Hera Hotel - Athens
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Where it is:
Athens
see map
Open:
All year
Type: Small
city hotel with style
Number of
rooms: 38
2
people/night: 140 to
250
Why we like it:
smart building, stylish entrance & rooms, roof terrace, acropolis 2
minutes' walk, fine welcome
SuperbGreece.com guests say:
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OUR REVIEW
The friendliness of a home and the style and decor of
a private club. Hera Hotel is on the south side of the Acropolis, in
less than 2 minutes on foot you will be strolling around the newly
pedestrianized walking circle around the Acropolis (see hotel location on map).
Lobby lovely high ceiling and spacious, interesting and decorative, brass
& wood, smart yet small and intimate.
Fabulous roof garden "Peacock" restaurant/bar partly enclosed (open
properly during weather seasons, but
with the addition of heating it is to be open in winter as
well).
Breakfast is served in a cleverly
designed atrium which has green plants on a lattice fence surrounding
the part-of-an-octagon windows and lots of light to wake the day. The
buffet is fresh, filling and excellent. Great staff are helpful and
friendly but not imposing.
The bedrooms are stylish, comfortable and smart. Selected rooms (4th
floor) and
all suites have a good view to the Acropolis from their balconies.
Plenty of clothes hanging space, drawers, soft warm carpeting, cool
air-conditioning, coffee table, armchairs. There is a useful electric kettle
for a quick cup of coffee or tea. Bathrooms are smart
and highly usable, marble with glass screened showers and/or bathtub. If
news beyond the Agora, the Pantheon or Athens area is needed, ADSL
internet access is online for all rooms.
The new Acropolis museum, currently under construction is a 2 minute
slow walk away, the Metro station of the same name 2.5 minutes and
within 3 minutes you are strolling along the tree and green grass
covered hilly lining of the new pedestrian walkway that
circumnavigates the Acropolis with many opportunities to enter the
Acropolis grounds, passing the entrance and past outdoor/indoor cafes
where coffee and cakes or more savoury fare mix your senses with the
view of the ancient monuments
Walk on round to Monastiraki, the flea
market, long stretch of stalls and shops selling trinkets, leather,
ouzo and carpets, shoes and bags, jewelry and jackets -- on to Plaka
and its fine old houses and villagey feel (the most
village-within-city- like part of Athens
with of course,
more cafes and more eating places).
You can also eat or sip coffee at one of several local restaurants
within a handful of steps. Though you might cut through Plaka and
walk to Ermou to shop, work up an appetite and dine there.
But, what
are we saying, are you in Athens to shop? Well maybe...and if you plan
to see the Acropolis then you are set. This is the right location to
enjoy that fascinating and mind boggling edifice.
Hera Hotel Photo Gallery
Read our Athens guide...
THE ROOMS
35 rooms and 3 junior suites. 2 pairs of
interconnecting rooms, 2 rooms for disabled people (with shower).
Rooms have twin or queen-size beds. They face the front (street) or
the back (alley).
Rooms on the 4th floor have Acropolis views from
their balcony.
The 3 Junior suites are on the 5th floor, have
queen-size bed and sitting area with sofa-bed and writing table, large
balcony with Acropolis view (take up to 3 people, 3rd person sleeps on
the sofa-bed).
All rooms:
Air conditioning, heating, double glazing,
bathroom with bathtub, hair dryer, mini-bar, electric kettle for
coffee, ADSL
internet access, pay TV, safe box.
DISTANCES
Acropolis south
slope & Dionysiou Areopagitou pedestrian - 250 m,
Plaka centre - 500 m, Acropolis entrance (north side) - 800 m, New
Acropolis museum - 150 m, Monastiraki flea market - 1 km, Syntagma square (& shopping centre) -
800 m.
Athens airport - 35 km (55 minutes by metro), Pireas port - 15 km
(15-20 minutes by metro).
Free parking available (underneath the hotel) for hotel guests.
 SuperbGreece.com guest experiences of Hera Hotel [Click here to SHOW/HIDE]
The location of the Hera Hotel was perfect. The room was tiny (as
forewarned) and the cost was more than I ever paid for a room
anywhere else, but we loved it. Copyright CreteTravel.com - protected Being able to sit on the balcony
with a beer and watch the lights on the Parthenon turned on was worth
it.
Larry Kuhns
Hotel was great thanks and we had a lovely view. The recommendations and help Roger gave us before we went were very useful and he was very helpful and forthcoming with information, so thank you.
Kim Sawyer
We were, in general, very pleased with everything we booked through you. Here are specific comments:
Hera Hotel: Great location, very friendly and helpful staff, good breakfast buffet, comfortable room, but the bed was very hard (I understand this is typical in Greece, but that didn't make it any more comfortable).
I just want to thank you again, for how wonderfully helpful you've been.
Best wishes,
Athur Naiman
About these guest experiences
RATES 2009
(rates include our Superb, All-questions-answered Personal service)
| Period |
1 November '08 to 12 April '09 |
13 to 30 April '09 |
1 May to 30 June '09 |
1 July to 30 August '09 |
1 September to 31 October '09 |
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Single room (1 person) |
110 euros |
130 euros |
130 euros |
120 euros |
130 euros |
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Double room (2 people) |
140 euros |
145 euros |
160 euros |
145 euros |
160 euros |
Double room, with Acropolis view
(2 people) |
160 euros |
165 euros |
180 euros |
165 euros |
180 euros |
Junior Suite, Acropolis view
(2 people) |
200 euros |
250 euros |
250 euros |
250 euros |
250 euros |
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Additional child/bed in room |
25 euros |
25 euros |
25 euros |
25 euros |
25 euros |
Rates are per
room, per night and include buffet breakfast, air conditioning,
heating and all taxes.
MINIMUM STAY: 2-4 nights, depending on season/day of
the week.
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