Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Anthology of Athens, Greece
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location At the base of the Acropolis, next to the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Annual opening All year
Closest airport Athens Airport
Distance from airport 40 minutes’ drive
Closest railway station Athens Railway Station
Distance from railway station 15 minutes’ drive
Hotel facilities and services
2 Restaurants, 2 Bars, Balaneion Spa, Swimming Pool, Gym, Business Centre, Hadrian Library, Elevator, Meeting Space, Wi-Fi.
Out and about nearby
Athens is a deeply historied and culturally rich city. Of course, a main attraction of this hotel is its dizzying proximity to the Temple of Olympian Zeus and its location beneath the Acropolis. Other culturally fascinating sites include the Theatre of Dionysos, the Odean of Herodes Atticus, Hadrian’s Library, the Ancient Agora, the Temple of Hephaestus, and the Panathenaic Stadium. Likewise, there is Syntagma Square, where visitors can see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the changing of the guard, and there are many museums, including the Acropolis Museum and the National Archaeological Museum. Furthermore, the vibrant Plaka district has lots of shops, as does Ermou Street.
I wanted to thank you for organising such a great trip - we have absolutely loved it. Really it couldn’t have all gone better - thank you for organising it so perfectly for us.Mrs C, June 2024
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior Double for 5 nights.
From about
£2,280
Holiday Code EXH46930
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Anthology of Athens, Greece
Anthology of Athens is a 5-star cultural boutique hotel located tantalisingly close to the Temple of Olympian Zeus, beneath the Acropolis in central Athens. It has 12 rooms and 6 suites, decorated with a stylish level of minimalism, utilising marble and wood and with views to Areopagitou Street or the Temple of Olympian Zeus itself. The Botany roof garden provides fine dining, serving up contemporary Greek cuisine as well as picturesque views. Even more, it also has a garden and pond and the menu has a focus on sustainability and making use of Greece’s renowned herbs. Likewise, there is the sophisticatedly designed Peristyle Bistro, providing breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. For visitors wishing to become acquainted with this incredible city, the hotel also provides a perfectly central base from which to explore.
Room descriptions
Anthology of Athens has 12 rooms and 6 suites. Rooms have Wi-Fi, individually controlled air conditioning, tea and coffee making facilities, minibar, hairdryer, bathrobes, slippers, BVLGARI bath amenities, safety deposit box.
I wanted to thank you for organising such a great trip - we have absolutely loved it. Really it couldn’t have all gone better - thank you for organising it so perfectly for us.Mrs C, June 2024
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior Double for 5 nights.
From about
£2,280
Holiday Code EXH46930
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Anthology of Athens, Greece
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Anthology of Athens, fly from London to Athens and then take a taxi or a car transfer of about 40 minutes from the airport to the hotel. We can include a private car transfer for you.
I wanted to thank you for organising such a great trip - we have absolutely loved it. Really it couldn’t have all gone better - thank you for organising it so perfectly for us.Mrs C, June 2024
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior Double for 5 nights.
From about
£2,280
Holiday Code EXH46930
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Anthology of Athens, Greece
About Greece
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Greece is ideal for any traveller looking to experience the diversity and splendour of this historic country. With 166 inhabited islands, a history spanning millennia of civilisation, distinctive and rustic cuisine often enjoyed al fresco with taverna-views out over the sea, as well as some of the most spectacular beaches in Europe, Greece offers a fantastic holiday for all tastes and budgets. The sum of an extraordinary diversity of parts, Greece has played host to countless empires, and the country today is fair littered with Roman ruins and Byzantine churches, Venetian fortresses and Frankish castles. Its music, food and even language are hugely influence by the Ottoman Empire’s 400-year rule. Scattered far and wide across the Aegean and Ionian Seas, the difficulty with Greece is in deciding which bit to visit. From the rugged hillsides of Crete to the long, wide beaches of Kefalonia, from the dramatic coastline of the Peloponnese to the ancient villages and tiny islands of the Dodecanese and Cyclades, Greece is so many different holidays rolled into one, endlessly multi-faceted country. Whether you just want to fly and flop or explore ancient ruins, whether you’re looking for water sports and nightlife, or wanting to hike between ancient villages, the famously friendly Greeks will be sure to have their welcome mat out for you.
Highlights of Greece
The ancient sites of Athens, with the Acropolis merely the most famous; Halkidiki, three beautiful peninsulas stretching out into the Northern Aegean, dominated by Mount Athos, with volcanoes, beaches and monasteries; Pelios peninsula, well-known to Athenians, little visited by tourists, criss-crossed by ancient mule tracks, with ancient villages, fabulous remote beaches; the Peloponnese, Greece at its ancient (Agamemnon’s Palace at Mycenae and Temple of Apollo at Corinth) and modern (west coast beaches) best; Kos, with beautiful powder-soft beaches sandwiched between verdant interior and turquoise sea; Santorini, perhaps the most iconic island of all, with famous blue-domed churches, white-washed villages and cobalt bays; Corfu’s wonderful old town; Hydra, fantastically scenic, with tiers of stone mansions cascading down towards a perfect horseshoe harbour; Patmos, where St John wrote the Book of Revelations, now a laid-back artistic hang-out; the extraordinarily atmospheric Delphi; Greece’s fascinating second city Thessaloniki; Meteora, one of Greece’s most spectacular sites, with clifftop monasteries overlooking the sea; take a rack-and-pinion train journey through the stunning Vouraikos Gorge to Kalavryta; lobster tavernas of the Fourni islands, a wonderful archipelago with gently shelving islands and hidden coves; the national marine park of Alonnisos, superb snorkelling; turtles on Zakynthos; Ikaria’s bizarre rock formations; spring and autumn migrations, when the cliffs of Lesvos swarm with birds; semi-tropical Samos and pine-scented Thasos with super beaches; tiny, hidden islands of Inousses, Fourni and Psara.
Travelling around Greece & the Greek islands
Greece is an easy place to travel around thanks to a comprehensive public transport system. Buses are the mainstay of land transport, with a network that reaches out to the smallest villages. Trains are a good alternative, where available. To most visitors, though, travelling in Greece means island-hopping on the multitude of ferries that crisscross the Adriatic and the Aegean. If you’re in a hurry, Greece also has an extensive domestic air network. While exasperating ferry schedules make island-hopping here a challenge, the individual character of each island more than makes up for the effort.
Facts in brief
Capital AthensAirport Greece has 16 international airports, but only those in Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes and Iraklio (Crete) take scheduled flights; the other 12, scattered across the islands, are served by a variety of UK low-cost and charter airlines.
Size 51,000 sq. miles
Population 10.5 million
