Many forget that for centuries, while Athens had been reduced to a small hamlet under the Akropolis, Salonika was the biggest and most important city in the Byzantine (and later Ottoman) Empire after Constantinople/Istanbul. There is a continuity in the city’s history, which one can not find in Athens, whose sights flip-flop between ancient and […]
What you didn’t know about Thessaloniki’s Architecture – Photo Blog
This is a photo blog on the variety of Thessaloniki’s architectural styles. Because the city was full of rich merchants who were always on the move, fin-de-siecle styles such as Art Nouveau and Eclecticism plus later Art Deco arrived in the city as soon as they were in vogue in Western Europe. Click on the […]
Thessaloniki – First impressions
Dunno about the rest of you, but the only advantage I see of getting a 6:15am flight from Gatwick is that you know that at least the aircraft is here and there will be no delays. For the damage to my body clock, I might as well be getting the red-eye to Rio. But there […]