Viertel · 1922 (reopened 2022)

Modiano Market

Aktualisiert 2026Zu Fuß geprüftErmou 24 & Vasileos Irakleiou, city centre

The city's historic covered food market, reborn in 2022 as a buzzing gourmet hall under a restored glass roof — meze bars, tavernas, delis and grocers all under one elegant 1920s arcade.

The restored glass-roofed arcade of the Modiano Market in Thessaloniki, lined with food stalls and eateries — Modiano Market · 1922 (reopened 2022)

Epoche

1922 (reopened 2022)

Lage

City centre, a block from Aristotelous

Eintritt

Free to enter

Öffnungszeiten

Most stalls and food venues open daily; hours vary by tenant, with the bars and tavernas open late

Benötigte Zeit

1 hour, longer if you eat

Bewertung

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Geschichte

Wie es entstand

Built in 1922 to a design by the architect Eli Modiano, on the site of a Jewish school lost in the 1917 fire, the covered market was Thessaloniki's central food hall for generations. After decades of decline it was painstakingly restored and reopened in 2022, keeping its iron-and-glass roof while filling the aisles with modern eateries.

Was Sie Sehen

Bei einem Besuch

Wander the glass-roofed arcade grazing as you go — mezedopoleia and seafood bars, cheese and charcuterie delis, a bakery, spice and grocery stalls — then settle at one of the tables for tsipouro and small plates.

Wie man Besucht

On Ermou, a flat few-minutes' walk from Aristotelous Square; step-free.

Beste Zeit

Late morning for the market buzz, or evening for meze and drinks

Galerie

Anfahrt

Lage

City centre, a block from Aristotelous · Ermou 24 & Vasileos Irakleiou, city centre

Wegbeschreibung

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Gut zu Wissen

A historic 1922 covered food market in the heart of Thessaloniki, restored and reopened in 2022 as a gourmet food hall. It is now one of the best places in the city to eat and drink your way through Greek mezedes, cheeses and seafood under one roof.

Yes — the market is free to wander. You only pay for whatever you eat, drink or buy from the individual stalls and tavernas inside.

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Ottoman era

Kapani Market

The oldest market in Thessaloniki — a warren of covered lanes and open stalls heaped with produce, fish, meat, olives, cheese and spices. Loud, cheap and thoroughly local, Kapani (officially Vlali) is the working food market next door to the gentrified Modiano.

Ottoman (late 15th c.)

Bezesteni

A lead-domed Ottoman covered market from the late 1400s — six brick-vaulted bays that still trade today, lined with little shops of fabric, trimmings and jewellery in the commercial heart of the city. One of the few working Ottoman commercial buildings left in Thessaloniki.

Byzantine (1028)

Panagia Chalkeon

An elegant all-brick cross-in-square church of 1028, nicknamed the 'Red Church' for its warm terracotta masonry, sunk in a small garden beside the Roman Forum in the heart of the city.