Upper Town Tour: Discover Thessaloniki's Hidden Gems

Explore Upper Town Greece: Visit historic churches, Ottoman monuments, and hidden gems. Discover local stories, Greek mythology, and the soul of Thessaloniki.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Osios David (The Latomou Monastery) - We are going to visit one of the oldest churches in the planet and admire of the most unique masterpieces of Christian art, a breathless mosaic.
  • Trigonion Tower - We are going to visit the best view of the city where we are going to have a panoramic view of the whole city of Thessaloniki!
  • Tsitsanis Square - We are going to speak about the Greek music and more specifically, a music genre that is called Rebetiko, one of the jewels of the Greek culture! A small music show is taking place!
  • Vlatadon Monastery - We are going to visit one the oldest monasteries of the city, where we are going to speak about St Paul and his presence in Thessaloniki!
  • Mausoleum of Musa Baba - We are going to speak about the ottoman turkish period of the city, explaining in the same time an ottoman monument. Also we are going to speak about the current greek turkish relationships.
  • Andronikos Lapardas Tower - In this stop we are going to speak about the ancient walls of Thessaloniki and we will realize how big was Thessaloniki in the past and how big is now.
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

In the upper town, we visit Profitis Ilias Church, an Ottoman monument, Osios David Church, the Monastery of Vlatadon, and other hidden gems. We discuss a major fire, the Turks, the Jews, Mount Olympus, Greek mythology, a religious masterpiece of art, music (rebetico), St. Paul, the story of Greek refugees from Turkey, and other tales.

Through this tour, we will feel the soul of this neighborhood, discovering why this area is so special and beloved by the locals. We will travel back in time to see how Thessaloniki was in the past and how it is now.

Location
Holy Church of Elijah the Prophet
Ολυμπιάδος
I will be holding a red umbrella to recognize me!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Zatrzz
Aug 28, 2024
Discover Thessaloniki with new eyes - The guide is very informative, knowledgeful, good at storytelling, we didn't get bored at all, and he made me appreciate Thessaloniki in a very different way. Thank you for the excellent time!
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Kerimtalaya
Aug 27, 2024
Nazım Hikmet - Tour with Giorgos is amazing he is super funny and super knowledge guide. Me and my father very glad to met with him. He loves his city Thessalonica and he is a professor of this citys calture. Most amazing thing about him s he s super objective. He give us very nice information about Turkish-Greek history ıt s nice to see that met with a person in Greece want to live in peace in Aegean see. If we come again we want to make tour with him and we want to be his guide in Türkiye. Thanks for evrything
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Road21122378856
Aug 11, 2024
Incredible History, passion and relaxing walking tour. An absolute must when travelling to Thessaloniki!!! - My partner and I had the pleasure of meeting George, who toured us as part of a group to Upper Town, Thessaloniki. George provided an excellent walking tour and showed incredible passion about the history of not only Thessaloniki, but Greece on a whole and several other countries, religions and culture, which all have crossed paths in their journeys. George is very accommodating, approachable, hilarious and full of wisdom. This was by far the best walking tour I have experienced in all my travels!! Thank you very much George, will be back again soon for another tour soon 😊
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Andi123v
Aug 7, 2024
The Best - One of the best free walking tours. Georgis is very interesting. We learned a lot about the history of Thessaloniki and Greece. I definitely recommend it.
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Andersp767
Jul 29, 2024
Excellent tour! - Very interesting and enjoying your. Giorgos was incredible and taught us a lot about Greek history, culture, religion etc and also a lot of things about Thessaloniki as well. I highly recommend this tour.
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33vadimk
Jul 24, 2024
Great tour - Me and my baby daughter had the city center tour with Giorgos (george) with a stroller. The tour was really amazing and insightful. Giorgos is a fantastic guide. He is very knowledgeable and not afraid to discuss controversial subjects and answer tough questions from the crowd. Highly recommended.
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Ynay2013
Jul 22, 2024
10/10 - I did the tour of Ano Poli (Upper Town) with Giorgos and it was genuinely one of the best walking tours I’ve been on to date. Giorgos is a great storyteller and his passion and love for Thessaloniki comes through very clearly. The pace of the tour was good. It was neither too fast nor too slow and always full of interesting information and history. I highly recommend this tour and have already recommended it to other people I’ve met in my hostel.
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Voyager01918674675
Jul 18, 2024
Informative and slow paced tour - I really liked how informative George was even though his pace was a little slow. He really takes his time in explaining and answering questions. Recommendation if you're joining in summer: bring insect repellent as he stops a lot, and for quite some time at a certain spot so you might get attacked by mosquitoes.
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Morittv
Jul 17, 2024
Highly recommended - Very nice walking tour, can highly recommend! Giorgos gave us lots of background information about Greece, Thessaloniki and greek culture. Very nice guy as well!
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Anadb2161uh
Jul 10, 2024
An special local guide..to show Thessaloniki - It’s been a pleasure listening to Giorgos. He has a lot of knowledge, but he makes the time pass so quick and being funny at the same time. You’ll have a sum up idea about Thessaloniki so you could enjoy the tour better. Giorgos is a person who notices how much he knows but at the same time reflects his enthusiasm in the profession which makes him very enjoyable and fun. If you want to have a good idea of history, key sites, and other things of Greek culture and Thessaloniki do not hesitate to do the tour...!
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