Church of Profitis Ilias

Beautiful Byzantine Church, some nice mosaics inside

The outside of the church is beautiful, but the inside is great too! Some of the mosaics are actively being restored, but you can still see others.

"A ghostly whisper of people like you and I, resonating from the past"

Fascinating to see the historic 15th century nautical graffiti, as well as the historic Islamic graffiti on the outside murals, as well as inside the church - "a ghostly whisper of people like you and...

16 Bizantine churches, wall and convent Unesco World heritage.

One of the greatest Unesco sites I have visited. They are in optimal conservation. We finished the journey to the Byzantine museum with a great restaurant. Thessaloniki is the bet greek city.

Lovely Byzantine church

There are lots of churches in Thessaloniki and we visited many of them on our self guided walking tour of Thessaloniki. We particularly loved the Byzantine churches. There is some argument as to whe...

Beautiful Byzantine Church!

Externally the church of Prohet Elijah is outstanding, but inside it's a little bit disappointing that there isn't much decoration. However, I love that simplicity!