Misirlou

Thessaloniki


Equally good for a restorative coffee after ambling through Ladadika, or for a cocktail-fuelled evening, Misirlou is a stylish little place just inside the city's western Byzantine walls.


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Nearby Thessaloniki attractions

1. National Bank of Greece

0.26 MILES

This grand neoclassical temple of mammon is particularly graceful in design. You can pop inside during working hours.

2. Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki

0.3 MILES

This touching museum is housed in one of the few Jewish buildings to survive the great fire of 1917, the former office of Jewish newspaper L'Independent…

3. Thessaloniki Cinema Museum

0.32 MILES

Delve into the history of Greek cinema at this well executed small museum, a legacy of Thessaloniki's 1997 stint as European Capital of Culture.

4. Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

0.35 MILES

This 1910 port warehouse presents thought-provoking exhibitions of historic and contemporary photography in Greece's only dedicated photography museum…

5. Experimental Center for the Arts

0.36 MILES

The wonderful programming at this old harbour space features fine art, video, installations, photography and all other forms of expression. Exhibitions…

6. Yad Lazikaron

0.42 MILES

Opposite the Modiano Market in the former Jewish quarter, Yad Lazikaron opened in 1984 as a practising house of worship dedicated to victims of the…

7. Monastirioton Synagogue

0.43 MILES

The only surviving one of Thessaloniki's 45 pre-WWII synagogues owes its preservation to the fact that it was used as a warehouse by the Red Cross. Spared…

8. Modiano Market

0.44 MILES

The city's largest indoor market sits on the ashes of former Jewish neighbourhood Kadi, which burned down in the 1917 fire. The architect Eli Modiano…