Thessaloniki, is 142km away from Sarti, which is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes of driving pleasure through the Macedonian nature. Thessaloniki, being the cultural capital of Greece will give you the chance to discover how modern Greece is mixed with ancient Macedonian sights with great success.
The first sight you have to visit is the White Tower. It has been adopted as the symbol of the city, and also as a symbol of Greek sovereignty over Macedonia. The Tower was for centuries part of the walls of the old city of Thessaloniki (known as Salonik in Ottoman times), and separated the Jewish quarter of the city from the cemeteries of the Muslims and Jews.[2] The city walls were demolished in 1866. When Thessaloniki was captured by the Greeks during the Balkan War of 1912, the tower was whitewashed as a symbolic gesture of cleansing, and acquired its present name. King George I of Greece was assassinated not far from the White Tower in March 1913.
