Achilleas Mesaikos
Painter/musician @achilleas.mesaikos
Cultural Vacation spot
On the multi-purpose café-bar To Pikap (57 Olympou), you’ll additionally discover two exhibition areas with works from town’s up-and-coming artwork scene. Additionally they have their very own radio station and their vinyl choice is great.
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Not removed from the suburb of Sykies, Karatepe Hill is a superb picnic spot. Only a brief drive from the middle of Thessaloniki, it presents really breathtaking views of town.
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Father Espresso &Vinyls(9 StratigouKallari) could be very near the White Tower. It’s undoubtedly price a go to when you’re a fan of basic cocktails and wonderful music from DJs who play uncommon vinyl singles and LPs. Upstairs, you’ll discover a well-stocked vinyl document retailer.
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At Kits kai s’efaga (89 Olympou) you’re assured to eat properly! Connoisseur Greek delicacies paired with tsipouro or pure wine, in a enjoyable, kitschy house.
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The document store Lotus(7-9 Skra) has turn out to be the go-to spot in Thessaloniki for music lovers, providing an exquisite choice of vinyl data and CDs from everywhere in the world. For those who do go, it’s definitely price assembly its very type proprietor, a real connoisseur of music. Shut by, you’ll discover the bookstore Shakespearikon(8 PatriarchouIoakeim), with an eclectic choice of poetry, performs and Greek and world literature.
Constantinos Timianos
Plant designer, plant psychologist, proprietor of Timianos Floral House @timianos_floral_home
Cultural Vacation spot
The MOMus–Thessaloniki Museum of Images (Warehouse A, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port) hosts essentially the most fascinating images exhibitions. The museum’s café is a well-kept native secret, and the perfect spot to learn your e-book with nice views of the previous port.
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The Kitchen Suite Thessaloniki is a brand new house on Athonos Sq. (10 Papamarkou) which you could e-book with mates or household for eating and cooking periods for a singular birthday or different big day.
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Le Cercle de Salonique(7 VasileosIrakleiou) is a basic bar with a Parisian vibe, wonderful drinks, signature cocktails and laid-back music. It’s as
when you’ve stepped right into a scene from The Nice Gatsby!
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Zachari (7 LordouVironos) is a small downtown pâtisserie with desserts, tarts, biscuits, tsourekia (Greek brioche), profiteroles and everybody’s favourite, melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies) all 12 months spherical!
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I’m fond of mixing second-hand garments with new gadgets. My favourite retailer is V For Classic (29 Armenopoulou) for distinctive garments and equipment from 1960 to 1990 in wonderful situation and at affordable costs.
Despoina Polyxronidou
Journalist, communication supervisor @sousourada_
Cultural Vacation spot
The Roman Discussion board, is correct within the coronary heart of town. Make sure you go to the underground museum to see cash, artifacts and marble sculptures from the location.
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Take a stroll to town’s City Winery (8 GketeTzovaropoulou) the place vines develop actually within the middle of Thessaloniki, in excellent concord with the encircling house blocks.
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Ladadika and AnoLadadika are vigorous neighborhoods stuffed with eateries and bars, however you must also enterprise past town middle. The Blue Sky disco (japanese suburb of Thermi) was an incredible discovery for me: a venue the place enormous crowds dance to ’80s and ’90s music.
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The standard pastry store Dorkada(66 Kassandrou) unites these of us who cherish candy childhood recollections. Right here you’ll discover conventional sweets, together with galaktoboureko (semolina custard pie) and ravani (syrupy semolina sponge cake).
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Hellofrom (45 ProxenouKoromila) seems like a retail retailer from the long run. You should purchase espresso desk books, new backpacks, and select from a wide array of revolutionary homeware.
Elpida Tsaloni
Calligrapher, proprietor of Pelagie @pelagie_gr
Cultural Vacation spot
I hold going again to the Museum of Byzantine Tradition (2 Stratou), not only for its illuminating reveals, but in addition for its notable structure and peaceable environment.
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AnoPoli, Thessaloniki’s “Higher City,” takes you again in time. Stroll the slender stone-paved streets and benefit from the great views of town from excessive up. Mansions which are gems of Macedonian structure, flower-filled courtyards, squares with conventional espresso outlets and comfy tavernas serving native mezedes all evoke an earlier period.
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I wish to eat at Zithos Dore(7 StratigouTsirogianni), in entrance of the White Tower. An area favourite for the previous three a long time, it presents excellent meals and views, tasteful décor, a protracted oak bar, and a heat, nostalgic setting.
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Olicatessen (53 OlympiouDiamanti, contained in the Modiano Market) is a contemporary grocery retailer with delicacies from everywhere in the world. Preserves, condiments, pure comfortable drinks, ice lotions and my favourite handmade soaps are all on supply on this sweet-smelling retailer.
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Salamander (131 Olympou) is a classic retailer with fastidiously chosen previous garments and equipment, together with many stunning clothes and a variety
of belts.
Vasilis Chamam
Chef @vasilis_chamam
Cultural Vacation spot
Frangomahala is a phenomenal a part of Thessaloniki which encompasses the cultural cloth of town, previous and current. It’s price taking the time to stroll round this neighborhood to take a look at the listed Nineteenth-century buildings and take a look at the its fashionable artwork galleries.
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The connection between the folks of Thessaloniki and the ocean is so deep, unceasing and intimate that at occasions we nearly really feel like crabs dwelling on a protracted shoreline. Take a stroll alongside the New Waterfront to benefit from the solar, the ocean, the cyclists and the bushes. It’s undoubtedly some of the enticing public areas in Greece.
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I wish to have a drink at Anapsiktirio (6 AgnostouStratiotou), listening to music, looking on the historical market and doing a little bit of people-watching. It’s a quiet spot, the place you rarely hear the sound of a automotive.
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Verges Lagies (63 Venizelou) is a conventional grill home that you just should go to. It presents the best high quality meat cooked over charcoal and served on picket platters with French fries and freshly made dips and sauces. My private favourite is the slow-cooked pulled pork sandwich.
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The bustling Kapani Market is the go-to spot for purchasing. Right here, you’ll discover every part from conventional Greek culinary merchandise to trendy clothes and helpful home items.
Nikoletta Lekka
Architect and jewellery designer @bynikolettalekka
Cultural Vacation spot
Housed in a historic constructing, Beetroot is an incredible multi-purpose house that mixes design, artwork, espresso and gastronomy. It’s a spot the place tradition is alive and properly and satisfies all of your senses.
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The Panorama Trigono is deeply embedded within the metropolis’s culinary DNA. This scrumptious filo triangle, drenched in syrup and stuffed with cream, could now be well-known throughout Greece but it surely originated in Thessaloniki and solely right here are you able to get pleasure from its most genuine model. You’ll discover it at a lot of the metropolis’s pastry outlets.
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Once I exit, I wish to attempt completely different pure wines. Locations akin to Poster (Paikou& 6 Syngrou), Deka Trapezia (4 StratigouKallari) and Souel (16 Pavlou Mela) are an oenophile’s paradise, providing a wide array of high quality labels and inventive accompanying dishes.
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At Vanilla Gelateria (129 Mitropoleos) they make each tiramisu and ice cream the best way Italians do, ready with solely the best substances, but it surely’s solely open Fridays and weekends in the course of the winter.
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I really like going to the vintage outlets on Tositsa Road. It’s like opening your grandmother’s closet and discovering treasures from the previous, with every part from classic furnishings to previous jewellery. It’s wonderful to see the best way previous objects can tackle new life in several arms.
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