The Best Boutique Hotels in Athens
Where to stay in Athens if architecture matters to you: ten hotels in Ziller mansions, 1930s modernism and restored neoclassical townhouses.
10 addresses · Updated October 2026
Athens has more good small hotels than ever, and most of them live inside buildings with a story — an 1881 Ziller mansion, a 1930s Streamline Modern block, a 200-year-old stone house with eight previous lives. These are the ten we would book first, across the centre and its quieter edges.
01 · Neo-Classical · Psyrri
Monument Hotel
Nine rooms inside an 1881 Ernst Ziller mansion in Psyrri, restored in 2023 — frescoed ceilings, a wooden staircase and a wellness room in the basement. A listed building you can sleep in.
Kalamida 11, Psyrri, Athens 105 54
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02 · Contemporary · Kerameikos
Not Hotel
Twenty-one rooms in a 200-year-old stone building on Voutadon that has been a brothel, a barn and a film studio. One MICHELIN Key.
Voutadon 16, Kerameikos, Athens 118 54
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03 · Neo-Classical · Syntagma
Xenodocheio Milos
A 1880s landmark opposite the Old Parliament, now 43 rooms from the Estiatorio Milos group. High ceilings, marble bathrooms, and a ground-floor restaurant the city's social set fills nightly.
Kolokotroni 3-5, Athina 105 62
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04 · Neo-Classical · Syntagma
Hotel Grande Bretagne
The grand dame on Syntagma Square since 1874. Two MICHELIN Keys, and a rooftop bar that looks straight at the Parthenon.
Vasileos Georgiou A' 1, Syntagma Square
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05 · Streamline Modern · Monastiraki
Perianth Hotel
Thirty-eight rooms in a 1930s Streamline Modern building on Agia Irini Square — a neo-modernist tribute to the Athens that almost was.
Limpona 2, Agia Irini Square, Athens 105 60
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06 · Boutique Hotel · Plaka
A77 Suites
Twelve suites in a restored 19th-century building on Adrianou, at the foot of the Acropolis. Original stables, blue shutters and breakfast brought to the room.
Adrianou 7710556, Athens,Greece
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07 · Modernist · Koukaki
AthensWas Design Hotel
Twenty-one rooms on Dionysiou Areopagitou, the pedestrian street below the Acropolis — a 2015 design hotel scored to the Athens of the Sixties.
Dionysiou Areopagitou 5, Athens 117 42
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08 · Contemporary · Kolonaki
Shila
Six suites in a late-1920s townhouse on a pedestrian street in Kolonaki, each with its own character. Roof garden, library lounge, Michelin Guide listed.
Mantzarou 10 Kolonaki, 10672 Athens
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09 · Contemporary · Mets
Monastik
Eleven suites of glass, stone and clay on a quiet hillside street in Mets, many looking directly at the Acropolis. Shared rooftop plunge pool.
20 Karea, Mets, 116 36
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10 · Contemporary · Monastiraki
Ergon House Athens
Thirty-eight rooms above the Ergon Agora food market on Mitropoleos — butcher, baker, fishmonger and a 200-year-old olive tree under one atrium.
Mitropoleos 23, Athens 105 57
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