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

Byzantine Bath

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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.)

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

Vendndodhja

Ano Poli, ~15 min uphill from the centre

Hyrja

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

Orari

Limited hours, usually daytime Wed–Mon; check locally

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20–30 minutes

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Pair it with Agios Nikolaos Orfanos a minute away

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Vendndodhja

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

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Mirë të Dini

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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Early Byzantine (late 5th c.)

Osios David (Latomou Monastery)

A tiny chapel in the lanes of Ano Poli that holds one of the most important early-Christian mosaics in the world — a UNESCO-listed treasure most visitors walk straight past.

The Byzantine walls of Ano Poli overlooking the city and the Thermaic Gulf, Thessaloniki

Ottoman quarter

Ano Poli (Upper Town)

Largely spared by the great fire of 1917 that razed the lower city, Ano Poli is Thessaloniki's best-preserved old quarter — a maze of timber Ottoman houses, tiny chapels, and cobbled lanes climbing to the castle walls and the best views in the city.

Byzantine (14th c.)

Vlatadon Monastery

Founded in the later 14th century by the brothers Dorotheos and Markos Vlatades, disciples of Gregory Palamas, it is the only Byzantine monastery in the city still active — set in gardens high in the upper town with a small church, peacocks, and a commanding view of the gulf.