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Boutique Hotels in Athens Greece
5 Amazing Boutique Hotels in Athens
Acropolis views, rooftop bars, fashion designer décor, you’ll locate all this and more inside the new wave of boutique inns cropping up all around downtown Athens.
The Psirri neighborhood, with its graffiti-lined alleys and pavement café scene, is the heart of the brand new scene in Athens.
But there are also lots of stylish boltholes around Koukaki, Kolonaki, and the Historical Centre, where historic homes are being transformed into cutting-edge hotels within walking distance to the most important archaeological sites.
Here’s my pick out of the satisfactory design luxury boutique hotels in Athens, Greece.
1. AthensWas
The discreet front to AthensWas lies at Dionyisiou Areopagitou, certainly one of the most suitable streets in Athens.
Inside, interiors are a beautifully composed collection of conventional designer pieces assume leather-based armchairs by way of Le Corbusier, sculptural chairs with the aid of Konstantin Grcic, and lamps with the aid of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
Every room and suite has a smart marble balcony, in which you may order breakfast à Los Angeles carte at no extra charge. The sense is a fine-dining eating place on the roof wherein the Acropolis views compete with clever, boundary-pushing Greek dishes, which include scorpionfish balls with sea urchin and ouzo foam.
from 200 euro
Right on Areopagitou Street, 300mfrom the Acropolis Museum.
2. The Foundry Hotel
Vertical gardens, quirky industrial design, and a fantastically landscaped roof terrace provide this former kind of foundry the edge over the other boutique lodges popping up all over Psirri.
Built-in 1930, the construction has served as a stable, a Greek font foundry, and a theatre, and the intriguing lower back story and delightful bone structure shine through in its design.
Original capabilities include uncovered brick-and-mortar ceilings and floor-to-ceiling Crittall windows.
You’ll spend a maximum of some time in the large flats or, in warm weather, putting out on the extraordinary roof terrace admiring the Parthenon peeking via the plants.
from 130 euro
Sarri 40, 10560 Athens Greece
3. NEW Hotel
This metropolis center hotel, placed off the main city artery throughout from the town’s leafy National Gardens, incorporates the lengthy-standing records and modern, hip lifestyle of Athens thru its beautiful present-day design and resourceful spaces.
Celebrated sibling designers Fernando and Humberto Campana of Brazil created the lobby’sfavela’ walls by incorporating vintage wood and furniture pieces recycled from the preceding hotel’s remnants.
Creativity follows thru in every room, such as bathrooms, hallways, restaurants, rooftops, and bedrooms, where each nook breathes a modern-day layout in an interactive, amusing, and colorful way.
from 150 euro
16, Filellinon Str. & 1, Navarchou Nikodimou Str. 10557 Syntagma sq. Athens, Greece
4. Coco-mat Hotel Athens
A calm oasis within the affluent coronary heart of Athens.
This eco-friendly lodge is a showcase for Coco-mat, a purveyor of all-natural beds to many of the world’s excellent hotels.
A top night’s sleep is guaranteed.
The vibe is greater Scandi-chic than conventional Greek, but the whole thing, from the coconut-fiber mattresses to the linen drapes, is hand-made in Greece with the usage of herbal materials.
In Athens’s coronary heart and the fashionable district of Kolonaki, cutting-edge city-dwelling joins in concord with the snug hospitality that COCO-MAT offers!
In an outstanding building, designed by way of architect Emmanuel Lazarides, regarded for designing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Greek Parliament, urban cosmopolitism has determined its hospitality destination in Athens’ town!
from 100 euro
36 Patriarchou Ioakeim Street, Kolonaki, Athens
5. innAthens Hotel
In[n]Athens, the coronary heart beats in its atrium.
The Athens sun is present in abundance, and our atrium is a nice area for our visitors to experience it.
Full of plant life and “hidden” corners, this atrium is the region to be.
After a full day inside the Acropolis museum or after spending the day buying in Ermou str., nothing can be extra captivating than relaxing in our atrium.
A walk via a marbled arcade ends in the somewhat ‘hidden’ front of this boutique hotel.
Before the buildings were converted into InnAthens, they took on many forms, together with a safe residence for refugees at the turn of the century, a girls’ college, and a hostel.
It stands these days as a current boutique asset that hasn’t misplaced its past way to the paintings of Greek architect Dionysos Sotovikis, who combined the careful recuperation with a modern-day, minimalist touch.
There are 22 rooms, including Classic Rooms, Deluxe Rooms, and Suites; some have balconies that neglect the important courtyard.
from 90 euro
Georgiou Sourri 3 Syntagma
5+1. 18 Micon Str
This abandoned warehouse becomes repurposed into an intimate motel with a cool, business feel. Built by a tool trader in the 1950s, the corner constructing the intersection of two pedestrian streets nevertheless has an especially business vibe.
All flinty grey, faded marble, and weathered terracotta, the design will pay homage to cement, brick, and wood (even though the wallpaper is extra urban sublime than business grit).
The complete ground is an open-plan lobby-cum-living-room with a communal desk for socializing over complimentary coffee.
Suites and lofts on the 1/3 and fourth floors are undoubtedly huge, commencing onto generous balconies with daybeds for soaking up the sunshine.
from 100 euro
14 Esopou and 18 Mikonos Street Athens
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