Teight Hotel

The version of Greek life that’s on offer in a great many of the country’s hotels is a slightly fantastic one, intended for holiday-specific consumption. But Thessaloniki’s Teight Hotel strives for something different. This is a hotel that aims to capture a version of city life that would be recognizable to a local, and where you won’t know for sure if your neighbor is an overseas traveler or a Thessaloniki resident checking in for a special occasion.

It starts with the neighborhood, which is known for its creativity and its counterculture associations. Any form of touristic kitsch is absent by design. And inside the Teight you’ll find a visual style that’s sleek and chic, locally flavored but thoroughly cosmopolitan. The rooms and suites come with niceties like Nespresso machines and walk-in showers, as well as fine art photographs by local artists.

Also intended as a neighborhood nexus is Moldee, the hotel’s all-day restaurant, which handles everything from a classic Greek breakfast to a casual but stylish dinner drawing broadly from the Mediterranean culinary traditions. There’s plenty more in the neighborhood, of course — and Nikis Avenue and its waterfront promenade is barely a block away.