Location. The Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens, Greece, is a 19th-century palace facing the main Syntagma Square and adjacent to the Parliament Building. The Acropolis, the New Acropolis Museum and the labyrinthine Plaka (old town) are within 1 kilometre. Syntagma metro station is 300 metres from the hotel.

Hotel Features. Set in a palace built in 1862, locals call the Hotel Grande Bretagne the 'Royal Box'. Guests enter through rotating doors into a lobby with Corinthian columns, Persian carpets and neobaroque-style furniture.

The skylit Winter Garden is the setting for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner with piano music. The high-ceilinged GB Corner restaurant's signature dish is Dover sole meunier. Open all year-round, the GB Roof Garden serves cocktails and Greek specialities from the grill.

The GB spa features a mosaic-lined indoor pool, reflexology foot baths, and treatments like hot stone massage and Oshadhi herbal wraps. The tree-fringed rooftop outdoor pool affords Acropolis views.

Guestrooms. Decorated with antique furniture, subtle cream hues, and red and gold fabrics, the Hotel Grande Bretagne's 321 guestrooms have a marble bathroom, minibar, high-speed Internet access and views of the inner courtyard or Syntagma Square.

Expert Tip. A five-minute taxi ride from the hotel, a funicular runs up to the 300-metre Lycabettus hill offering panoramic views over Athens. The open-air theatre at the summit stages concerts in summer.

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

Syntagma Square 0.1 km / 0 mi
Hellenic Parliament 0.1 km / 0 mi
Numismatic Museum of Athens 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Athens National Garden 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Jewish Museum of Greece 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Benaki Museum 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Temple of Olympian Zeus 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Hadrian's Arch 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Zappeion Hall 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Roman Agora 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Acropolis 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
New Acropolis Museum 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Parthenon 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Ancient Agora 1.4 km / 0.8 mi
National Archaeological Museum of Athens 1.5 km / 0.9 mi

The preferred airport for Hotel Grande Bretagne is Athens (ATH Eleftherios Venizelos) 19.1 km / 11.9 mi.