Hotel Electra Palace, Athens
Expert reviews
“Nestled on an unassuming little street in the heart of Plaka, Athens’ quaintest and most historic neighborhoods, the neoclassical-style hotel building is grandiose in a charmingly old-fashioned way.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Athens.
“The recently redecorated Electra Palace, on a quiet side street between Syntagma Square and Plaka, is one of the upmarket, comfortable, reliable Greek chain of Electra hotels. Unusually for a hotel in the heart of Athens, it has both an indoor and outdoor pool.”
Featured as Frommer’s Exceptional Choice in Athens.
What guests liked
- Excellent location
- Great neighborhood
- Rooftop pool
- Breakfast buffet
- Boutique style
All you need to know
The Electra Palace Hotel is located in the city of Athens where it offers tourists and travelers in the city a comfy temporary home fitted with all the needed luxury amenities. The hotel is the ideal place to stay when you are looking to get all the thrill and adventure the city has to offer.
Located on 18-20 N. Nikodimu Street, this five-star hotel is the place to stay when in Athens. The hotel offers its guests royalty-style luxury; in a bid to ensure that they have the experience of a lifetime.
Hotel rooms are spacious and well furnished with modern décor and adorned with elegant colors. The room options of the hotel include Classic Single Room, Classic Double Room, Classic Triple Room, Junior Suite, Presidential Suite, Suite, and Superior Double or Twin Room with Acropolis View.
The hotel offers proximity to several landmarks within the city such as The Jewish Museum of Greece which is just 150 m away from the hotel while the Greek Folk Art Museum Museo Ellinikis Laikis Technis which is also 150 m away from the hotel.
Rooms in the hotel are fitted with standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi for high-speed internet access, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning and a comfy sofa. The rooms also come with a private bathroom with thoughtful touches such as free toiletries and bathroom slippers.
The lounge/bar area is the ideal place for guests to relax and enjoy a drink after a long day.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
30 December 2025
Old-world elegance, warm service, amazing views
Old-world elegance, incredibly warm and attentive staff, great breakfast with an unbeatable view, perfect location
29 December 2025
Perfect hotel. Highly recommended!!
Perfect hotel, perfect location, great staff, very clean, food is great. Really really recommended!
Nothing
28 December 2025
Been to Electra before and will come back again
Great staff and good to see long term employees happy in their work. Convenient location
Signage during work as a wet rug (during cleaning)damaged some of my bags and in turn some important paperwork.
26 December 2025
A nice and comfortable city stay.
Perfect location, vibe, decoration. The spa and breakfast were enjoyable, too.
The double bed were 2 single beds united which very often were slipping apart.
25 December 2025
Magical stay in Athens, faultless
Absolutely superb! Beautiful hotel, wonderful staff… always welcoming! Have returned here decade after decade and kindly remembered by staff. Would not stay anywhere else in Athens! Thanks for a beautiful stay and being allocated best corner room with a view!
Nothing… stay was perfect
25 December 2025
Exceptional
Excellent location, comfortable room of reasonable size. Hotel staff is courteous and welcoming. Unfortunately, we had to cut short for personal reasons. We received a credit for the remaining time on the reservation. For that, we thank you.9
24 December 2025
Great location with exceptional staff
The hotel is located very near to ermou street which is the main shopping street. The hotel is super clean and everyone was really really nice and helpful. The breakfest has a nice view to the acropolis (kinda like all other hotels)
A little pricy but you get what you pay for
23 December 2025
Would stay again for sure.
Facilities and location
Storage space in rooms
22 December 2025
Fabulous
The room, stuff, breakfast, location everything was perfect.
21 December 2025
Great location with maginifant views from the roof top breakfast room/resturant!
Location is excellent, walking distance to many of the attractions and Plata. Breakfast was excelent and the view of the Accropolis was magnificant!
Room could be a little bigger but it was fine for a downtown hotel.
21 December 2025
Fabulous
Excellent location, very nice and helpful staff
20 December 2025
Great hotel wonderful location
Nice clean room Extremely friendly staff Great central location
All great
20 December 2025
Lovely hotel great position
The view from our balcony
The noise from the lift during the night and from the rooftop restaurant early in the morning
19 December 2025
Exceptional
We had a wonderful staying,staff was very kind and welcoming,did their best for us to accomodate as good as possible. Always nice and ready to help. Room was lovely and confortable. Absolutely amazing breakfast,with a breathtaking view of the Acropole from thd rooftop restaurant. I received a surprise for my birthday from the hotel, champagne and cake,and we really enjoyed it,thank you!
We had nothing to dislike,it was wonderful!
15 December 2025
Exceptional
The staff is helpful and very kind. Everyone is very charming.
15 December 2025
Best hotel in Athens.
Very good location in Athens, overlooking the Acropolis, best breakfast i have eaten in a hotel in Europe recently, the staff were all amazing.
EVERYTHING WAS JUST BEYOND PERFECT
13 December 2025
Very good
Beautiful view from the balcony. Breakfast was very nice and the view from the restaurant was gorgeous
The gentleman at reception, who checked us in had the worst attitude possible. Considering that check in is your first impression - he totally ruined it. So unprofessional.
