Athens Hotels with Pools

7.5/10 Location: Outside of “central” Athens but easily connected by metro & buses. Kifisia is gorgeous, safe, filled with high end boutiques, restaurants + cafes. Room/Ambience: Hotel itself is stunning + very relaxing vibe. Decor details incredible as expected of a boutique hotel of this nature.  Food: Very good selection of hot + cold, plus actual barista coffee. Do not expect American style breakfast - this is Europe after all. We did not eat lunch or dinner but the menus looked great and was filled with locals in the evening. Service: Although reception staff were sufficiently friendly, service very lacking for a high end boutique hotel. It was 26 degrees celsius every day while in Athens. Not prior to our stay, nor during check-in did anyone advise us that the pool was closed likely until end of May. This is not advertised on any booking platform, or on the hotel website, which was very disappointing. We sat in the pool lounge chairs for over two hours (staff saw us as the restaurant is immediately adjacent). Nobody offered us pool towels to lie on, or if we wanted to order any drinks or food. My partner had to get dressed, go to reception and ask. They didn’t even offer to clean the pool given the hot weather made it ready for use. It really put a downer on our stay, and why we opted not to have dinner at the hotel restaurant. Similar experience at breakfast; nobody offered us coffee orders, we heard someone else order and realised it was available.

This place is quite unusual. My room was upgraded so that I had a suite over two floors, with a small private pool on another lower level. Absolutely every convenience had been considered, some extras might verge on overkill (bog roll tied up with a ribbon for example). The room looked amazing on first inspection, but I quite quickly realised the smell of the pool was so strong it stung my eyes, and the sound of the ventilation unit was quite a roar. There was only one small openable window on the mezzanine level next to the bed and I had to sleep with that open as wide as possible. Bed was extremely comfortable, I had to turn off the pool ventilator unit in the middle of the night because it kept waking me up, but once I had done that and the smell of baking bread entered the room from a bakery down the road I slept like a log. Staff were really nice and friendly, but they are working with quite difficult circumstances and perhaps unnecessarily. The kitchen is on the bottom floor and breakfast is served on the 5th floor roof (from which you can see the Parthenon) breakfast is a little awkward as you get a huge wicker basket 🧺 full of food plus crepes, plus omelette, plus tuna sandwich, a whole baguette (some more little ribbons), and I am not sure anyone can eat as much as is provided, and the server had to keep travelling up and down in the one person elevator. Probably would be better to ask guests what they would like to have for breakfast out of the options available and have a coffee/tea station upstairs. There is the option to take lunch in your room - for which the picnic basket concept makes a lot more sense. Seems like there should be a way to make the place feel more efficient and common sensible. I did get the feeling that they might have only just opened and are finding their feet, so I hope this review will be useful - certainly was a generous accommodation and staff are working very hard to make sure guests have the best possible experience.

Room is comfortably spacious, clean & amenities are available. Breakfast was excellent and the staff at the Kahlua restaurant were all friendly and nice. Even the hotel staff from the concierge to Frontdesk.

The hotel is in a central location. The staff were very helpful when we checked in, and we were able to go up to our room around 1 PM. Our room was nice. However, the towels in the room were extremely old. Some had yellow stains on them. Frankly, we couldn't understand why a hotel of this caliber would have such towels. The hotel charges 35 euros per day for parking, which is a bit expensive compared to other hotels. The most disturbing situation occurred during check-out. After the minibar check, we noticed an extra 10 euros had been added to our bill. Naturally, we asked for this to be corrected as we didn't want to pay for something we hadn't used. The receptionist, Cristianna (if I remember her name correctly), got so angry about this situation that she slammed drawers for about 5 minutes, made calls on the phone, and generally displayed an extremely aggressive and unsettling attitude. It's absolutely not about the 10 euros here. We truly don't understand why not wanting to pay for a minibar item we didn't use made an employee so angry. We don't speak Greek, but we can understand body language, and the attitude displayed was quite disturbing. In a hotel, it's not just the rooms and amenities that matter, but also the approach taken towards guests. Unfortunately, this was rude and unprofessional behavior. If she had just said, 'Sorry, there's been a mistake,' the issue would have been resolved. Instead, she repeatedly asked 4-5 different questions like 'Are you sure you didn't use this?' as if we were lying. It was upsetting… and left a very negative final impression of our stay.

Our stay was lovely, the rooms were practical. There were no issues. They were also very helpful with an early check-in. The only thing was that the toilet hadn't been cleaned at all. We requested it, and they promptly assisted. We understood the toilet hadn't been cleaned due to the early check-in.

The room's terrace offered a fantastic view of the Acropolis! The room itself was in great condition, very clean and tidy. It was also conveniently located near a bus stop, with direct routes to all the attractions.

Service was really good, needed a late checkout and they were happy to accommodate this. Room was spacious and clean with great views from roof. Only downside is most attractions are north of hotel which is either a 30min walk or 10min drive by Uber. However, Uber fares are cheap around €6-8.

As it was our honeymoon this was our first booking and it was almost perfect the location wasn’t ideal as it was out of the way but the hotel was very nice and it had everything we needed.

Restaurant service for breakfast was fantastic. Superb choice of top quality food. Hotel room and all communal areas were very clean and well presented. The staff were friendly superbly helpful when asking for directions to places and advice and what was best to see. The rooftop area is nice with good views of the Acropolis however be aware that the pool is not really a pool as the water only comes up your knee so you have to sit in it not swim at all. Plenty of very comfy sun loungers and a bar service up there. The area the hotel is in isn't the best .....quite busy all-day and into the night and lots of street vendors but didn't feel unsafe and it was right next to the metro station so very convenient. I would recommend fellow travellers to stay here.

Unfortunately this hotel was a complete nightmare, I arrived with serious eye infection and got no understanding or help from the staff. Noone helped me getting to the hospital. Then I even got a horrible room that was noisy, and NO window that could be opened. While complaining to the manager the next day I got even treated worse making up lies that I was yelling to the staff, which is NOT TRUE. I was just in pain asking for a better room or better service. Oh also they recommended the parking space for my super expensive car claiming its SAFE to leave them my car keys. I asked twice if this is really safe as my complete luggage is still in the car. When I went there to get my luggage out, the car was open!!! with the key inside. In the middle of Athens and noone there even from this parking team. like a complete fail on sooo many levels. The heating system is always on in the rooms making huge noise, also the pool downstairs has crazy machines making the whole night sounds. I am so happy I found another beautiful hotel around the corner quiet and excellent service!!!! Just dont stay there, its not good. Even the pool area is a joke and no jacuzzi in winter on the roof, they are not worth any visit!