AthensWas Hotel in Athens, Greece

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By Santorini Dave

Essentials
• Location: Plaka
• Hotel website: athenswas.gr
• Hotel phone: +30 21 0924 9954
• Check prices on Booking.com

The rooftop restaurant and bar at AthensWas Hotel has amazing Acropolis views.

AthensWas Hotel is the best hotel in Athens’ busy and central Plaka neighborhood – our favorite area to stay.

This fantastic boutique hotel is located on a popular pedestrianized street that leads directly to the entrance of the Acropolis. The guest rooms are spacious, stylish, comfortable, and modern in design; All feature private verandas. Suites’ balconies are larger and furnished with sun loungers, with spectacular views over the city’s best landmarks. There’s a ground-floor restaurant with seating indoors, on a private patio, or along the pedestrian promenade, as well as a fabulous rooftop restaurant with an open kitchen, garden balcony, and panoramic views.

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AthensWas Hotel – Location

Excellent central location in the heart of the bustling pedestrianized Plaka neighborhood.

• Address: Dionysiou Areopagitou 5
• Nearest Metro: Acropoli (2-minute walk), Syntagma (9-minute walk). Metro Line 3 runs from the airport to Syntagma station, departing every 30 minutes from 5:30am until about midnight. The trip takes 45 minutes and costs €10 (24€ for groups of 3). The metro station is a 5 to 10-minute walk from baggage claim; elevators are available.
• Taxi: Airport taxis to central Athens are charged at a flat rate of €38 through the day and €60 from midnight to 5am.
• Private Transfer: We use and recommend Welcome Pickups car service. Booking through a private car service will cost only a bit more than a taxi – about €40, but can be worth it to avoid the long taxi queue and for the convenience of paying ahead.

AthensWas Hotel – The Basics

• Ages: All ages are welcome, and children can stay in any accommadation outside of the Deluxe Rooms. Cribs and rollaway beds can be accommodated in most rooms. Connecting rooms are available. Professional babysitting services can be arranged in advance through the concierge.
• Pet Policy: No pets are allowed.
• View: Rooms and suites on higher floors have excellent views of the Acropolis, Mt. Lycabettus, and other prime attractions.
• Parking: No parking.
• Nice Perks: Jogging maps offered, Korres bath products, In-room Nespresso coffee machines.
• When to Book: Athens’ best hotels book out far in advance, especially during high season travel. For best availability and rates, book two to three months ahead.
• How to Book: Booking.com will have the best rates.
• Phone: +30 21 0924 9954
• Email: info@athenswas.gr
• Website: athenswas.gr

AthensWas Hotel – Amenities

• Pool: No pool.
• Spa: No spa. In-room treatments can be arranged through the hotel.
• Fitness Center: Small but modern fitness center, open 24-hours.
• Private Pools/Jacuzzis: None.

AthensWas Hotel – Food and Drink

• Restaurant: Two on-site restaurants: Sense is a rooftop fine-dining restaurant and cocktail bar serving modern interpretations of traditional Greek cuisine. Indoor and outdoor seating is available, with excellent views of the Acropolis, especially in the evenings. Reservations recommended. • Promenade offers upscale casual cuisine and drinks on the hotel’s ground floor, with indoor, garden, and sidewalk seating.
• Lounge/Bar: No hotel bar, but all manner of drinks are served in both of the hotel’s restaurants.
• Breakfast: A la carte breakfast is served in Promenade restaurant or to guest rooms from 7-11am. Complimentary with some bookings.
• Room Service: Full room service menu is available 24 hours a day.

AthensWas Hotel – Rooms

• Room Types: Classic Double Room • Deluxe Double Room • Executive Suite • Hellenic Suite • Residence Suite • Superior Deluxe Suite • AthensWas Suite • Hellenic Suite • Hellenic Grand Suite • List of all rooms
• Smoking Rooms: None. Smoking is allowed in outdoor areas only.
• Wheelchair Accessible Rooms: There is a small elevator and many stairs. This hotel would not be suitable for guests needing wheelchairs.
• Best Room: The two-bedroom Hellenic Grand Suite is spread over 110 square meters, across the hotel’s entire 6th floor, and sleeps up to five guests. Its large, furnished balcony has incredible views of the Acropolis, Mount Lycabettus, and all of Athens’ top attractions.

AthensWas Hotel – What’s Nearby?

