--- title: "Thessaloniki Travel Guide | Weather, Tips and Tours | Tourpublish" description: "Thessaloniki travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable White Tower, Ano Poli and food tour experiences." canonical: https://tourpublish.com/destinations/greece/thessaloniki last_updated: 2026-10-16 content_type: page publisher: Tourpublish SIA --- > Thessaloniki travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable White Tower, Ano Poli and food tour experiences. Tourpublish is the publishing layer above your reservation system, not a reservation platform. Every tour operator should be able to publish everywhere from one place. [Image: Thessaloniki waterfront and the White Tower] # Thessaloniki Byzantine walls, a seafront promenade and the best street food in Greece. Photo: [Berthold Werner](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tessaloniki_BW_2017-10-05_18-22-47.jpg) (CC BY-SA 3.0) Currency Euro (EUR) 1 USD = 0.89 EUR Emergency number 100 112 / 166 / 199 also works Advisory level Normal precautions Global Affairs Canada and 1 other government Language Greek Local transport Metro & bus Metro opened along the main axis Yellow Thunderstorm Warning issued for Greece - Attiki Moderate Thunderstorm warning · Area: Attiki · From 2026-10-16T18:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/GR) Yellow Rain Warning issued for Greece - Attiki Moderate Rain warning · Area: Attiki · From 2026-10-16T17:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T03:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/GR) Yellow Rain Warning issued for Greece - Kyklades Moderate Rain warning · Area: Kyklades · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T06:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/GR) ## Good to know You can travel without a visa to the Schengen area, which includes Greece, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period without a visa… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece/entry-requirements) Greece follows Schengen area rules. Your passport must: have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it might have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece/entry-requirements) The European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES) is now being implemented across the Schengen area… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece/entry-requirements) There are strict rules about goods that can be brought into and taken out of Greece. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece/entry-requirements) Griechenland: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/211534) Griechenland: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/211534) Airport buses run to the centre in about 45 minutes, and the metro line covers the main axis of the city. Ano Poli, the upper town, survived the 1917 fire. It is the oldest part of the city and the best sunset viewpoint. Bougatsa for breakfast, koulouri from a street cart, and a long mezze dinner in Ladadika is the standard local day. Halkidiki beaches are one to two hours away by bus or car for an easy day trip. ## Local knowledge Contributed by guides, operators and creators on the ground. Community advice, kept separate from official sources. Start in Ano Poli and walk downhill Take a bus up to the Byzantine walls, then walk down through the old town to the seafront. It is all viewpoints and no climbing. Tour operator Thessaloniki Walks ## Frequently asked questions Public buses take around 45 minutes for a low flat fare, and taxis take 20 to 30 minutes. Two days for the seafront, Byzantine churches, Ano Poli and the food, plus a third for Halkidiki or Vergina. It is smaller, cheaper and more relaxed with better street food. Athens has the major ancient sites. Yes, seasonal ferries and short flights serve the Sporades and northern Aegean islands. For details about medical entry requirements and recommended vaccines, see TravelHealthPro’s Greece guide. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. There are strict rules about goods that can be brought into and taken out of Greece. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Global Affairs Canada currently advises normal precautions (level 1 of 4). Advice differs slightly between governments, so check your own country's advisory before you travel. For tour operators ## Run tours in Thessaloniki? Publish them everywhere from one place. Tourpublish takes the tours already in your reservation system and publishes them to your website, social channels, messaging apps, AI assistants and marketplaces. - [Best tour operator software compared](https://tourpublish.com/best-tour-operator-software) - [How Tourpublish works](https://tourpublish.com/product) Sources and freshness Travel information last reviewed 16 October 2026. Compiled from [European Commission Newsroom](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/rss?language=en) , [IATA Timatic](https://api.iata.org/timatic/v2) , [Greek National Tourism Organisation](https://www.gnto.gov.gr/feed) , [Open-Meteo](https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast) and Tourpublish Travel Intelligence . Always confirm entry rules and safety guidance with official government sources before you travel. Advisories, entry rules and alerts apply to Greece as a whole. Aggregated from official sources. Content is never rewritten - always display the publisher, publication time and original source link. Photography: [Berthold Werner](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tessaloniki_BW_2017-10-05_18-22-47.jpg) (CC BY-SA 3.0) ; [Hermann Hammer](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Tower_in_Thessaloniki.jpg) (CC BY-SA 4.0) ; [Daniel Tellman (UED14579)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thesaloniki_-_Upper_Old_Town.jpg) (CC BY 2.5) . ## Structured data ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","name":"Tourpublish","url":"https://tourpublish.com","logo":"https://tourpublish.com/icon-512.png","sameAs":["https://www.linkedin.com/company/tourpublish","https://www.klnk.tv","https://klnk.to"]} ``` ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebSite","name":"Tourpublish","url":"https://tourpublish.com"} ``` ```json 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