Your day, step by step
08:30
Walk out through Ladadika to the waterfront and east to the White Tower, about 15 minutes.
08:45
White Tower: climb the 92-step spiral stair through the history floors to the roof terrace.
10:00
Walk inland to the Archaeological Museum (about 20 minutes from the port, less from the tower).
11:30
Walk up to the Rotunda and the Arch of Galerius.
12:30
Lunch and bougatsa or meze around the Modiano and Kapani markets (closed on Sundays).
13:30
Visit Agios Dimitrios church and its crypt.
14:30
Option A: taxi to the Upper Town and the Heptapyrgion walls; leave by 16:00. Option B: see the Roman street at Venizelou metro station, then Aristotelous Square and the waterfront.
16:00
Walk back along the waterfront through Ladadika to the port gate.
- Latest you can leave City centre (Aristotelous Square)16:20
16:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- City centre (Aristotelous Square)Walk back through Ladadika, about 10 min16:20
- White TowerWalk along the waterfront, about 15 min16:15
- Archaeological MuseumWalk, about 20 min16:10
- Upper Town (Ano Poli)Taxi to the port gate16:00
Where people get Thessaloniki wrong
Taking a taxi to the Upper Town or out of the city late in the afternoon and getting stuck in traffic.
Built from our Thessaloniki guide, checked against 17 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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