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: 24 hours
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…
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

In the upper town, visitors explore the Profitis Ilias Church, an Ottoman monument, Osios David Church, the Monastery of Vlatadon, and other hidden gems. Discussions include topics such as a significant fire, the Turks, the Jews, Mount Olympus, Greek mythology, a religious masterpiece of art, rebetico music, St. Paul, the story of Greek refugees from…

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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Sonofdudu
Mar 7, 2025
Ano Poli with George - George is a great guide. We were so attracted to his messages that we did not pay attention to the time, 3 hours passed like nothing. George has a great knowledge about Thessaloniki and many other subjects. However, his best quality is his ability to express his true feeling about them. Highly recommended tour. Hanan
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Mike
Feb 24, 2025
Great tour, great guide - Really interesting tour with a great guide. We saw things we would not have found alone and enjoyed the stories. Would recommend to anyone looking for a tour with many personal insights
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Zsuzsanna
Jan 27, 2025
Fun and easy tour. - The tour was informative, easy walking, funny. Everything that I was looking for. We got recommendations, we could ask anything and have a friendly conversation. Between the destinations.
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160mariajesusl
Jan 17, 2025
We had a great experience!!! - We had a wonderful time learning about and walking around the Ano Poli with our super guide Giorgio. He not only shared a lot of history but introduced us to the feeling of the place. We even got a small concert! Thank you so much!!!
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Dadepa
Jan 10, 2025
Great Experience - best walking tour - I did on saturday the walking tour of the upper town and it was amazing. He is telling so many stories and anecdotes and can really spawn interest out of any corner of any small street. tour was so good that I joined the tour on Sunday as well to visit the city center. that was also super interesting. ( but if you have to choose one - the upper town is much much nicer to really experience Thessaloniki)
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Anil
Dec 27, 2024
Great tour of Upper part of Thessaloniki with the multi-talented Giorgos. - Giorgos conducts an excellent free walking tour of the Ana Poli (upper town) of Thessaloniki- a quiet and beautiful residential neighborhood in Thessaloniki, most of which was not destroyed in the great fire of 1917. There is a lot of character here - the beautiful church of the Prophet Elijah with the leaning dome tower, the ancient (1500 years) church of St David which houses the amazing mosaic fresco showing an unbearded picture of Jesus from the Book of Revelations- with lots of amazing detail by a highly accomplished artist whose name has been lost in the mists of time, the Vladates Monastery (which is built on the house of Jason, an early Jewish believer in the gospel where St Paul and Silas stayed for a brief period), the original walls of Thessaloniki, rebetiko music - all in all, a tastefully curated tour of this amazing city. Please donate well at the end of the tour - people like Giorgos need support to keep this going.
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Sebastianf605
Dec 2, 2024
Amazing walking tour with a knowledgeable guide - One of the best walking tours I've ever been on! Giorgos is extremely knowledgeable and very happy to answer questions. Would highly recommend if you want to learn more about the city and its history
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Konserser
Dec 1, 2024
Highly recommended! - I made the tour on a cold, rainy day, but I still didn't want it to be over. It wasn't actually "a tour", but a philosophical and, in a way, therapeutic walk, an art performance.
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Juliaju1141os
Nov 19, 2024
Best way to see Thessaloniki - We went on two tours with Giorgos and both of them were amazing! Very informative, but also funny and original. Highly, highly recommend!!!
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U6632paangelikas
Nov 5, 2024
Very memorable and amazing - Walking tour with Giorgios was very good experience. He loves his city and he made us fall in love too! He was talking about history in very passionate way, with sense of humour too.. Moreover he took bazuki and played two songs what made this tour really memorable. After tour he was open to answer all our questions.
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