The one quarter that survived the great fire of 1917 — steep cobbled lanes, Ottoman houses, tiny churches and the Byzantine walls, with the best view over the whole city and the gulf. Atmospheric and quiet; a stiff walk up, but worth it to sleep here.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
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€80–140
typical per night in Greece
The sensible middle
Cheapest in ThessalonikiPriciest
Typical prices for Thessaloniki — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Ano Poli and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Thessaloniki (SKG)~25 min drive13.7 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Church of Agios Dimitrios8 min walk693 m
- The Roman Forum11 min walk942 m
- The Rotunda of Galerius12 min walk1.0 km
- The Arch of Galerius (Kamara)13 min walk1.1 km
- Modiano & Kapani markets15 min walk1.2 km
- Aristotelous Square18 min walk1.5 km
- The Ladadika quarter20 min walk1.6 km
- The White Tower22 min walk1.8 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 4.Ano Poli & the Byzantine walls — The old upper town, the only quarter to survive the 1917 fire — a climb through cobbled lanes and Ottoman houses to the Byzantine ramparts and the whole city spread out below. The most atmospheric wander in Thessaloniki, best near sunset.
- 15.The Heptapyrgion fortress — The Byzantine-and-Ottoman citadel crowning the upper town, a prison until 1989 and now open for the walls, the history and the view — the whole city, the gulf and Olympus laid out below. The reward for the climb through Ano Poli.
When are you staying?
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