The Waterfront (Nea Paralia)

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What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is The Waterfront 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 Arch of Galerius (Kamara)13 min walk1.1 km
• The Rotunda of Galerius14 min walk1.2 km
• Aristotelous Square16 min walk1.3 km
• The Roman Forum17 min walk1.4 km
• Modiano & Kapani markets19 min walk1.6 km
• Church of Agios Dimitrios21 min walk1.7 km
• The Ladadika quarter24 min walk2.0 km
• Ano Poli & the Byzantine walls26 min walk2.2 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 1.The White Tower — The 15th-century tower on the seafront that is the symbol of the city — once an Ottoman prison, now a museum of Thessaloniki spiralling up six floors to a balcony with the best view over the gulf. Start here; everything is measured from it.
• 10.The waterfront & the Umbrellas — The five-kilometre seafront promenade, and Zongolopoulos's famous Umbrellas sculpture rising from the water halfway along — the city's favourite spot for a sunset walk, a bike ride or a beer facing Mount Olympus across the gulf.
• 11.Archaeological Museum — The treasures of ancient Macedonia under one roof — most of all the golden wreaths and the astonishing grave goods of Philip II, Alexander the Great's father, from the royal tombs at Vergina. Small, world-class, and never crowded.
• 12.Museum of Byzantine Culture — The best museum of the Byzantine world anywhere — icons, mosaics and everyday things from the empire that made this city its second capital, beautifully laid out. Essential for making sense of all the churches you'll pass outside.
• 19.Halkidiki beaches — The three-pronged peninsula of pine-backed turquoise beaches an hour or two south — the city's summer playground. Pick a cove, swim, and eat fresh fish by the water.