9 Best Places to Shop in Thessaloniki and Central Macedonia, Greece

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We've compiled the best of the best in Thessaloniki and Central Macedonia - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Agapitos Patisserie

Kentro

With eight outlets in Thessaloniki, Agapitos Patisserie, which aptly translates as "loved one," is indeed one of the best loved confectionary shops in the city. Best known for chocolate-covered tsourekia (a sweet bread traditionally served at Easter) and the syrupy pastries from Asia Minor.

Averof

Kentro

Averof is the only patisserie in Thessaloniki that creates kosher pastries.

Vasilissis Georgiou 11, Thessaloniki, 54640, Greece
2310-814284

Axel Accessories

Kentro
Women in Thessaloniki are known for dressing well and this fashion outlet is one of their go-to shops. Beautiful Greek hand-made bags are what put this place on the map, but equally luxiourious are the rest of the designer items on offer here.

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Bazaar

On Wednesday the narrow streets surrounding the Rotunda are taken over by a bazaar with knickknacks and the occasional interesting heirloom, antique, or folk art piece for sale.

Hatzis

Kentro

Thessaloniki's fabled Anatolian sweets can be sampled at central Hatzis. Specialties include the buffalo-milk cream-based kazan dipi, a kind of flan; trigono, a cream-filled triangle of phyllo; and kataïfi (logs of crushed and sugared walnuts wrapped in honey-drenched shredded phyllo) served with kaïmaki (mastic-flavored ice cream). Choose a beverage—like iced coffee, granita, or boza (a thick, sweet, millet-and-corn drink)—and people-watch from the pedestrian side street that faces the gardens of Panagia Chalkeon church.

Ianos

Kentro

Ianos draws travelers because of its stock of foreign-language books.

Aristotelous 7, Thessaloniki, 56424, Greece
2310-277004

Korres

Kifissia

Greece's leading producer of excellent natural cosmetics and beauty products now has a shop in Thessaloniki south of the city center. Even though most pharmacies stock Korres, this shop has the full range of products. For those who want to order these and other top Greek beauty products online and have them sent to your home there are good some websites providing this service, the best of which is www.mysecretkshopper.com.

Mastihashop

Kentro

Mastihashop carries products containing mastic—a tree resin produced on the Aegean island of Chios that's known for its various health benefits. The broad range of cosmetics, preserves, sweets, and other items come in extremely attractive packaging. Don't miss out on the mastiha liqueur, which is to be kept in the freezer and sipped as a digestif.

Terkenlis

Kentro

Terkenlis serves an unforgettable tsoureki (sweet bread flavored with mahlepi, a spice made from the ground-up pits of a Persian cherry) and then filled and dipped in chocolate. This delicacy is so delicious that it disappears within hours from this extremely popular patisserie's shelves.