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The Excelsior

Thessaloniki • Aristotelous Square • OPTIMIZE

avg. $180 / night

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PB hotel design editorial

At the apex of Aristotelous Square, where Thessaloniki's grandest neoclassical boulevard fans out toward the Thermaic Gulf, a five-storey Belle Époque building bearing the name ΕΞΕΛΣΙΟΡ in terracotta lettering has anchored the city's civic life since 1926. The Excelsior was built in the years following the catastrophic 1917 fire that destroyed much of the city centre, part of the ambitious replanning effort led by French urbanist Ernest Hébrard that gave Thessaloniki its distinctive Mediterranean-European character. The facade carries all the hallmarks of that reconstruction moment — wrought-iron balconies in scrolled ironwork, pilastered upper storeys, a curved corner bay capped by a shallow pediment — and the building's relationship to the canopy of plane trees below gives the streetside terrace a quality closer to a Parisian boulevard café than a hotel forecourt. Inside, the contrast between eras is handled with restraint rather than drama. Guest rooms retain their original plaster cornicing and generous ceiling heights, with bleached oak floors and amber-toned silk curtains pulling warmth from the bone-white walls; contemporary art in a graphic, stripe-based idiom punctuates the spaces without competing with the architecture. The breakfast room on the upper floor works through a different register entirely — deep green coffered ceilings, crystal basket chandeliers, and arched ironwork windows overlooking the square's canopy — while the ground-floor restaurant has been refitted in a cooler contemporary palette of dark timber slat screens, charcoal upholstery, and smoked-glass pendant lighting.

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Το ξενοδοχείο Excelsior είναι ένα boutique ξενοδοχείο 5 αστέρων στη Θεσσαλονίκη και μέλος των Small Luxury Hotels of the World.. Στεγάζεται σε ένα εντυπωσιακό νεοκλασικό κτίριο δίπλα στην Πλατεία Αριστοτέλους, το οποίο χτίστηκε το 1924 και ανακαινίστηκε εξ ολοκλήρου το 2009. H επιβλητική πρόσοψη με τις εκπληκτικές αρχιτεκτονικές λεπτομέρειες, τα art deco μπαλκόνια, τα νεοκλασικού στυλ ψηλά παράθυρα με την υπέροχη θέα και οι προσεγμένοι χρωματικοί συνδυασμοί που έχουν επιλεχθεί, καθιστούν το Excelsior ένα από τα πιο πολυτελή ξενοδοχεία στην Ελλάδα. Ο εσωτερικός σχεδιασμός, η διαρρύθμιση και η διακόσμηση αιχμαλωτίζουν το βλέμμα με την άμεμπτη αισθητική τους ενώ η κλασική μαρμάρινη σκάλα, ο ανακαινισμένος ανελκυστήρας και τα υπέροχα έπιπλα θυμίζουν παριζιάνικα κτίρια του 1900, ενσωματώνοντας τη γοητεία του χθες στην πολυτέλεια του σήμερα. Το Excelsior διαθέτει 36 πολυτελή δωμάτια και σουίτες και κάθε πτυχή τους έχει σχεδιαστεί με γνώμονα την απόλυτη ικανοποίηση του πελάτη. Τα δωμάτια ε

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The Excelsior Reviews

1,114 reviews

"Great location. Dog friendly"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 03, 2026

"I came for my sons graduation, the Location was amazing. Staff very friendly. Very clean and comfortable. I couldn’t fault anything. We will return."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Feb 28, 2026

"Very nice hotel - great location. Check in area is very small, staff is friendly and helpful. Breakfast is very good. Would stay here again."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Feb 26, 2026

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