Where To Stream Great Continental Railway Journeys Season 4 Episode 4
Athens to Thessaloniki
- Aired November 13, 2015
- 60 Min
- Rated 8.5
- Number 25 Of 42 Rated Episodes
Armed with his 1913 Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a Greek odyssey from Athens's port of Piraeus north to the city of Thessaloniki, captured the year before from the Ottoman Turks, who had ruled much of Greece for 400 years. Exploring the Acropolis and delighting in the tastes of moussaka and baklava, Michael discovers the many influences at play in the creation of modern Greece - from its classical past to the oriental Ottomans and the great European powers of Britain,...