Great Continental Railway Journeys
Athens to Thessaloniki
Season 4 Episode 4 of 6
Michael Portillo embarks on a Greek odyssey from the Athens port of Piraeus, north to the city of Thessaloniki, exploring the Acropolis and sampling moussaka and baklava on the way. He also discovers the parlous state of Greek finances at the time of his 1913 Continental Railway Guide, and learns how an aristocratic English poet became a Greek national hero
Great Continental Railway Journeys airs on Yesterday at 7:00 PM, Saturday 29 June. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Series Producer