Nearby Restaurants

• Coco’s: The best ice cream in Athens. 4-minute walk.
• Psarras Taverna: Traditional taverna and Athens’ most romantic restaurant. Indoor and outdoor seating, reservations recommended for dinner. 6-minute walk.
• Melina Mercouri Café: Excellent Greek meze, traditional dishes, and desserts, and a mini-museum dedicated to Melina Merkouri, the famous Greek actress, singer, politician, and activist. 6-minute walk
• Geros Tou Moria: The best traditional Greek food in the city, though touristy. Reservations recommended for late dinner service, when the music and dancing begins. 8-minute walk.
• Evgenia: : Authentic and non-touristy family-run Greek taverna serving homemade, traditional dishes featuring seasonal ingredients. Also known as Paradosiako Cafeneon. 8-minute walk.

Nearby Bars and Breweries

• Brettos: Cozy bar and distillery offering a wide variety of spirits and cocktails, and a Plaka landmark since 1909. 4-minute walk
• Heteroclito: Athens’ best wine bar, highlighting native Greek varietals, with a special emphasis on natural wines. 9-minute walk
• Alexanders’s Bar: Classic cocktails and fine spirits bar at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. Forbes calls it the world’s best hotel bar. 12-minute walk

Nearby Market or Grocery

• AB City Supermarket: Small store selling grocery staples, everyday items, and some pre-made food. 2-minute walk.
• Little Corner: Convenience and specialty food mini-market that sells a little bit of everything. 2-minute walk

Nearby Attractions

• Acropolis Museum: 2-minute walk
• Temple of Olympian Zeus: 2-minute walk
• Hadrian’s Arch: 2-minute walk
• National Garden: 7-minute walk
• Benizelos Mansion: 7-minute walk
• Bath House of the Winds: 8-minute walk
• The Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum: 10-minute walk
• Man and Tools Museum: 10-minute walk
• Changing of the Guard at Hellenic Parliament: 11-minute walk
• Acropolis and Parthenon: 12-minute walk

AthensWas Hotel – The Hotel

The boutique AthensWas hotel is located on a popular pedestrianized street in the heart of the Plaka neighborhood.

The hotel lobby is small but comfortable, and sets the tone for the hotel’s sleek, modern design.

The AthensWas reception desk is staffed 24 hours a day (except for moments when receptionists are feeling photo-shy).

This is a Classic Double room, the hotel’s most modest class of accommodation.

All rooms at AthensWas feature desks, flat-screen TVs, and coffee and tea-making facilities.

Bathrooms are sleek and modern in design.

All rooms and suites at AthensWas have balconies.

Balconies on Classic Double rooms are small, but nicely furnished with a cafe table and chairs.

This is an AthensWas Residence Suite. Residence Suites have a separate minibar and small seating area next to the bed.

A view of the Residence Suite from the opposite angle.

The funky modern Residence Suite desk.

Residence Suite bathroom, with marble fittings and corner glass shower.

Residence Suites’ balconies are more spacious, and overlook leafy Dionysiou Areopagitou street.

This is AthensWas Hotel’s excellent Hellenic Suite.

Hellenic Suite desk.

Sleek and clever in design, the Hellenic Suite offers some hidden amenities. See the seam in the wood-paneled wall?

It opens to a fantastic little private bar.

The Hellenic Suite bathroom features a large, walk-in shower.

The Hellenic Suites best highlight, though, is its roomy furnished balcony that offers breathtaking views over Athens to the Acropolis…

…and Mount Lycabettus.

AthensWas Hotel has a small, but functional, fitness center that is open to guests 24 hours a day.

Sense, the hotel’s rooftop restaurant, serves modern Greek cuisine before a spectacular Athens backdrop.

Inside the dining room, patrons can order specialty cocktails at the bar, or watch the chefs at work in the open kitchen.

Out on the restaurant’s terrace, guests can enjoy some of the best views in the city as they dine.

In warm weather, the balcony’s glass walls and accordion roof retract to create an entirely open-air setting.

At ground level, Promenade restaurant offers upscale casual fare.

Promenade has a great little bar area, and guests have the option of sitting indoors,

…in the restaurant’s interior garden-like courtyard,

…or at the dining terrace in front of the hotel.

Promenade’s outdoor terrace is popular in warm weather, with tables that spill into pedestrianized Dionysiou Areopagitou street. Check rates and availability: AthensWas