Marina Hotel Athens - Athens, Greece     

This hotel met the needs of myself and the people in our group just fine. I stayed here for 10 days with a class studying archaeology in Athens and found it to be an easy location and relatively comfortable (for a cheap Greek hotel). Our room had a large balcony which had a view onto the street. Our triple room was rather large (although we saw some very small ones) with a large bathroom. Our television never worked and our air conditioning didn't seem to work. This wasn't a large problem for us since we didn't spend much time in the room and it was in May. The neighborhood was a little shady in areas although I never had any problems on the street the hotel was on or on the nearby Pireos street. It is a short walk to Omonia Station where you can get on the metro and get to anywhere in town. The hotel management was a little surly at times but always came through on making wake-up calls and making sure we had what we needed. The breakfast seemed pretty typical of mostly cold-cuts, bread and bad instant coffee, but it was the same for all hotels we stayed in across Greece having the same price range. Overall this was a decent hotel which provided easy access to the ancient sites and museums (a must for someone coming to enjoy the history of Athens) and everything else was a manageable walk away.