lilybug Posted February 1, 2008 #1 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Looking for recommendations for hotels for pre-cruise stay in Athens. Anyone have a favorite? We don't need luxury, interested in good, clean hotel located centrally for sightseeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardray Posted February 1, 2008 #2 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Last year we stayed at the intercontinental ($100 a night on priceline) They have a shuttle that goes to the center of town. SIL stayed on exec floor much more money, same room. Hotel is very clean and restaurants are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy The Wanderer Posted February 1, 2008 #3 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hotel Attalos. Central, near the sights, but not in the Plaka, near a subway stop. Kind of plain, but good elevators, A/C. Requisite roof-top bar and restaurant with a view of the Acropolis. Stored our luggage during our pre-cruise swanning off to the islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andee Posted February 1, 2008 #4 Share Posted February 1, 2008 We liked the Athens Cypria. Great location, clean, large room, modern bathroom, friendly and helpful front desk staff. Ask for a room on the 6th floor with a view of the Acropolis from your balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted February 1, 2008 #5 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Suggest you consider Priceline's name-your-own-price site. As mentioned previously, the Intercontinental has shown up there as a 5 star, and the Ledra Marriott as a 4 star. Both are quite nice and are on Syngrou Avenue, a couple of blocks apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondnana Posted February 2, 2008 #6 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Looking for recommendations for hotels for pre-cruise stay in Athens. Anyone have a favorite? We don't need luxury, interested in good, clean hotel located centrally for sightseeing. We did a pre-cruise stay in Athens at the Adams Hotel. It was vry comfortable. All rooms have small balconies and we had a view of the Acropolis, a magical site at night with all the lights. We walked everywhere except to the Museum and we took the local bus there. Hope this helps. Diana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiga Posted February 2, 2008 #7 Share Posted February 2, 2008 My husband and I stayed at the AVA Hotel in the Plaka area. It is very conveniently located to walk to everything. It is at the end of the main pedestrian street in Plaka. It was very quiet. The rooms are large and very clean. They call them apartments as they have a kitchen area and a separate bedroom. From the balcony we could see the Acropolis to the right and Hadrian's Arch about a block away to the left. The staff is very knowledgeable and love to answer guests' questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdee Posted February 3, 2008 #8 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Another vote for AVA Hotel. We were there in mid-September and second Twiga's comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benita Posted February 3, 2008 #9 Share Posted February 3, 2008 We have stayed at the Royal Olympic Hotel twice - very good location and nice rooms, reasonably priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribbeansun Posted February 10, 2008 #10 Share Posted February 10, 2008 We stayed at the Hotel Grande Bretagne right near the Plaka - outstanding hotel with amazing view of the Acropolis at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchestrapal Posted February 10, 2008 #11 Share Posted February 10, 2008 We also enjoyed the 5* Hotel Grande Bretangne and found it to be close to perfect. The Oceania pre-cruise group was also there and all seemed to love the hotel and the location.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovecruisingtoo Posted February 11, 2008 #12 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Make it three in a row for the Grande Bretagne. Fantastic hotel and location. Have stayed there both times we visited Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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