Tour reviews · WALKING TOURS IN THESSALONIKI
All 7 walking tours in Thessaloniki on one page, with the price, the running time and the verdict on each. The first entry is the one most people should book.
Meet a Thessaloniki local at your hotel or Airbnb for a private, flexible walk lasting two to six hours. Your host can focus on city sights, local food, transport, neighborhood tips, or history. Guides such as Konstantinos, Mariza, Tasos, and Georgianna are praised for friendly, personal tours in English, French, or German.
“Fun and informative tour of Thessaloniki! Geogianna was awesome!”
Meet at Le Palace Hotel at 10:30 am for a three-hour English tour through Ladadika, Kapani Market, and Aristotelous Square. Try bougatsa, Greek coffee, olives, pies, cheeses, spreads, sweets, and local drinks while guides such as Eleni, Konstantina, Dina, and Adria explain Thessaloniki’s food and history.
“Our family of 10 loved the Thessaloniki: Walking Open Market Food Tour and Tasting. Helen, our guide, provided great insight into the culture and history of the city as we walked through several traditional markets tasting olives, sweets, savory meat and cheese pies, coffee and other traditional treats. Our small group of 12 allowed us see and hear more than if we had chosen to participate in a shore excursion offerd by the cruise line. We highly recommend this tour to experience Thessaloniki in just a few hours.”
Start at Electra Palace at 11 a.m. and walk Thessaloniki’s markets, squares, cafés, and pastry shops with a local guide such as Maria, Konstantina, or Thomas. Expect generous tastings of bougatsa, cheese, soutzoukaki, ouzo, Greek coffee, and traditional sweets over about three hours. Come hungry and wear comfortable shoes.
“We had an amazing time and thoroughly enjoyed all the places we visited! Kostas was informative, friendly and engaged with us the entire time. There were so many delicious tastings and the vendors were all generous and hospitable. Make sure you go on an empty stomach!”
Start at the White Tower and walk through Thessaloniki’s waterfront, Roman monuments, Byzantine churches, market quarter, Ladadika, and Valaoritou. An English-speaking guide leads the two-hour route for groups of up to 15. Guides such as Giorgos and Fenia have offered flexible recommendations for food, shopping, and extra sights.
“Brilliant tour! Giorgos was our charming guide and he was great! Took us to all the must see sights in an easy walk; told us about them entertainingly and listened to the group, so we choose to go inside a couple of churches. One very minor feedback - it would be good to try and stop in shade and/or where there were seats. We enjoyed Giorgos’ company so much we - the group - had lunch with him and he ordered and told us about traditional Greek food. The meal was one of the best we’ve had in Greece! Thank you so much!”
Use your smartphone to explore Thessaloniki from the Alexander the Great Statue to the harbor. The English audio tour covers Kamara, the Rotunda, Hagia Sophia, the White Tower, Ataturk Museum, Heptapyrgion, and Bezesteni Market. Download the route before you go, bring headphones, and visit interiors separately.
“The only positive was it was easy to download. Otherwise, it was a complete waste of time and money. Each stop had only a minute or two of very basic content a simple google could have provided. There was no indication when the audio for one stop ended and a new one started other than watching your phone to when it advanced to the next topic. The stops were often not in a logical order, forcing you to backtrack to where you had previously been - would have been ok if there was a narrative reason, but there wasn’t as each stop was just a couple facts with no broader…”
Start at Aristotelous Square with a guide such as Maria or Kosta, then walk through three central areas and seven food stops. Taste olives, olive oil, raki, cheese, meze, soutzoukaki, bougatsa, isli, trigono, Greek coffee, wine, and ouzo. The route is in English and wheelchair accessible.
“Wij hebben ervan genoten. Zeker voldoende proeverijen. Een aanrader. De gids was ook super.”
Spend three hours walking from Thessaloniki’s White Tower through the Galerian Complex, the Temple of Acheiropoietos, the Roman Forum, and St Demetrios. An English-speaking local guide, including Nikos on many tours, explains the city’s Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Jewish past. Entrance fees, drinks, and personal costs are extra.
“Bikes was a very knowledgeable guide and his love of Thessaloniki sone through.”
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