With a rental car the optimal opportunity to visit the Greek city of Thessaloniki and discover the many attractions of the place offer to you. Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece and at the same time the cultural and economic center of the whole Macedonian region with a population of approximately 360,000. Throughout the year the beautifully situated town of its visitors and tourists offers a pleasant climate and many great ways to enjoy the surroundings and the very special flair of the city. If you want to explore Thessaloniki with a rental car, numerous car hire agencies available are right on the spot.
The international airport of Thessaloniki is the most important airport in the North of Greece, as well as a major hub for tourists from all over the world. Locally all major car hire companies are located, so that nothing in the way is a fast and convenient website with a hire car. The airport is located about 10 km South from the city of Thessaloniki Centre. Daily start machines to Greek cities such as Athens, Corfu, Heraklion. Also offers flights to destinations such as Geneva, Frankfurt and Paris.
The 1997 declared the European capital of culture Thessaloniki reveals its visitors a wide range of magnificent and impressive buildings that characterise the image of the port city and give it its distinctive character. As Thessaloniki's landmark, the so-called white tower is considered here. This monument from the 16th century, is the work of art of Venetian architect. Through the decades through, it was used as a prison, as a camp for weapons and food, as weather station, a school and as a defensive base. Today, the tower houses a Museum and tells its visitors in changing exhibitions of its impressive history.
Especially in the field of art, Thessaloniki and its cultural landscape has to offer a lot and surprised the tourists with works internationally of famous artists. The State Museum of contemporary art is housed in a former monastery and shows the most famous collection of Russian avant-garde, the George Costakis collection. This collection created to specifically Greece for the year 1997, when Thessaloniki was elected to the European capital of culture. In addition, regularly changing events are held, in which works of art under various slogans are issued. The municipal art gallery with mostly modern art and the Macedonian Museum of contemporary art is still worth seeing.