Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens
1 Vasileos Georgiou A, Athens, Greece
Location
On Syntagma Square
On Syntagma Square opposite the Hellenic Parliament in central Athens, with views of the Acropolis, Lycabettus and Parliament, and walking distance to Plaka, Monastiraki and the museums.
Transfer
An Athens transfer
From Athens airport into the centre, set on Syntagma Square with the Acropolis and Plaka a short walk from the door.
Villas
320 rooms & suites
320 rooms, including fifty-eight butler-serviced suites, in old-world gilded salons with marble staircases and museum-quality antiques, marble baths and Acropolis, Lycabettus or courtyard views.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, culture and history travellers, business and VIP guests and families using it as the Athens and Acropolis base — a grande dame since 1874 on Syntagma Square, with a rooftop facing the Acropolis and a Forbes-rated bar.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast with a buffet, with the GB Roof Garden for Acropolis-view dining, the Forbes-rated Alexander's Bar and afternoon tea in the Winter Garden.
About the Resort
A grande-dame Athens city hotel with Acropolis views
Hotel Grande Bretagne is the grande-dame Athens hotel — a Luxury Collection landmark since 1874 on Syntagma Square, the choice of royalty and heads of state and the year-round anchor of any Greek itinerary. Its GB Roof Garden dines with the floodlit Acropolis laid out before you, Alexander's Bar ranks among Forbes' best bars in the world beneath an eighteenth-century tapestry, and 320 rooms wear gilded salons, marble staircases and museum-quality antiques, fifty-eight of them butler-serviced. The eleven-hundred-and-forty-square-metre GB Spa brings six treatment rooms, saunas, an ice fountain, a heated indoor pool and a thermal suite, while a seasonal heated rooftop pool adds its own Acropolis view. The setting is the centre of historic Athens: the hotel faces the Hellenic Parliament across Syntagma Square, and the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Acropolis Museum, the Ancient Agora and the lanes of Plaka and Monastiraki are all within a walk, with Cape Sounion and the temple of Poseidon an easy day trip. For a century and a half it has been the address from which to see Athens. It is the culture capital, open all year.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
320 rooms, fifty-eight of them butler-serviced suites, wear old-world gilded salons with marble staircases, museum-quality antiques and marble baths, looking out over the Acropolis, Lycabettus or the courtyard. Grand and historic, they make the hotel the address of choice for royalty, heads of state and culture travellers alike on Syntagma Square. The higher floors and the Acropolis-view suites are the ones to ask for, the Parthenon framed across the rooftops of the old city.
Entry
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two. A king with antiques and a marble bath, over the city or Lycabettus.
AntiquesLycabettus outlook
Signature
Grand Acropolis Suite
Sleeps two to three. A king with a private terrace and Acropolis views.
Private terraceAcropolis outlook
Larger
Grand Suite
Sleeps two to three. A king with Syntagma and Lycabettus views.
Syntagma viewsSyntagma outlook
Top
Royal Suite
Sleeps two to four. The grandest, butler-serviced suite, over the Acropolis and city.
Butler-servicedAcropolis outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
The GB Roof Garden plates Mediterranean cooking with sweeping Acropolis views, Alexander's Bar ranks among Forbes' best bars in the world beneath an eighteenth-century tapestry, and afternoon tea is taken in the Winter Garden. It is dining and drinking with the floodlit Parthenon as the backdrop, a ritual in its own right. Few rooftops in Europe pair a kitchen of this standard with a view of this weight, the Acropolis changing through the evening light.
Signature
GB Roof Garden
GB Roof Garden, Mediterranean, with sweeping Acropolis views.
Bar
Alexander's Bar
Alexander's Bar, a Forbes 'Best Bar in the World'.
Tea
The Winter Garden
The Winter Garden, afternoon tea.
Wellbeing
The GB Spa & pools
The eleven-hundred-and-forty-square-metre GB Spa brings six treatment rooms, saunas, an ice fountain, a heated indoor pool and a thermal suite, joined by a seasonal heated rooftop pool with its own Acropolis view. It is a substantial city spa, a calm counterpoint to days spent walking the ancient sites, the rooftop pool an unexpected luxury in the heart of the city.
The GB Spa
The GB Spa, eleven hundred and forty square metres.
A rooftop pool
A rooftop pool, Acropolis views, seasonal.
Alexander's Bar
Alexander's Bar, a Forbes best.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The rooftop, the heritage and the Acropolis define a stay — dine at the GB Roof Garden with the floodlit Acropolis before you, take in the 1874 heritage that has drawn royalty and heads of state, and drink at the Forbes-rated Alexander's Bar. The Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, the Ancient Agora and Plaka are all a walk away, with the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the National Garden, the Benaki and Cycladic Art museums and the Changing of the Guard at Parliament all close, and Cape Sounion an easy day trip.
The GB Roof Garden
The GB Roof Garden, Acropolis views at sunset.
The 1874 heritage
The 1874 heritage, royalty and heads of state.
Alexander's Bar
Alexander's Bar, a Forbes best bar.
The Acropolis & Plaka
The Acropolis and Plaka, a walk away.
The GB Spa
The GB Spa, city wellness.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Athens
From Athens airport into the centre.
In the city
Central Athens
On Syntagma Square opposite the Hellenic Parliament, a walk from the Acropolis.
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast with a buffet.
Year-round
- Year-round, the Athens anchor; the rooftop pool is seasonal.
Made for couples
- Made for couples, culture travellers and families.
Getting there
- From Athens airport into the centre.
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