Ladadika is the old olive-oil warehouse quarter of Thessaloniki, a grid of low brick buildings on the flat ground between Aristotelous Square and the passenger port. Its name marks the oil merchants who once stored and sold their casks here, and its painted façades and cobbled lanes survive because the quarter escaped the flames that … Read more
Thessaloniki runs one of the liveliest night scenes in Greece, powered by a student population that keeps the bars full across the whole year rather than only through summer. The night moves by district, from the restored warehouses near the port to the dense bar lanes inland and the open waterfront, and each quarter keeps … Read more
Thessaloniki carries a reputation as the food capital of Greece, and its restaurants back the claim on every street. The city eats through a dense grid of tavernas, mezedopoleia, grill houses, and seafront tables shaped by cooks who arrived from Asia Minor, by Sephardic Jewish bakers, and by four centuries of Ottoman kitchens. Choosing where … Read more