Architectural Sanctuaries.
A selection of Athens' most significant modernist and neo-classical hotels, curated for the design-conscious traveller.
A77 Suites
A77 Suites occupies a restored 19th century neoclassical building on Adrianou Street, at the foot of the Acropolis. The original stables, high ceilings, blue shutters, and gypsum cornices remain — reinterpreted into twelve suites across three floors, with marble, brass, and a soft neutral palette. Breakfast arrives to the room. A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, part of the Andronis group.
Ergon House Athens
38 rooms above the Ergon Agora, the Douzenis family's food market on Mitropoleos. A butcher, a baker, a fishmonger, a deli, and a 200-year-old olive tree under one atrium. The hotel almost as an afterthought — but only almost.
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The Twenty One
21 rooms in Kifissia, the leafy northern suburb where Athenian money has always gone to breathe. The first Athens hotel from Alex and Philip Varveris — the pair behind The Wild Hotel by Interni in Mykonos. Interni Studio interiors, bronze details, a piece by the Bouroullec brothers. On Mr & Mrs Smith.
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Perianth Hotel
38 rooms inside a 1930s Streamline Modern building on Agia Irini Square. Opened 2018 by the Sgoumpopoulos family, interior by K-Studio. A neo-modernist tribute to the Athens that almost was.
Fresh Hotel
Central Athens' first design hotel, on the corner of Athinas and Sofokleous. A 2003 Tassos Zepos building with a new Paola Navone extension. Rooftop pool, Acropolis on the skyline.
After Dark.
Considered bars and the quiet rituals of the Athenian evening.
AthensWas Design Hotel
21 rooms on Dionysiou Areopagitou, the pedestrian street below the Acropolis. A 2015 design hotel by Stavros Papagiannis, scored to the swinging Sixties of Athens.
Ergon Bake House
29 rooms above a 72-hour sourdough bakery on Mitropoleos. The Douzenis family's second Athens hotel, four doors from Ergon House. The bakery runs 24/7; the rooms run quieter than the queue downstairs.
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