Greece · WALKING TOURS IN THESSALONIKI
The good walking tours in Thessaloniki fill up first, especially in July and August. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes, and how they differ.
Personal Thessaloniki walking tour with a local guide, no fixed route, flexible 2 to 6 hours, local tips and stories, private pickup.
“It was really great. We learnt so much from our guide Vasileios. He was so helpful and considerate.”
Walk through Thessaloniki markets, taste bougatsa and coffee, shop for folk art, then leave with tavern advice for your next meal.
“Great experience with lovely young and intelligent Greek guide. Great way to learn the city and culinary traditions”
Half-day Thessaloniki food and walking tour with market tastings, bougatsa, soutzoukaki, ouzo, cheese, and Greek sweets, in 3 hours.
“Great samplings of Greek culinary delights and our guide Maria was very pleasant! Very generous with the different food tastings.”
A 2-hour Thessaloniki walking tour covering White Tower, Roman ruins, Byzantine mosaics, plus markets and neighborhoods, with a guide for $35.
“You get to see many of the sights of Thessaloniki, which is good. A good amount of walking is part of the deal, which is a plus if you like walking and a minus if you don’t or can’t. The Akropolis is too far away and not part of the tour. You don’t get to see anything from the inside, everything is just passed by. The tour is OK, reading up beforehand might do as well.”
Self-guided English audio walk in Thessaloniki, $9, offline maps, starting at Alexander the Great statue and ending by the harbor.
“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…”
Thessaloniki food walk through Kapani and Modiano markets with ouzo, wine, sweets, and classic soutzoukaki, ending with coffee and dessert.
“Variationerna i maten, de olika ställerna, känning guide, se mera av Thessaloniki rätt tempo.”
A 3-hour Thessaloniki walking tour from the White Tower through Roman and Byzantine sites to St Demetrios, led by an English guide.
“Nikos was great - knowledgeable, funny, adapted very well to our interests. Thank you!”
Pick the kind of day first. Each list sorts the rest.
