Thessaloniki Old Town walking tour

Explore local culture - plant traditions - myths - history

Walk with us at the Old Town, the oldest area of Thessaloniki full of Byzantine heritage sites, cobble streets, and traditional architecture!

Discover local greek culture through nature myths, ancient wisdom & herbal traditions, while walking in a historical place!

family walking at Thessaloniki upper Town

Journey to cultural & natural greek roots!

Byzantine Wall at Thessaloniki

In this memorable small-group tour, friends, families, couples, or cultural heritage lovers, will interact with a local to discover stories related with nature or ancient philosophy, and walk next to historic sites!

By coming to this guided tour you will be visiting hidden places and alleyways that only locals know, and get a unique taste of greek heritage!

In a small-group, you will explore mythology, philosophical beliefs, local plants and their traditional uses in food, culture, wellness!

Being the most ancient part of Thessaloniki, Upper Town, or Ano Poli as the locals calls it, is an open-air museum attraction by itself!

A must-see experience for your travel, guided by a local.

Great for cultural, mythology, plants or art lovers!

Highlights

  • Old City – Ano Poli ancient city district
  • Stroll through cobble stones
  • Byzantine historical landmarks
  • Amazing panoramic city views
  • Traditional houses 
  • Plant myths, remedies, folk customs
  • Greek philosophers & medicine men
  • Small-group guided walk

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Ano Poli places to see

Walking through the beautiful cobble stones of Old Town, we’ ll be viewing Byzantine UNESCO monuments like the Ancient Wall, Trigoniou Tower, and meeting traditional homes and hidden square spots!

We’ll be discovering local heritage through myths, folk traditions, plant remedies, or the historical medicine & philosophy people behind!

We’ll be having a taste of greek herbs by savoring a herbal drink!

..or just customize to your needs and explore Upper Town the way you prefer!

This tour combines culture, history & nature traditions, offering something to everyone

If you are a traveller that enjoys engaging with a local and sharing stories, this is an authentic experience to have.

∼ Better rates for larger friend groups & families! ∼

Duration

~3 h

Tour Size

3-14 pers.

Starts at:

09:30am

or custom

Everyday

Language

English

Meeting spot

Trigoniou Tower

Reviews from our clients

Hará was very knowledgeable and weaves history, mythology, herb/plant information seamlessly. She is a wonderful storyteller and very thoughtful as well. She provided great recommendations as well
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Jordan
Meryland USA
Hara gave my Mom & I a wonderful and custom tour! Such a cultural and fun Old Town walk!
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Natalie
Colorado USA
This was such a lovely tour away from the hustle and bustle of the lower town. Hara is a charming, friendly, informative guide. Very interesting to learn about the various health benefits from the flora and fauna in the upper part of the city, as well as the philosophy. I thoroughly recommend this tour as something different in a beautiful part of town. Thank you Hara and thank you for the delicious herbal tea!
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Julia
UK
Comunicare foarte ușoară. Hara este foarte amabilă și prietenoasă
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Rosa
ROUMANIA
The food tour was a great experience. our group ranged from 3 to 80 years old and Hara adapted to everyone. Gluten allergy was accommodated well. Very knowledgeable and connected food to the people and history of Thessaloniki to give us a better understanding of the area. Highly recommended.
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Tyler
USA
Hara was very friendly and communicativenot also during the tour ,but also before. We received detailed information on how to get to the meeting point. She also adopted the tour fully to our needs and answered all our questions. This is a special tour focusing not so much on the historiy of Thessaloniki, but more on architecture, old stories, myths and plants used in older times and nowadays for health and cooking purposes. We fully enjoyed this very interesting tour in the Ana Poli of Thessaloniki, thank you Hara:-)) .
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Claudia
Kologne GERMANY
Hara ben ve ailem için insanların binlerce yıl önce bitkileri hangi gözle değerlendirip sonuçlara vardığıyla ilgili ufuk açtı. Şahane turun yanı sıra onunla arkadaşlık etmek ve yerel bilgilerine başvurmak çok hoşumuza gitti.
Meltem
Ismir, TURKEY
An interesting walk through old town Thessaloniki, with stories of religion, culture, history, and an interesting insight to local herbology and botanics in ancient times until current times.
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Dana
Haifa ISRAEL
Nous avons beaucoup apprécié notre tour de près de 3h avec Hara. Nous avons visité ce qu’on aurait pas découvert par nous même, le tout avec l’histoire de Thessalonique, des anecdotes et une approche où il a été question de plantes et de cuisine. Hara est très intéressante et très prévenante. Je recommande
Samy
Paris FRANCE
Hará was very knowledgeable and weaves history, mythology, herb/plant information seamlessly. She is a wonderful storyteller and very thoughtful as well. She provided great recommendations as well
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Joan
Always travelling
An amazing tour in the upper town with interesting stories! The host was wonderfull and has so much to offer. I really enjoyed this tour - really made my visit to Thessaloniki a special one and something to remember. - I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Thessaloniki!
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Aleksi
FINLAND
Great experience about the heritage and power of food and herbs. Hara is very knowledgeable and sweet! Learned a lot!
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Neha
New York USA

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