Electra Palace Hotel Athens - Athens, Greece 

"This is an excellent hotel"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
This is an excellent hotel, with very friendly staff. It is centrally located in the Plaka area, with the most amazing views of the Acropolis.

"Location is fantastic"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
Location is fantastic, as it is in the heart of Plaka and is walking distance to majority of important sites.

" beauty, location, amenities and room size"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
You can't beat the Electra Palace for beauty, location, amenities and room size. This was my third trip to Athens and was never disappointed

"great hotel - great location - great staff- but very hard mattress"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
We stayed 2 nights at the Electra Palace after a weeklong cruise. The location was perfect - just a 5 minute walk from Constitution Square and 1 minute to the heart of the shopping and dining in Plaka. We were on the 5th floor in one of the upgraded rooms (executive I think) which had a view of Acropolis from the balcony - lovely room, and great service. One negative was that someone was smoking on the balcony even though it was a non-smoking floor - other than that, no issues with the smoke. Our favorite part of this hotel was it's fabulous rooftop pool with spectacular views - although get there early or you'll be stalking other guests to get a chair. They also have a rooftop patio on the other building (much higher up- I think it was the 8th floor) which looks like it's used for private events. We did not use the indoor pool in the basement but it looked nice too. We were directed to the Event restaurant as another reviewer mentioned but we had a great time there - the wait staff were a lot of fun and the food was definitely our best meal in Athens- stick to the specials and you can't go wrong. Lots of friends were telling us to stay at the Grand Bretangne and while it does look nice, I much prefer the location of the Electra Palace and the rooftop pool can't be beat - we would definitely stay here again, and that's even though the beds were incredibly uncomfortable (way too firm). It was that great of a place. We ended up taking the Metro to the airport which is a much cheaper way to go - but you will need a ticket that gets you to the airport- the standard metro fare gets you to the end of the metro line, then you transfer to a local railway (same track so no walking to the transfer). But this was very convenient and far cheaper than the 50 Euro fare we heard others paid.

"excellent location"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
I stayed 3 nights at the Electra Palace. Staff was helpful, rooms were clean, and the hotel is in an excellent location. I have to agree with another reviewer the mattresses are extremely hard but other than that the hotel was excellent for the money. If you are taking any type of tour, the tour busses cannot get down the road to the hotel. The tour operators come and get you and you must roll your luggage up three blocks which wasn't convenient given the amount of luggage we had.