Palace of Galerius

Nice walk around and better information than around the forum. Most the the site is in rough shape. You can still make out certain parts that match the description on the information, not much though. Still interesting site to see and know that this is another Emperor's Playhouse for the summer.

Once the administrative and religious center of Roman Thessaloniki, the palace is also part of the Gallerian Complex! The ruins are in a great shape and it functions as an open museum where people are free to explore and learn!

I didn’t know it can be visited inside, you see the ruins from the street anyway. I assume you can buy tickets and walk around the ruins if you want. The palace looks in pretty good shape if you ask me. The remains of the walls have a nice aspect. I cannot confirm details about the access because I didn’t enter.

Nice open air museum to see. You can see hear the remnants of Galerius palace, basilica, cisterns, roman baths and hippodrome. There are mamy educational boards along the way in English and Greek. To see and read all educational boards you need about 1,5 hour. In the ticket price you have also agora museum (you can visit it the next day as well on the same ticket). To visit both sites (and reading all the educational boards in both places) we needed about 5 hours including a break in a café. Unfortunately the mosaics are hidden under the cloth and dirt, maybe it will be shown in the future, when they will have enough budget to adjust it for tourists and prevent from being damaged. Also a nice mosaic with the dolphin, which you could have seen by the glass in the past is totally covered in bushes and you cannot see it at all now...

Worth a visit if you've already been to the Forum Museum, because that ticket will get you admission into the Palace too. It's in an okay-ish state as far as Roman ruins go. The mosaics are barely visible in some places and much of the Palace is now built upon. If you don't want to, you don't have to buy tickets, as everything is well visible from the streets. But it's nice to walk around the place.

Didn't went inside, but you can pretty much see the entire place from outside. I really like how the ruins of the palace just blends with the modern architectures in the background.

A very impressive and awe inspiring monument of the vila of Galerius. Situated in the center of the city it's a vibrant hot spot for the citizens to take a nice noon and afternoon walk accompanied by a cool beverage or snack among the ruins. A great and unique feeling which isn't easy to be found elsewhere

The Galerian Complex, the most important monumental group in Thessaloniki, was built at the turning-point of two worlds, the Roman and Byzantine. Its erection began in the late 3rd century-early 4th century AD, when the Caesar Galerius (293-311 AD) chose Thessaloniki as the seat of the eastern part of the Roman Empire.