Budget Hotels & Hostels
Apartments
Guesthouses and B&Bs
Veneto Hotel Apartments
This charmer personifies everything Rethymno has to offer: history, beauty, art and great food. Soak up the vibe in 10 rooms that mix polished wood floors and ceilings with such mod cons as satellite TV and kitchenettes...
Daios Luxury Living
This boutique hotel near the White Tower has become a favourite among Greece’s upper stratum. A keen sensitivity to light and shadow pervades the whole hotel, which has contemporary minimalist design...
Alsos House
The well-managed Alsos House has a well-stocked communal kitchen, laundry, and wide views of the rocks. It’s 500m from the centre and near a monopati...
Periscope Hotel
Right in chic Kolonaki overlooking Lykavittos, Periscope is a chic hotel with industrial decor. Clever gadgets are sprinkled throughout including the lobby slide show, the sea-level measure on the stairs, and aerial shots of the city on the ceilings...
Hotel Ganimede
This courtyard hotel in a 19th-century captain’s house offers a range of slightly dated but charming pastel-shaded rooms with wood-panelled ceilings and period furniture...
Pension Sofi
Hospitality is the rule at this family-run place. It’s just a short distance inland from the port and is framed by one of the biggest bougainvilleas you’re likely to see. Rooms are clean and well equipped and most include cooking facilities...
Francesco's
Long established and very well run, the famous Francesco’s has clean dormitories and rooms, and is in an enviable position with great views of the bay. It’s away from the centre, but is a lively meeting place for the younger international set...
Athens Backpackers
The popular rooftop bar with cheap drinks and Acropolis views is a major drawcard of this modern and friendly Australian-run backpacker favourite, right near the Acropolis metro...
Mango Rooms
Peaceful, good-value digs with a lovely restaurant downstairs turning out smoothies, snacks and ice cream (mains €3.50). Upstairs is a little sun terrace, and in between are recently refurbished, welcoming rooms with safety deposit boxes and fridges...
Magna Grecia Boutique Hotel
This intimate boutique hotel, in a restored historic building opposite the cathedral, has magnificent Acropolis views from the front rooms and rooftop terrace...
Acropole Delphi
On the quieter street below the main drag, the slightly dated but pleasant Acropole has a ski-lodge ambience with soft beds, reading lamps, and wood and wrought-iron fittings. Top-floor rooms have great views across to the gulf.
Hotel Grande Bretagne
If you are wealthy or aspire to the best, the place to stay in Athens is – and always has been – the Hotel Grande Bretagne, right on the square in Syntagma...
Central Athens Hotel
This stylish hotel has been tastefully decorated in light, contemporary tones. It has comfortable rooms with all the mod cons and good bathrooms. There is a lovely roof terrace with Acropolis views, a small spa and sun lounges...
The Bristol Hotel
What was fated to become a stylish and friendly modern hotel was originally built in 1870 as Thessaloniki's post office...
Electra Palace Hotel Athens
The landmark Golden Tulip Electra Palace Hotel is the most luxurious in the Plaka vicinity and one which is deservedly held in high esteem`, being particularly popular with North American visitors...
Philippos Hotel
The Philippos is nestled on a quiet street not at all far from Plaka and handy to the Acropolis. It's got a discreet, exclusive feel although it's not the great-value mid-range spot it once was. In fact, in summer, it can feel a little overpriced...
Achilleas Hotel
This conveniently located business-style hotel has a sleek lobby with marble checkerboard floors and well-appointed rooms, some of which open onto garden balconies.
Palazzo Rimondi
This charming Venetian mansion in the heart of the old city has exquisite, individually decorated studios with kitchenettes. There's a small splash pool in the courtyard where breakfast is served.
Hilton Athens
Popular with business travellers, Athens’ Hilton has lashings of marble and bronze, enormous chandeliers and somewhat giddy designer carpets...
Plaka Hotel
It’s hard to beat the Acropolis views from the rooftop garden at this refurbished hotel, which you also enjoy from the top-floor rooms. Tidy rooms have light timber floors and furniture, and satellite TV, though the bathrooms are on the small side.
Erofili Hotel
Run by the laid-back Miro and his turtle mascot, this pleasant 10-room hotel has more character than most. There are plain rooms and some with air-con, fridge and TV. All have great sea views and the lower rooms have a garden terrace...
St George Lycabettus Hotel
One of the city's flagship hotels, and most deservedly so, the St George enjoys an unforgettable position on the side of the Lycabettus hill...