LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN!
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Let the journey begin!! Naturally, we start from our hometown, Thessaloniki. If someone ask us to choose our favorite neighborhood, it would be the Upper town.The Upper town is the old town of
Thessaloniki, its most traditional part, located around the
acropolis, the highest part of the city. Colorful houses, paved
streets and hidden squares create a unique scenery! When you walk
around the streets, it seems that time has stopped…
You
don’t need a map to explore the Upper town. Look around you and let
yourself get lost!! Don’t miss out the architecture of the two or
three storey houses with the big yards. Byzantine nobles used to live
there and later rich Ottomans and Islamized Jews. These are typical
examples of the traditional Macedonian architecture with their bay
windows (sachnisia) and roofed balconies (hagatia). Next to these
impressive buildings, you can see little houses with no particular
architectonic history but full of human stories. There used to live
the majority of the 92000 Greek refugees who came from Asia Minor in
1922.
If
you got tired from walking around, it’s time to go to the Triangle
Tower (one of the many towers of the city’s Byzantine walls) to
enjoy the best view of Thessaloniki! From there you can see directly
to the sea and take amazing photographs!
TIPS
Wear
your sneakers
You
don’t need a GPS, so look around and not at your mobile phone
You
can choose one of the numerous cafes or taverns to drink or eat
something
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