Tourist attractions

Walking the City

• The Ano Poli (Old City), which remains almost intact, resplendent with memories of times past. Climb the scenic stairs of Patreos, Gerokostopoulou or Aghiou Nicholaou Streets, the most famous landmarks of the city.
• The Church of the Pantokratoras, with its copper basilica domes. It is dated to 900 AD.
• The medieval castle. Built during the second half of the sixth century AD using ancient spolia as building material.
• The Roman Odeon (160 AD), west of the acropolis (2,300 seats) next to the beautiful small square of Eikostis-Pemptis Martiou. Around the Odeon lie sarcophagi, mosaics and other archaeological finds.
• Vasileos Georgiou A Square, surrounded by various traditional buildings, the most notable of which is the Apollo Theatre of 1872, designed by the German architect Ernst Ziller as a miniature of La Scala in Milan.
• The new Archaeological Museum (opened in the summer of 2009), located at the northern entrance of the city, the Historical and Ethnological Museum, with exhibits from 1821 until World War II, and the Press Museum, the only of its kind in Greece, which displays newspapers, magazines and rare books from 1815 onwards.
• The church of St. Andrew, the largest in the Balkans. Its large 46m dome is surrounded by twelve smaller domes, representing the disciples of Christ. St. Andrew was crucified next to the source, which is now called the “holy water of St. Andrew”. Parts of his cross and his skull are on display inside the church.