Fragile

Thessaloniki


Surrounded by the neighbourhood's dark office blocks and dive bars, this rooftop bar has views that are more Gotham City than postcard-pretty, but no matter – it's a fun spot that broadcasts an eclectic mix of pop, rock and electronica into the night. Tip: locals also call it Taratsa.


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1. Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki

0.18 MILES

This touching museum is housed in one of the few Jewish buildings to survive the great fire of 1917, the former office of Jewish newspaper L'Independent…

2. Monastirioton Synagogue

0.2 MILES

The only surviving one of Thessaloniki's 45 pre-WWII synagogues owes its preservation to the fact that it was used as a warehouse by the Red Cross. Spared…

3. National Bank of Greece

0.21 MILES

This grand neoclassical temple of mammon is particularly graceful in design. You can pop inside during working hours.

4. Modiano Market

0.25 MILES

The city's largest indoor market sits on the ashes of former Jewish neighbourhood Kadi, which burned down in the 1917 fire. The architect Eli Modiano…

5. Yad Lazikaron

0.26 MILES

Opposite the Modiano Market in the former Jewish quarter, Yad Lazikaron opened in 1984 as a practising house of worship dedicated to victims of the…

6. Bey Hammam

0.36 MILES

Bey Hammam was built in 1444, making it Thessaloniki’s oldest Turkish bathhouse and reputedly the largest remaining in Greece. Externally squat and…

7. Roman Forum

0.38 MILES

As immaculately laid out as you'd expect of the Romans, this rectangular site was the centre of public and commercial Thessaloniki from the 1st to the 4th…

8. Thessaloniki Cinema Museum

0.39 MILES

Delve into the history of Greek cinema at this well executed small museum, a legacy of Thessaloniki's 1997 stint as European Capital of Culture.