Paşa Hammam (Phoenix Baths)
Domed sixteenth-century Ottoman bathhouse, the last to operate in town, now a store for metro finds.
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This guide to the Pasha Hamam, the Phoenix Baths, in Thessaloniki starts with the eight-sided dome over your head and the far older octagon in the ground beneath it. It follows Cezeri Kasim Pasha, a sixteenth-century Ottoman chancellor, vizier and tutor to the future Suleiman the Magnificent, into his retirement by the sea. You'll also hear what a trip to the baths meant for the city's women. Best heard from the street, where you can see the whole dome.
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