The student quarter around the Arch of Galerius (the Kamara) and the Rotunda — cafés, bookshops and Roman monuments side by side, with the university and Agios Dimitrios just uphill. Relaxed, central and cheap, with a young crowd.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
€80–140
typical per night in Greece
The sensible middle
Typical prices for Thessaloniki — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Kamara & the University quarter and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- The Roman Forum7 min walk599 m
- The White Tower9 min walk742 m
- Archaeological Museum9 min walk746 m
- Aristotelous Square11 min walk947 m
- Modiano & Kapani markets11 min walk948 m
- Ano Poli & the Byzantine walls13 min walk1.1 km
- The Ladadika quarter19 min walk1.6 km
- The waterfront & the Umbrellas23 min walk1.9 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 2.The Rotunda of Galerius — A colossal round Roman temple built for an emperor's tomb, later a church and a mosque — 1,700 years old, with a lone surviving minaret and early-Christian mosaics glinting in the dome. One of the great survivors of the ancient world.
- 3.The Arch of Galerius (Kamara) — The great carved triumphal arch the locals just call 'the Kamara', straddling the old Roman road and now the city's favourite meeting point. Roman battle scenes above, students and street music below — the living centre of Thessaloniki.
- 5.Church of Agios Dimitrios — The vast basilica of the city's patron saint, built over the Roman baths where he was martyred — five-aisled, rebuilt after the fire, with rare 7th-century mosaics that survived and an eerie crypt below. The spiritual heart of the city.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Kamara & the University quarter; flights via Google Flights.