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Hotel Grande Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens

Athens • Syntagma Square • OVER THE TOP

avg. $1,002 / night

Includes $53 / night in cash back

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Free breakfast

Breakfast-included rate options available

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Complimentary room upgrades (subject to property availability)

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Early check-in and late check-out (subject to property availability)

Part of The Luxury Collection

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PB hotel design editorial

Facing Syntagma Square since 1874, the neoclassical pile that became the Hotel Grande Bretagne was never built as a hotel at all — it was conceived as a private mansion for Antonis Dimitriou, designed in the then-fashionable Bavarian neoclassical manner that King Otto had imposed on the young Greek capital. Converted to hospitality in 1874 and expanded in the early twentieth century, the eight-storey building presents a rusticated limestone facade articulated by wrought-iron balconettes, arched ground-floor arcades, and a roofline cornice that holds its own against the Parliament building fifty metres across the square. Inside, the 320 rooms and suites sustain a register of confident grand-hotel classicism: Louis XVI-inflected headboards with carved and gilded frames, silk-striped swag draperies in amber and rose, Murano crystal chandeliers, and patterned carpets whose medallion geometry anchors furniture in dark-stained mahogany and cherry. The rooftop pool terrace, framed by Lycabettus Hill to the northeast, delivers one of Athens' more considered open-air sequences — teak-armed sun loungers aligned on cream limestone paving, with white canvas umbrellas providing geometry overhead. Most dramatically, the GB Roof Garden restaurant frames the Acropolis through open colonnades clad in warm travertine, its coffered copper-toned ceiling drawing the eye outward toward the Parthenon at dusk — a view that requires nothing further by way of decoration.

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Hotel Grande Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens Reviews

4,712 reviews

"Lovely Central hotel. View from the hotel outstanding at night from the room and for breakfast on the top floor. Rooms are a little dated but matches in with there theme and hotel. Pleasant staff... you can walk straight to the shopping area and lots of sights around"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Apr 16, 2026

"We booked a suite for our last night in Greece as a treat. This hotel was so luxurious and had excellent service. We had left behind a pair of sunglasses on a tour and asked the driver to leave them at the hotel; I was a little worried that the hotel wouldn’t be able to keep track of this item that came before we had checked in, but they handed them to us and had it noted without our even asking. Loved the bedding and robes and other amenities in the room. The one disappointment was that they were renovating the pool so we could not enjoy that; I don’t think we were warned about that at the time of booking. Hotel is in an excellent location."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Apr 12, 2026

"Hotel location is excellent for discovering Athens and is superbly presented with extremely helpful staff. A brilliant place to stay"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Apr 11, 2026

"Great location. Welcoming staff. Comfortable, well-appointed room and bathroom."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Apr 08, 2026

"Really enjoyed our 4 night stay here. I had requested a quiet room & we were allocated a room on the 6th floor overlooking the courtyard which worked perfectly. Some reviewers have mentioned rooms were small but we found ours to be of a decent size. Ditto the bathroom. Housekeeping was faultless. Breakfast was delicious. Lovely service. What a view! Location is excellent. On the Sunday morning we decided to watch the changing of the guard. Concierge suggested a good place for us to watch the guards marching down the road, then afterwards we headed up to 8th floor of hotel to watch the actual ceremony. We saw way more than if we'd queued up in front on the road along with hundreds of others. We had dinner one night which was very good. We had cocktails beforehand on the terrace & had a super indoor window table for dinner. We felt very well looked after. Only disappointment is that several months after booking & shortly before arrival we were told that the indoor pool would be closed. I had really wanted to book a hotel with a pool so that after all the sightseeing we could enjoy a relaxing swim at the end of the day. Frustrating that they timed closure of indoor pool when the outdoor pool was also closed for the season!"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 31, 2026

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