One day in Thessaloníki, Greece

A day through Thessaloníki’s best-known sights that lie close together: Basilica of Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki, Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, Hagia Sophia, Arch of Galerius and Rotunda, White Tower of Thessaloniki and Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. 6 stops, about 2.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Basilica of Agios Dimitrios, ThessalonikiTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of ThessalonikiLandmark · Next to Basilica of Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki · On the map
  3. Hagia SophiaCathedral · 0.6 km on from Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki · On the map
  4. Arch of Galerius and RotundaArchaeological site · 0.4 km on from Hagia Sophia · On the map
  5. White Tower of ThessalonikiMuseum · 0.7 km on from Arch of Galerius and Rotunda · On the map
  6. Archaeological Museum of ThessalonikiMuseum · 0.5 km on from White Tower of Thessaloniki · On the map

6 stops, 2.7 km on foot along the streets: about 33 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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