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Top attractions of Thessaloniki
There are many attractive places in the Thessaloniki city to be visited. You can visit museums, Churches, White tower, Roman forum, Vergina, Mount Olympus, and Mount Athos etc. You can also visit upper town for Byzantine citadel, old houses and Eptapyrgion fort. You can also witness remains of the Jews community. There are 2 Synagogues still present. Remains of Ottoman rulers like Turkish public baths, market for jewelry and precious stones (Bezesteni) and Hamza Bay Camii etc are also among top attractions. .
There are many museums in the Thessaloniki city. Most famous museums are Jewish Museum, Thessaloniki Archeological museum, The museum of Byzantine culture, Goulandris Museum of Natural History, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Attaturk House, Museum of Science, Museum of Cinematography in Thessaloniki, Museum at the White Tower, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, and Museum at Aghios Demetrios. Among the Galleries, Municipal Gallery of Art is a place to be visited.
Among the churches, Church of Saint George built in 4th century AD, and Agia Sofia that was built in 8th century AD are famous and among top attraction. White tower was build as part of city wall, contains a museum and tells about the history of Thessaloniki from 300 to 1500 AD. Roman forum is one of the archeological sites of the ancient Greek. Mount Olympus is a mountain which is home of Gods in Greek mythology. Mount Athos is place for pilgrimage from males only.
Beside these areas to be visited, Thessaloniki has many other attractions like shopping, good eating and drinking and entertaining nightlife. To visit all these top attractions, you can go for car hire Thessaloniki. You can also go for Car hire Thessaloniki airport to go directly in to the area of your interest or nearby town.