (2011) |
| Density | 542 inhab./km² |
| Population of the agglomeration | 1 104 460 hab.(2011) |
| Postal code | 530–539, 54015–54655, 56404 |
| Telephone prefix | 30 231 |
| Spindle | UTC 02:00, UTC 03:00 |
| Location | |
 40 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ N 22 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Thessaloniki is a city of Central Macedonia.
Understand
To go
By plane
- 1 Thessaloniki-Makédonia Airport (IATA : SKG Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία") – The airport is located approx. 13 km south-east of Thessaloniki. You can reach the city center with the buses of line 78. The frequency is one bus every half hour or more between 5 h 00 and 22 h 30 on working days.
The airlines that serve Thessaloniki are:
All flights are operated in the summer.
On a boat
By train
By bus
- 2 Bus station (Stathmòs Makedonìas) ,
30 231 059 5400 – 
The bus station is located 5 km west of downtown. All buses stop in front of the central station before reaching the terminus
The bus station is located By car
Circulate
- Hertz
- Budget
- Opinion
- Champion Car Rental Thessaloniki
To see
- 1 White tower
- 2 Rotonde Saint-Georges
- 3 Arch of Galerius
- 4 Hagia Sophia Church
- 5 Church of Acheiropoiètos (Παναγία Ἀχειροποίητος)
- 6 Church of Panagia Chalkeon (Παναγία τῶν Χαλκέων)
- 7 Church of Saint Dimitrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος)
- 8 Archaeological museum
- 9 Byzantine Culture Museum (Μουσείο βιζαντινού πολιτισμού)
Other places of interest
- 10 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art – The museum was founded in 1979, thanks to donations from Alexandre Iolas, a great art collector. You can see a silkscreened portrait of Alexander the Great executed by Andy Warhol
- 11 Macedonian Liberation Struggle Museum
- 12 Kemal Atatürk House-Museum Apostolou Pavlou 75., 30 231 024 8452 – The three-story house where Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) was born has been renovated and turned into a museum thanks to a Turkish donation. It also houses the Turkish Consulate,
- 13 Bey Hamam Egnatia & Mitropolitou Gennadiou street – The Turkish baths, also known as Bains du Paradis, were the first bathhouses opened by the Ottomans in Thessaloniki. They date from 1445 and remained in use until 1968. After the 1978 earthquake, they were restored, and they are used today for temporary exhibitions. The interior is stunning, but the baths are still closed to visitors.
- 14 Zeitenlik cemetery (Τα συμμαχικά νεκροταφεία του Ζέιτενλικ) – It contains the remains of Serbian, French, English, Italian, Russian soldiers, as well as Bulgarian prisoners of war, fallen during the Salonika Expedition during the First World War.
Do
Events
- Rework – The Reworks International Music Festival is dedicated to electronic music
