Car Hire Thessaloniki - Airport, Greece

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First time visiting Thessaloniki? We want you to make the most from your car hire Thessaloniki experience. For this reason, we have enlisted the assistance of a local travel expert to help get you on the road. Follow these priceless travel tips and appreciate the very best that Thessaloniki is offering.

See: The iconic image of Thessaloniki is the White Tower, a massive round tower by the harbor and contains a small museum devoted to its history and that of the city itself. It's also within easy walking distance of the excellent Archaeological Museum, which often hosts special exhibits and will easily consume an hour or more of your time.

Want to collect round monuments on your trip to Thessaloniki? Go to see the Rotunda, a large late Roman structure near the Galerius Arch.

For a different kind of "seeing", if you're in Thessaloniki in November, check out the International Film Festival. It usually attracts a good variety of international celebrities promoting movies. In March, the less-glittery Documentary Film Festival may also be worth checking out. But you can always see a film at the Festival's home, the Olympion Theater, for just Euro 6 or 8 - and remember foreign films in Greece are usually shown in their original language with Greek subtitles.

Shop: Due to its location in the far North of Greece, the souvenirs change from the sun and fun themes to more substantial goods. Sweaters and rugs can be good mementoes to bring back from Thessaloniki, along with jewelry and leather goods.

The Modiano Market is in an architecturally dramatic building filled with stalls selling raw ingredients. While the focus is on food, and it's a great place for an unusual snack. there are some shops selling jewelry and many other items in and around the market.

Eat: Greece as a whole is not known for the "spiciness" of its cuisine, but Thessaloniki routinely adds the most heat. Roasted Florina peppers are more sweet than hot, but pepper flakes are tossed into many dishes. The influx of refugees from Constantinople (now Istanbul) also brought many more Eastern dishes into the area's cuisine. Bougatsa, elsewhere in Greece a sweet breakfast staple or dessert, here can be filled with meat, vegetables, or cheese and is a quick easy-to-eat treat.

Stay: Thessaloniki has one of the best-known hotels in Greece, the Makedonia Palace which is Northern Greece's answer to Athens' Grande Bretagne, though it doesn't share its classic architecture. If you're a gambler, Thessaloniki also hosts the Hyatt Regency Casino and Hotel. Since Thessaloniki is more business oriented than tourist-oriented, hotels tend to be a bit pricy and geared toward the business traveler.

The prosaically-named Tourist Hotel caters to foreign travelers and offers doubles for around 55 Euro, including a continental breakfast. During the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair held in September, expect rooms to be at a premium everywhere.

Walk: In the evenings, the park along the shore between the White Tower and the Concert Hall is a popular spot for strolling. There are many nearby restaurants and cafes along the waterfront, and the Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings are a joy to see.

For a more intense hike, the area around Thessaloniki Greece provides some beautiful vistas and you can explore them, either on your own or as part of a group. Greekpaths offers organized walking tours from Chalkidiki.

Get Out: Thessaloniki offers a lot of opportunities to visit some important yet somewhat out of the way sites that are beyond the usual reach of the traveller who is concentrating on Athens and the Greek Islands. The must-see is Vergina with its tombs of Alexander the Great's father. This unusual site is built within the original burial mound and the "museum" is kept in near total darkness - in any other nation it would be forbidden as a safety hazard. It is an intensely moving experience to descend the steps to the doorway of the tomb, feeling the temperature change and smelling the scent of the earth. You will come away thoughtful. The film continously shown in the small theater area on the way out is definitely worth stopping for  and watching (In my opinion, it should be seen first, but that's not the way the site is laid out.)

If you have a car, the ancient site of Dion, also filled with Alexander associations, is a beautiful place to visit and can make a great day out from Thessaloniki. Try to go so you arrive fairly early in the morning before the tour bus crowds. This trip also puts you right by the foothills of Mount Olympus and in easy driving distance of one of the best restaurants in Greece,

En Olympo in the heart of the village of Litochoro, the launchpad for many hikes on Mount Olympos. Try to see if Chef Andreas will let you order a tasting menu paired with his wine choices. It's one of the best deals and one of the best culinary experiences in Greece.

You can also drive to Chalkidi, the three-pronged peninsula which includes Mount Athos, and take a boat ride around the peninsula. You won't be allowed on the land itself - women are flatly forbidden and men must have advance permission and a letter from their priest - but you can see some of the monasteries from the water.

Listen: The Lotos Music Bar at Romanou 4 is renowned for rock music since 1978 - an extraordinary lifetime for a club in Greece, where they usually change theme and/or name almost seasonally.

The Thessaloniki Concert Hall hosts both Greek and international music, dance, and other cultural events throughout the year.

Avoid: Don't rely on older information on train schedules for Thessaloniki; in 2011 Greece curtailed many train routes which affect access by rail, especially internationally.