WHERE
TO STAY Best hotels By KAROLINA NIAMONITAKI
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reece” often comes with connotations of “hospitality”. For many foreigners, it is a country identified with friendliness and welcoming people. Athens, with its nearly 500 hotels, actively proves this notion. From luxurious five stars to youth hostels, there are accommodations for all budgets and tastes.
5*
Arion Luxury Collection Resort & Spa Location Vouliagmeni | No of Rooms 239 | No of Beds 462 Apollonos 40, Vouliagmeni (+30) 210 8902000 www.arionresortathens.com
Athenaeum Intercontinental
(Map Q8 Sygrou-Fix) Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 559 | No of Beds 1,086 Sygrou 89-93 (+30) 210 9206000 www.ichotelsgroup.com
Athens Hilton
(Map K19
Evangelismos) Location Athens City Centre| No of Rooms 506 | No of Beds 892 Vasilissis Sofias 46 (+30) 210 7281000 www.hiltonathens.gr
Crowne Plaza (Map J21
Megaro Moussikis) Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 193 | No of Beds 334 Mihalakopoulou 50 (+30) 210 7278000 www.cpathens.com
SEMIRAMIS
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ocated in the affluent and leafy suburb of Kifissia, Semiramis is at the heart of the finest shopping and entertainment venues, also enjoying quick and easy access to the city’s business districts. In this exclusive 51-room hotel, where art blends with modern hotel technology, and functionality exudes style, the educated business or leisure traveller will feel at home. Curvaceous forms and lollipop colours offer a young, enthusiastic and seductive alternative to more traditional conceptions of hospitality. No of Rooms 51 | No of Beds 96 Charilaou Trikoupi 48, Kifissia
(+30) 210 6284400 semiramis.athenshotels.it
Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 320 | No of Beds 594 Syntagma sq. (+30) 210 3330000 www.grandebretagne.gr
King George II (Map K11 Syntagma) Location Athens City Centre| No of Rooms 102 | No of Beds 210 Syntagma sq. (+30) 210 3222210 www.classicalhotels.com Ledra Marriott Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 314 | No of Beds 331 Sygrou 115 (+30) 210 9300000 www.marriott.com
Melia Athens (Map E9 Omonia) Location Athens City Centre| No of Rooms 136 | No of Beds 259 Chalkokondili 14 (+30) 210 3320100 www.melia-athens.com Metropolitan Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 374 | No of Beds 698 Sygrou 385 (+30) 210 9471000 www.chandris.gr
Electra Palace (Map L10
N. J. V. Athens Plaza ( Map K11 Syntagma) Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 182 | No of Beds 336 Vasileos Georgiou 2 (+30) 210 3352400 www.njvathensplaza.gr
Grand Resort Lagonissi
Park (Map A11 Victoria) Location Athens City Centre| No of Rooms 152 | No of Beds 271 Alexandras 10 (+30) 210 8894500 www.athensparkhotel.gr
Syntagma) Location Athens City Center | No of Rooms 155 | No of Beds 291 Navarchou Nikodimou 18 (+30) 210 3370000 www.electrahotels.gr Location Lagonissi | No of Rooms 346 | No of Beds 689 40th Km Athinon-Souniou (+30) 22910 76000 www.lagonissiresort.gr
Grande Bretagne (Map K11 42 _ CITY GUIDE summer 2013
Syntagma)
Royal Olympic (Map IΡ8 Akropoli) Location Athens City Centre | No of Rooms 264 | No of Beds 535 Athanasiou Diakou 28-34 (+30) 210 9288400 www.royalolympic.com