Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, gave the world Greece’s best-known street snack – the souvlaki skewers and pita-gyro.

Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece ... The town of Polychrono also boasts a fantastic beach ideal for snorkeling, a promenade and tavernas for sampling some authentic Greek food.

In Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki - an hour by car from the palace - a mighty statue of Alexander on his beloved horse, Bucephalus, rears up over the promenade by the Aegean Sea.