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A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica

White tower, Thessaloniki © Leandros Papakarmezis / Unsplash

We spoke with Vasiliki Kartsiakli, an archaeologist and co-founder of dot2dot, a Thessaloniki agency designing themed tours of the city, about the traces the Ottomans left in what was, for nearly five centuries, one of the empire’s great cities. Thessaloniki fell to Murad II in 1430, taken from Venetian control in a siege that, Vasiliki… Continue reading A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica

An Unexpected Hammam In Downtown Belgrade

Hammam, Beograd

Belgrade isn’t exactly the first city that comes to mind when thinking about the Ottoman legacy in the Balkans. The preserved remnants at Kalemegdan Fortress and the Bajrakli Mosque are mentioned in every guidebook worth its salt, but one might not expect to end up having lunch in a hammam dating from the first half… Continue reading An Unexpected Hammam In Downtown Belgrade