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Políchni

Polichni is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.

Políchni
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The place

Polichni is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas, of which it is a municipal unit. The population is 38,887, and it has a land area of 7.325 km2.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Políchni

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Basilica of Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki

    The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios, is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. Since 1988, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the site Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.

    3.1 km · church in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki

    The city of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece, for several centuries the second-most important city of the Byzantine Empire, played an important role for Christianity during the Middle Ages and was decorated by impressive buildings. Because of Thessaloniki's importance during the early Christian and Byzantine periods, the city contains several Paleochristian monuments that have significantly contributed to the development of Byzantine art and architecture throughout the Byzantine Empire and Serbia.

    3.1 km · UNESCO World Heritage Site in Macedonia, Greece · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hagia Sophia

    The Hagia Sophia is a church located in Thessaloniki, Greece. With its current structure dating from the 7th century, it is one of the oldest churches in the city still standing today.

    3.8 km · church in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Arch of Galerius and Rotunda

    The Arch of Galerius or Kamara and the Rotunda of Galerius are neighbouring early fourth-century AD monuments in the city of Thessaloniki, in the region of Central Macedonia in northern Greece. As an outstanding example of early Byzantine art and architecture, in addition to the importance of the rotunda as one of the earliest Christian monuments in the Eastern Roman Empire, both sites were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1988 as part of the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.

    3.8 km · monument in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of the Acheiropoietos

    The Church of the Acheiropoietos is a 5th-century Byzantine-era Greek Orthodox church, located in the city of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. It is situated in the city's centre, at Agias Sofias street opposite Makedonomachon square.

    3.5 km · church in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Aristotelous Square

    Aristotelous Square, is the main city square of Thessaloniki, Greece, and is located on Nikis avenue, in the city center. It was designed by French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, but most of the square was built in the 1950s.

    3.9 km · square in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of Panagia Chalkeon

    The Church of Panagia Chalkeon is an 11th-century Byzantine-era Greek Orthodox church in the city of Thessaloniki, in the Central Macedonia region of northern Greece. Because of its outstanding Byzantine mosaics and architecture, and its testimony to the importance of Thessaloniki in early and medieval Christianity, the church is one of fifteen structures inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.

    3.4 km · Orthodox church in Thessaloniki Municipality, Greece · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos

    The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos is an early 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Covered in outstanding Byzantine frescoes, the church is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, demonstrating the importance of Thessaloniki in early Christian history.

    3.3 km · church in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Vlatadon Monastery

    Vlatades Monastery or Vlatadon Monastery is a monastery in Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece. Built in the 14th century during the late era of the Byzantine Empire, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with 14 other Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki because of its Byzantine architecture and importance of Thessaloniki during early and medieval Christianity.

    2.8 km · monastery in Thessaloniki, Greece · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Alaca Imaret Mosque

    The Alaca Imaret Mosque, also known as the Ishak Pasha Mosque, is a mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece. Completed in the 1480s, during the Ottoman era, the mosque was built under the direction of Ishak Pasha.

    3.1 km · mosque in Greece · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Políchni

Airports
Thessaloniki Macedonia (SKG), 16 km · Kavala Alexander the Great (KVA), 143 km · Skopje (SKP), 181 km
Stations
Thessaloniki railway station, 3 km · Venizelou metro station, 3.4 km · Agias Sofias metro station, 3.6 km
  • Kavala → Políchni
    127 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €15–21
  • Kerkyra (Corfu) → Políchni
    289 km · quickest by air, 4h 8m · €100–150
  • Spata-Artemida → Políchni
    312 km · quickest by air, 4h 9m · €100–150
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Políchni

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Políchni. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inSkopje – A number of local travel agencies in Skopje also arrange transport to Thessaloniki daily by car or minibus.
  • Get inApart from those, the majority of flights are charter and seasonal flights by holiday specialists.
  • Go nextYou can visit the island on a day trip but its definitively worth to spent more days.
  • Go nextThere are ferry boats from Kavala harbor and Keramoti.

From Wikivoyage: Thessaloniki, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    130 km
  2. 02
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    148 km
  3. 03
    GökçeadaTR

    11 ways of moving, 39 sources

    251 km
  4. 04
    MykonosGR

    12 ways of moving, 23 sources

    413 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    456 km

If you know how people move in Políchni – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Políchni

Políchni is 3 km from Thessaloníki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.