Pavlos Melas

The restoration of the historic A3 barracks building at the former Pavlos Melas in Thessaloniki is progressing well, with plans for it to house the Museum of Artifacts from the Thessaloniki Metro excavations. The project, with a budget of €14.5 million, is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Indeed, summer is slowly coming to an end, and some people still haven’t had the chance to enjoy either the sun or the sea. But as always, nature has the solution—a late-summer getaway to the Greek mountains can guarantee a comparable, if not better, travel experience away from the mass summer tourism.

"Thessaloniki is changing its face and I believe that this is one of the reasons why it is gaining its own distinct development dynamics," said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, visiting the former "Pavlos Melas" army camp, which is being transformed into a metropolitan park.

Authorities in the northern port city of Thessaloniki have warned the public to be wary of dangerous dog packs roaming the Seich Sou forest, a popular area among locals, after a recent string of attacks.

The words chiselled on a plaque outside a derelict neoclassical house at 50 Tatoi Street, Kifissia, state: “Pavlos Melas left from here to go to Macedonia in 1904.”