9 December 2025
Our stay was very comfortable and it was easy to move around
The staff gives excellent service. They all appear to take pride in their work and giving great service.
Since it’s in the center of plaka there was little noise from the street. But once we mentioned that they moved us on higher floor and upgraded us for free.
6 December 2025
Best location, service & breakfast
Great location, amazing views, fantastic breakfast & service. Clean rooms and very comfortable beds!
Nothing
6 December 2025
Absolutely fantastic place. Rooftop is stunning.
Absolutely stunning view from rooftop. Superb restaurant & bar overlooking the Acropolis. Breakfast was excellent, served on rooftop. Excellent staff all round. Perfect location.
Not hotel’s fault: some people stay at 5* hotels & behave like animals. Our corridor was filled with people shouting & arguing late into the night.
6 December 2025
Fabulous
The view is absolutely incredible
Nothing
6 December 2025
Fabulous
center , clean,comfortable,stuff helpful and kind
pillow
4 December 2025
Fabulous Athens holiday!
Good location walkable to all sights. Fantastic breakfast. Personable staff. All around an excellent hotel.
4 December 2025
Exceptional
The Location was perfect. The breakfast breakfast was substantial and the view was superb.
2 December 2025
Recommend this top class Hotel by all means,,the hotel itself would fill your holidays by all means, excellent breakfast
Everything was excellent, the staff treatment, excellent breakfast, clean, center to all needs, tourism and shopping Thank you for having a great time at Electra Hotel.
1 December 2025
Electra Palace deserves more than a 10!
Rooftop breakfast with incredible views, impeccable hospitality from all staff, attention to details that matter and elevate a guest’s experience. Fantastic location, too.
30 November 2025
Fabulous Stay
Everything, location, staff and comfort
Nothing
27 November 2025
Lovely
Amazing hotel, definitely will come back. Amazing location.
23 November 2025
Exceptional
Perfect location and very good staff and service.
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22 November 2025
Fantastic location. Lovely staff but hotel cery much in need of an update
Location Roof top pool & sunbathing area
Amount of old furniture in room made the space feel extremely limitec
21 November 2025
Exceptional
The staff were extremely accommodating, great stay
18 November 2025
Athens is a beautiful city to visit and the Electra Palace completed that total picture.
Location and staff were wonderful!
17 November 2025
Fabulous
Every thing was perfect The breakfast at the roof top amazing The staf also
13 November 2025
Comfortable stay
Beautiful hotel: great spacious lobby/bar and room, and wonderful dining terrace.
12 November 2025
Enjoyable
Great breakfast
All good
12 November 2025
Excellent hotel
Like my staying at Electra palace overall. Amazing views from the roofgarden top with excellent breakfast. excellent housekeeping service everything very clean, excellent location.Special thanks to mrs Eleni at the reception for her advising. Hope to be back soon .Love electra Love Athens
The only one was that the room could be larger for superiour and the bed so tiny
11 November 2025
A wonderful location from which to explore the city
Wonderful view of the Acropolis from the dining room. The staff were all friendly, polite and very helpful. The location was perfect for seeing the main sites in the city, it was an easy walk to lots of lovely bars, restaurants and shops but it was on a quiet safe street.
Breakfast felt a little rushed at times as the staff needed to get tables cleared and relaid asap to accommodate all the potential diners.
10 November 2025
Exceptional
Everything. Specially the view from the rooftop and the location
Breakfast didn't have too much variaty of cakes. Also the pillow wasn't too confortable
10 November 2025
Exceptional
Everything
10 November 2025
Exceptional
Everything
10 November 2025
Magnificent
Location staff breakfast
Noisy surroundings at work at times
9 November 2025
Best view of the Acropolis
Very clean and nice establishment. Top location. Recommend. Beautiful rooftop!
Rooms are a bit noisy.
8 November 2025
Location, value for money and service
Location - was able to walk everywhere from hotel for my tours. Good value for money for this hotel and the service was excellent
7 November 2025
Great position and very good Hotel with great staff
Excellent
7 November 2025
I would highly recommend staying at the Electra Palace hotel.
Breakfast was exceptional
6 November 2025
A world class gem
The location is the best, and the service was impeccable. The staff go out of their way for you. The rooftop restaurant and the one on the ground floor are both outstanding with regard to the atmosphere and food quality. In short, a small gem.
The room was much smaller than what Ii expected based on the picture, and the hairdryer kept switching off.
5 November 2025
Overall perfect for short stay in Plaka Athens
Room very comfortable breakfast view and food excellent
Nothing
5 November 2025
Amazing service, with a 18 months baby it's not easy to travel and the staff was perfect
Location, food, service, view, all
5 November 2025
Fabulous
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Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Shared lounge/TV area
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Manicure
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Light therapy
- - Spa facilities
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Couples massage
- - Head massage
- - Hand massage
- - Full body massage
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - BBQ facilities (additional charge)
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (seasonal)
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
Pool and wellness
- - Rooftop pool
- - Pool with view
- - Heated pool
- - Salt-water pool
- - Pool bar
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available

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30 December 2025
Exceptional