Athonos Square
Cobbled market square of woodworkers, spice shops and tavernas under vines beside a fountain.
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This guide to Athonos Square in Thessaloniki starts with one plain wooden chair set out on the cobblestones, and the square locals still call Xyladika, the woodworking shops. It follows the carpenters, shoemakers and coffeehouses that once filled this corner, and the old flour market of Kapani just steps away. Best heard in the morning, while the woodworkers' goods are still out on the stones.
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