Where to Stay in Athens: Neighbourhood by Neighbourhood
Twelve hotels across ten neighbourhoods, from Syntagma and Plaka to Kerameikos, Mets, Kolonaki and the sea at Vouliagmeni.
12 addresses · Updated October 2026
Where you sleep in Athens decides how you see it. The historic centre puts the Acropolis and the old streets on your doorstep; Kolonaki and Mets are quieter and residential; the Riviera trades the city for the sea. One hotel for each mood, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
01 · Neo-Classical · Syntagma
Hotel Grande Bretagne
Syntagma is the centre of the centre, and the Grande Bretagne has held the square since 1874. 320 keys, two MICHELIN Keys and a rooftop bar that looks straight at the Parthenon.
Vasileos Georgiou A' 1, Syntagma Square
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02 · Modernist · Syntagma
New Hotel
Also off Syntagma, on Filellinon: the Campana brothers' first hotel, 79 rooms built from what the old Olympic Palace left behind, its 1940s marble staircase still in place.
1 Navarchou Nikodimou 10557 Syntagma Sqaure
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03 · Boutique Hotel · Plaka
A77 Suites
For Plaka at its most storybook: twelve suites in a restored 19th-century neoclassical on Adrianou, at the foot of the Acropolis, with breakfast brought to the room.
Adrianou 7710556, Athens,Greece
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04 · Contemporary · Monastiraki
Ergon House Athens
Monastiraki for people who want to eat well: 38 rooms above the Ergon Agora on Mitropoleos, with a butcher, baker, fishmonger and deli under one atrium.
Mitropoleos 23, Athens 105 57
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05 · Streamline Modern · Monastiraki
Perianth Hotel
Also in Monastiraki, on Agia Irini Square: 38 rooms in a 1930s Streamline Modern building, opened as a hotel in 2018 by the Sgoumpopoulos family.
Limpona 2, Agia Irini Square, Athens 105 60
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06 · Neo-Classical · Psyrri
Monument Hotel
Deep in Psyrri: nine rooms in an 1881 Ernst Ziller mansion on Kalamida, with frescoed ceilings and a wellness room in the basement.
Kalamida 11, Psyrri, Athens 105 54
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07 · Contemporary · Kerameikos
Not Hotel
West of the centre, in Kerameikos: 21 rooms in a 200-year-old stone building on Voutadon, restored in 2023. One MICHELIN Key.
Voutadon 16, Kerameikos, Athens 118 54
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08 · Modernist · Koukaki
AthensWas Design Hotel
21 rooms on Dionysiou Areopagitou, the pedestrian street below the Acropolis: a 2015 design hotel by Stavros Papagiannis.
Dionysiou Areopagitou 5, Athens 117 42
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09 · Contemporary · Makrygianni
Anthology of Athens
On Syngrou, steps from the Temple of Olympian Zeus: a five-star with planted atrium, spa, rooftop terrace and a MICHELIN Key (2025).
4 Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Acropolis, Athens
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10 · Contemporary · Mets
Monastik Living
Mets is residential and quiet, and still faces the Acropolis. Eleven glass-walled suites, many looking straight at it, and a shared rooftop with a plunge pool.
20 Karea, Mets, 116 36
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11 · Contemporary · Kolonaki
Shila
In Kolonaki, Shila has six suites in a late-1920s neoclassical on pedestrianised Mantzarou, with a roof garden and courtyard.
Mantzarou 10 Kolonaki, 10672 Athens
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12 · Contemporary · Vouliagmeni
The Roc Club
If you would rather wake up by the sea: 34 rooms directly above the Saronic Gulf at Vouliagmeni, about twenty kilometres from the centre.
8 Panos & Chlois Street, Vouliagmeni 16671
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