Category: Hotels

The Athénée Palace, Bucharest 

The Athénée Palace is an excellent hotel in a very central location and just a 15-minute walk from the Old Town. The rooms were recently renovated and are very comfortable. The staff are very helpful and efficient, the hotel restaurant Roberto’s serves excellent Italian food and the service is very attentive. 

The historic English Bar in the hotel is a great place to wind down in a cosy atmosphere. Just around the corner from the hotel you can enjoy traditional Romanian food and wine in La Mama restaurant – very good service and very reasonably priced. And quite close by is a cosy wine bar, Wine Ambassador, where you can enjoy snacks and a choice of Romanian wines, as well as whisky from around the world.

All in all, a very comfortable hotel in a great location. Highly recommended.

Athens Gate Hotel, Athens

We had a wonderful stay at the Athens Gate Hotel in the run-up to Christmas. The hotel is in a perfect location, right in the heart of Athens and close to the Plaka neighbourhood. The Temple of Zeus is opposite the hotel, the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum are literally around the corner, and Syntagma Square with the Greek Parliament Building is a ten-minute walk away. The rooms are clean and comfortable – those facing the Acropolis are quieter – and the friendly and helpful staff gave us lots of useful advice about getting around the city to see the sights. 

The restaurant on the 8th floor offers stunning views of the Temple of Zeus and the Acropolis at breakfast and dinner, and is not to be missed. The quality of the food is very good and the service is very attentive.

We will definitely stay here again on our next visit to Athens. 

For traditional Greek food, try O Thanasis in Monastiraki Square, and Ta Karamanlidikka, near the Central Market. And for a wine bar offering a great choice of Greek wines, Wine O’clock, just a couple of streets away on Lempesi Street, is a little gem.

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