Hotel Cosmos

A very basic hotel. It is centrally located but with no frills whatsoever. Clean and reasonably decorated and cheaply furnished. It is perfectly suited for travellers on very limited budgets. The front desk is open 24 hours and staffed by helpful English speakers. Decent WiFi.

We were looking for a nice, cheap and cosy place to stay during our Athens trip and found it! Although it might seem like the location is not the best, I must admit that I have not seen weird people at all (we returned to the hotel at around 10 pm every day). As in any unknown city, it is best to stay safe and be careful, but we have not had any unexpected or dangerous encounters with anyone. In addition, the metro takes you to the Acropoli in less than 15 minutes as the closest metro station to the hotel (Metaxourghio), connects the centre of Athens with the red line (Line 2), in 4 stops (Omonia, Panepistimio, Syntagma, Acropoli). The reception is open 24 hours and everybody is super nice. If you ask for recommendations they will happily indicate where to go. When you go outside, they keep the card in reception so that you do not have to take it with you outside (which I believe is great as you might lose it, it could be stolen, etc. so you do not need to be thinking about carrying the card with you all the time). The cleanliness is magnificent. They change the bedsheets and the towels every day, they clean the room and the bathroom, and they put more shower gel and shampoo if you have already finished it. You would not expect such a service from a cheap hotel, and the AC works perfectly! Be careful if you come to Athens in the summer as there are mosquitoes (we found none in our room), and be prepared to walk under the sun for hours by bringing suncream as the sun is very strong and you can get sunburnt easily. Our stay at Hotel Cosmos was superb, we would definitely return.