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The first objective of this work was to investigate the existence of material and intangible heritage monuments related to Bulgarians, Serbs, Russians and Romanians in Thessaloniki, from a literature review, but also from the perspective of these populations. This is intended to highlight the above monuments, in the context of Thessaloniki's cultural tourism, or at least in the context of special interest tourism. During the study, it appeared that there are material and intangible heritage monuments associated with each target-population, while primary research showed that at least three monuments are already known and visited by each population, with the exception of Romanians. Furthermore, there is potential for further development of their cultural and religious tourism in Thessaloniki. During the on-site investigation it was observed that most of the monuments found, were no longer available or were closed and inaccessible to the public. In addition, there is indifference over the issue of the exhibition of the monuments that these people left when they left Thessaloniki. Finally, according to the data collected and customized to the populations, five possible routes-proposals were registered and two interactive maps were created. There is potential for the monuments, that have been spotted, to be incorporated smoothly in the history of the city and to re-tell their history if they become known and more visited. The present study begins with a brief analysis of the cultural situation that prevailed in the city of Thessaloniki in the late 19th-early 20th century, and delves a little further into the lives of Bulgarians first and Serbs', Russians' and Romanians' while, it is analyzed the cultural and religious monuments found during the bibliographic review belonging to the above populations in the firsts five chapters. In the first one, some monuments answer to more than one population. In the sixth chapter the results of the on-site investigation were registered, and in the next one is the survey's results, with the respondents' answers. Then, there are the conclusions and discussion of the survey and finally the proposals.