Hera Hotel - Athens

				Hera Hotel Pictures: Where it is: Athens see map Open: All year  Type: Small city hotel with style Number of rooms: 38 2 people/night: 130 to 230 € Why we like it: smart building, stylish entrance & rooms, roof terrace, acropolis 2 minutes' walk, fine welcome

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 new 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.
 

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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.

RATES 2008 (rates include our Superb, All-questions-answered Personal service)

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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