Millerhm01 Posted November 10, 2009 #1 Share Posted November 10, 2009 We're taking Azamara's Holy Land cruise at end of May 2010, departing out of Rome and ending in Athens. Cruise line website has no pre & post-cruise listings yet on hotels. Plan to spend two nights in both cities, would like to be centrally located and stay in fairly nice accommodations. Recommendations sought, as the travel guides are driving me crazy with mixed messages! Also would welcome conversation with others who will be on the May 29th cruise, perhaps finding others interested in sharing tour guides in some of the ports. Thanks! Howard Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazda Posted November 11, 2009 #2 Share Posted November 11, 2009 We stayed at the Yes Hotel in Rome, located next to the Termini station for very easy transportation. Yes hotel itself is not close to any sites but close to train/metro station. And we stayed at the Athens Gate hotel in Athens, very centrally located hotel. Great view of the Acropolis from the rooftop. We loved both of these, the Athens Gate a little more then the Yes hotel. But both great places and very reasonable rates. Booked both of them on travelocity.com. You can get good reviews of both places on tripadvisor.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan-M Posted November 11, 2009 #3 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hi Howard, We stayed at the AVA Hotel in Athens for 3 nights last year post-cruise. It is a very good hotel, moderately priced and in a excellent location. Here's a link to reviews on Tripadvisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g189400-d529729-Reviews-AVA_Hotel_Athens-Athens_Attica.html I see that someone on another thread has given you the link for your Roll Call. Good luck with your plans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerhm01 Posted November 11, 2009 Author #4 Share Posted November 11, 2009 My thanks to Susan-M and Mazda for the advice & recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted November 11, 2009 #5 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Our friends who stayed at the Athens Gate in June pre-cruise were very happy with their accomodations, location and Acropolis roof-top views. (We had a lower budget and stayed at the ordinary but well-located Athens Cypria.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerhm01 Posted November 11, 2009 Author #6 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Was looking at Electra Palace Hotel ... any thoughts??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose&mav Posted November 12, 2009 #7 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Was looking at Electra Palace Hotel ... any thoughts??? we stayed at the Electra Palace hotel for 1 night for our pre-cruise stay. I booked through expedia. I really liked it alot. great service. We landed at 10 am and took the express bus in to Athens. We arrived at the Electra Palace by 11:30 or so and they allowed us to check in super early and upgraded us at no fee to a suite. We had a view of the acropolis from our windows. (I had booked a standard room thinking it really didn't matter about the view). We really enjoyed the view at nite and took some cool pix from the juliet balcony window. Very close to the acropolis, about a 10 to 15 min walk at the most. Great breakfast in the morning included with the price of the room--fills you up for a long day sightseeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerhm01 Posted November 12, 2009 Author #8 Share Posted November 12, 2009 we stayed at the Electra Palace hotel for 1 night for our pre-cruise stay. I booked through expedia.I really liked it alot. great service. We landed at 10 am and took the express bus in to Athens. We arrived at the Electra Palace by 11:30 or so and they allowed us to check in super early and upgraded us at no fee to a suite. We had a view of the acropolis from our windows. (I had booked a standard room thinking it really didn't matter about the view). We really enjoyed the view at nite and took some cool pix from the juliet balcony window. Very close to the acropolis, about a 10 to 15 min walk at the most. Great breakfast in the morning included with the price of the room--fills you up for a long day sightseeing. Thank you Goose&Mav!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sav'h Gal Posted November 12, 2009 #9 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Have reservations at the Plaka Hotel for our May visit. Wondering if anyone has stayed there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted November 13, 2009 #10 Share Posted November 13, 2009 The local destination experts on sister website cruisecritic recommend the Electra Palace due to its location, many rooms with Acropolis view and also for one of the few rooftop pools in central Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerhm01 Posted November 19, 2009 Author #11 Share Posted November 19, 2009 The local destination experts on sister website cruisecritic recommend the Electra Palace due to its location, many rooms with Acropolis view and also for one of the few rooftop pools in central Athens. Thanks! Think I'll book it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbevins Posted November 28, 2009 #12 Share Posted November 28, 2009 we stayed at Marriott.We got it bidding on priceline 4 star about $100.they have shuttle service to downtown(not that far) Great views from rooftop and more we took bus from airport(very easy 3 EUROS I THINK) and caught their shuttle from main square they were used by HAL for the pre cruise on our sailing(for much more money) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerhm01 Posted November 30, 2009 Author #13 Share Posted November 30, 2009 we stayed at Marriott.We got it bidding on priceline 4 star about $100.they have shuttle service to downtown(not that far) Great views from rooftop and morewe took bus from airport(very easy 3 EUROS I THINK) and caught their shuttle from main square they were used by HAL for the pre cruise on our sailing(for much more money) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franken Posted December 31, 2009 #14 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We stayed at the Colonal Place in Rome pre-cruise 2 years ago. Great location close to a Metro stop and within walking distance to just about everything. We will be back in Oct on the Journey and plan on staying there again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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