Bijgewerkt 2026·Te voet gecontroleerd·On Egnatia near Aristotelous
The grandest Ottoman bathhouse in Greece and the oldest in Thessaloniki, built in 1444 by Sultan Murad II, with separate men's and women's wings of domed chambers, marble basins, and traces of painted decoration.
Bey Hamam · Ottoman (1444)
Periode
Ottoman (1444)
Locatie
City centre
Toegang
Free
Openingstijden
Irregular — now a cultural space that opens only for occasional exhibitions and events and is frequently closed otherwise (currently shown as temporarily closed); always check before making the trip
Benodigde Tijd
20–30 minutes
Beoordeling
4.4★ · 595 beoordelingen
Openingstijden en prijzen voor het laatst gecontroleerd in 2026 — ze veranderen, dus controleer ze op de dag zelf.
Geschiedenis
Hoe het ontstond
Commissioned by Sultan Murad II soon after the Ottoman conquest, the Bey Hamam served the city as public baths — later nicknamed the 'Baths of Paradise' — for around five centuries until 1968. It is now a protected monument used for exhibitions.
Wat Je Ziet
Bij een bezoek
The sequence of hot and cold rooms under star-pierced domes, the marble fittings, and the surviving painted ornament.
No — the baths closed in 1968 and the building is now a monument and exhibition space, not a working hammam.
It was built in 1444 by Sultan Murad II, only a few years after the Ottoman conquest — making it the grandest Ottoman bathhouse in Greece and the oldest in Thessaloniki. It's a 'double' (çifte) hamam, with separate parallel wings for men and women, and served the city as public baths for over five centuries.
