Athens Odeon Hotel - Athens, Greece 

Hotel Hell
Posted: Fri, Jul 18 2008
First of all let me try to explain why I mean by Hotel Hell. I arrived late June 2008 with a group of students traveling from Italy. We immediately stowed our belongings and began a walking tour of Athens. The first thing I noticed was a park within walking distance of the hotel that was full of disposed needles and junkies. We arrived back at the hotel late after a Greek Evening. I took a shower and noticed that the towels where dirty. As I showered my wife began checking the students rooms. While in one of the rooms she noticed that a fire had started in the bathroom. She, with help of other chaperones were able to exstinguish the fire. Since the building had no smoke detectors we immedately began evacuating the floor. We finally where able to get the fire dept. involved. They arrived and spent a few minutes and then left. The hotel owners arrived and sealed the room claiming that it was our fault the fire started. The took some items and refused to give them back, claiming that a converter caused the fire. They offered to move the students from the smoke damaged room, but refused to move anyone off the floor. Saying to open the doors and let the floor clear of smoke. We then refused to go back into the rooms, because of the lack of smoke detectors and the attitude of the staff. If I were traveling with a group I would refuse to stay at this hotel.

BM
Posted: Fri, Jul 18 2008
Très bien situé, bon rapport qualité-prix, personne sympa et compétent, bonne entrée en matière pour Athènes. Seul bémol, le bruit de la circulation dans la rue.

BM
Posted: Wed, Jul 09 2008
Tr?s bien situ?, bon rapport qualit?-prix, personne sympa et comp?tent, bonne entr?e en mati?re pour Ath?nes. Seul b?mol, le bruit de la circulation dans la rue.

CV
Posted: Sun, Jul 06 2008
The hotel is located in a very seedy area of Athens. We routinely witnessed drug use on the street outside the hotel, and it was unusual to walk out the door without being approached by aggressive beggars. The hotel is located on a busy street and it is almost impossible to get a good night's sleep with the non-stop flow of vehicle traffic and car horns. I would say the hotel is poorly insulated. Also, the hotel key serves as a magnet that activates the electricity, so it was impossible to charge our cameras or phones while away from the room. We stayed at a hotel in Plaka for EU80 our first weekend, and then at the Odeon for the second weekend at EU70, hoping to save money. However, the taxi from the airport was more expensive to the Odeon, and more public transportation was required to move about town. In the end, it cost us more to stay at the Odeon than at the nicer hotel in Plaka. We are not naive travelers - we know how some European hotels can be. Still, the Odeon just wasn't a good hotel.