Athens · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Parthenon
Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece
These are my five favourites in Athens, out of the 18 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.6 down to 4.5.
All five are inside 600 m of Parthenon, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Hotel Indigo Athens Downtown - Univ Area by IHG
★★★★★4.6 from 1,053 reviews
Hotel Indigo Athens Downtown - Univ Area by IHG comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 1,053 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 3 star property, found under poi and around $196 a night on the dates we checked.
18 hotels in Athens qualified for this list and five made it. SpringHill Suites by Marriott Athens Downtown/University Area is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Hotel Indigo Athens Downtown - Univ Area by IHG
★★★★★4.6 from 1,053 reviews
400 m from Parthenon, about a 5 minute walk
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2SpringHill Suites by Marriott Athens Downtown/University Area
★★★★★4.7 from 464 reviews
600 m from Parthenon, about a 8 minute walk
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3Hyatt Place Athens / Downtown
★★★★★4.5 from 848 reviews
under 200 m from Parthenon, about a 1 minute walk
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4The Foundry
★★★★★4.6 from 430 reviews
500 m from Parthenon, about a 6 minute walk
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5Courtyard by Marriott Athens Downtown
★★★★★4.7 from 53 reviews
under 200 m from Parthenon
How this list was put together
18 Athens hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Parthenon second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece
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