Byzantine churches and Greece's best food scene
Thessaloniki is a lively university city on the Thermaic Gulf, with a history that runs from Roman emperors through Byzantium and the Ottoman era. Its early Christian and Byzantine monuments, including the Rotunda and the church of Agios Dimitrios, are a UNESCO site. Walk the waterfront promenade to the White Tower, climb to the old walls of Ano Poli for views, and eat well: bougatsa for breakfast, meze in Ladadika and sweets from the city's famous patisseries.