Credit: Getty Images The symbol of Greece’s second city, the White Tower was built in 1430 as the Ottoman Empire took Thessaloniki into its fold, replacing an older tower built into the city ...

There are so, so many museums So, Thessaloniki was founded in 315 BC. If you're doing the math, that's more than 2300 years ago. As one might expect, this is a city absolutely loaded to the gills ...

Many such treasures from Thessaloniki, Athens, and elsewhere in Greece never before seen outside that country are coming to Washington, D.C. this October.

Find out why Thessaloniki, Greece is on TIME's list of the world's greatest places of 2022.