If you want to be on the waterfront in Thessaloniki, 15 mins walk from the White Tower and close to museums, and to have a swimming pool, then this is a good place to be. But if possible, wait till they finish the road works! The seafront area and local roads were completely dug up, so the view from the hotel was a bit of a mess and you couldn't walk along the waterfront into town but had to walk alongside busy roads and pick your way around heaps of rubble. Not the hotel's fault, and I'm sure it will be lovely when it's finished, but if this is important to you, then check before you book.

The hotel is clean & bright, a bit too "posh" for my taste but that's just me -- I generally prefer small hotels. We chose this one for the location and the pool. In the end the weather was too wet & windy to use the pool area, but it looked lovely, as others have said.
The room was good but not outstanding, rather "corporate," the bathroom was nice but nothing special for a five-star hotel -- a bit dated.
Breakfast was simply excellent, with a wide range of delicious local products as well as all the usual buffet selection.

Everyone said this is the best hotel, and the Greek Prime Minister was staying there at the same time we did -- that's pretty good evidence that it's the best. Well, it wouldn't be best most places.

What was best: breakfast, the gym, and the pools. The breakfast spread was palatial and high end. The gym was really well stocked, big, and had plenty of windows. There are like three different pools -- I used the only one that looked like it was for swimming and it was perfect.

What was not best: the cost is very high. The decor of the rooms and hallways is tired (not onthe level of other "Classical Hotels" that I've seen. My shower broke, which I would say was bad luck, but my colleague's shower also broke (hmmm). The location is way isolated -- we had to walk over a mile to get to the nice restaurants. My opinion about Thessaloniki's nice restaurants is the subject of another post.

Makedonia palace is very nice 5* hotel. It has big and nice rooms, its clean and staff if very nice. breakfast is perfect.
Despite its maintained and well build is a bit old and need renovation.

Location is perfect ( take a room with sea view), walking distance to city center and very nice place for evening walk.
Close by ( left on sea side) are two very nice bars ( cant remember name, but you will find them. two are close by).
So if you want nice quiet hotel, close to city center, bars shops and restaurant go for it!
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- Beautiful hotel in excellent location!
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner very good, and with lots of choice.
- Excellent room service
- Staff in all parts of the hotel were very friendly, polite, helpful and attentive!
- Price / quality ratio in balance, great value!

It is the hotel I will always choose whenever I visit Thessaloniki. Definitely a 5* hotel! Strongly recommended!