Baño Histórico · Late Byzantine (late 13th–early 14th c.)

Byzantine Bath

Actualizado 2026Verificado a pieTheotokopoulou 3, Ano Poli

A rare survivor from around the late 12th–13th century — the only Byzantine bath left in Thessaloniki, and the largest and most complete in Greece — a small brick-and-stone building in Ano Poli that stayed in use as a public bath until 1940, some seven centuries. Restored and reopened as a museum in 2015, it is one of the city's UNESCO-listed Byzantine monuments.

The brick-and-stone exterior of the Byzantine Bath in Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, with its arched recesses and domes — Byzantine Bath · Late Byzantine (late 13th–early 14th c.)

Época

Late Byzantine (late 13th–early 14th c.)

Ubicación

Ano Poli, ~15 min uphill from the centre

Entrada

Free or at most a token fee (reports vary — carry a couple of euros) · free on state-monument days · very limited, erratic hours — check before the uphill walk

Horario

Limited hours, usually daytime Wed–Mon; check locally

Tiempo Necesario

20–30 minutes

Valoración

4.6★ · 284 reseñas

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Historia

Cómo surgió

Built around 1300, in the late Byzantine period, it is the only surviving Byzantine bath in Thessaloniki, and the largest and most complete of the few that survive anywhere in Greece — the others are ruins. It kept working right through the Ottoman centuries as a hammam — used by men and women on alternating days — and stayed open until 1940. Restored in recent decades, it is now a monument open to visitors, and one of the fifteen Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Lo Que Verás

En una visita

The compact brick exterior with its domed and vaulted chambers, and inside the sequence of cold, warm and hot rooms — barrel vaults and small domes pierced with star-shaped skylights — that shows how a Byzantine bath actually worked.

Cómo Visitar

In Ano Poli on Theotokopoulou, near the church of Agios Nikolaos Orfanos; a steep walk up from the centre. Opening hours are limited, so check before climbing.

Mejor Momento

Pair it with Agios Nikolaos Orfanos a minute away

Galería

Cómo Llegar

Ubicación

Ano Poli, ~15 min uphill from the centre · Theotokopoulou 3, Ano Poli

Indicaciones

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Bueno Saber

Because it is the only surviving Byzantine bathhouse in Thessaloniki, and the most complete in all of Greece — a roughly 700-year-old building that worked as a public bath from Byzantine times, through the Ottoman era as a hammam, until 1940. It is small but unique, a UNESCO World Heritage monument, and easy to combine with the frescoed church of Agios Nikolaos Orfanos next door.

It was built around 1300, in the late Byzantine period, and remained in use as a bath for about seven centuries until 1940. It has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1988.

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