Thessaloniki offers to visitors the opportunity to enjoy of a different way its nightlife. You could start with dinner and then hit the clubs, or begin with a couple of drinks and then make your way to one of the many bouzokia (clubs specializing in Greek music played on bouzoukis).
Many elegant restaurants, numerous “ouzeries” and taverns are found in the city and the suburbs. Bars and clubs are concentrated in narrow streets behind quayside boulevard Nikis. Clubs offers live music in the area near to airport. Near to White Tower there are a number of bars and clubs. Generally discos on the outskirts of town near the airport where the noise is less likely to bother people. Beside castle there are coffee shops that keep going until late into night. In the m
ultidisciplinary Milos you will find Mylos is a large entertainment complex where you will find several taverns, coffee shops and bars as well, galleries, restaurants, theatres and variety of live music but is difficult to get without a taxi. Nightclubs piano bar and dancing are located in everywhere of Thessaloniki city. Thessaloniki also has many theatres and some one hundred cinemas, some of which are open-air for pleasant summer viewing.
The most popular areas of Thessaloniki to explore are :
- Ladadika
- Airport area
- Seaside (Paralia)
- Mylos area
- Center of the city (Navarino Square, Modhiano Market area and Zeuksidos street)
- Aretsou - Nea Krini
- Salamina area
Ladadika, is the old Jewish quarter, filled up with narrow streets. Till today it is amongst the most popular meeting points of Thessaloniki city. Ladadika is full of tavernas, where you can eat good typical food, or enjoy Greece’s national drink ouzo.
Airport area is known for its summer night clubs and bars. Many well known clubs shut down in the center of the city and reopen branches along a section of the road leading east along the coast. Here you will find huge variety of clubs playing all kinds of music. Music Halls, night clubs, discotheques and bouzouki are open till late at night.
Mylos (“the Mill“), is very lively and interesting quarter. It is a large entertainment complex in the warehouse district of the port. You can reach it from the Odos Tsimiki by foot or better by taxi. The great complex hosts different clubs where not only Greek artists present a genre mix from blues over jazz to pop. There is also an area for open air concerts, movie presentations and art galleries. And, last but not least, there is an ouzerie with a splendid selection.
If you prefer to wander around center of Thessaloniki there are a number of bars and clubs near the White Tower. Many people do the "Volta" (evening stroll) along the harbor from Aristotelis Square all the way beyond the White Tower where it gets quieter and more romantic. You will certainly find somewhere to sit that interests you on the way there or back. There are a number of movie theatres almost all showing English language films with Greek subtitles. Some are indoor and some are outdoor which are generally open only in the summer.