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
9 August 2025
Fabulous
breakfast was ver good. location is excellent
8 August 2025
Perfect place to stay in Athens!
Beautiful place, friendly staff, great atmosphere. Great location… the restaurants are amazing.
My room view. The acropolis view or street view was sold out.
8 August 2025
Fabulous stay
Beautiful hotel, attentive staff, pool
Loved everything
7 August 2025
Exceptional
Great service, great location, fantastic view on Parthenon. Comfortable beds, clean convenient room
7 August 2025
Amazing stay highly recommend
Everything
6 August 2025
Every time we visit, we stay here—the perfect location, amazing views, incredibly polite staff, kid-friendly fun, an unf
Location was perfect Our view was AMAZING Staff always so polite and helpful Great with kids AND FOR KIDS! Pool was AMAZING Kids love the chips at the pool they said BREAKFAST is the best we have had in Greece Every time we come we stay here!
If I have be picky I think honestly too much furniture in the room that’s up the room and you don’t use it! That’s only being picky with space in the room!
5 August 2025
Wonderful and would definitely stay again.
Location, breakfast, staff (especially Yioryia at Reception)
Price, Breakfast staff not as efficient as they used to be.
4 August 2025
Perfect in every way!
Absolutely everything. That’s why we booked again as we did last year!
4 August 2025
Luxury and perfection! Can’t wait to come back!
Location was perfect! Room was clean, quiet and luxurious. Beds were very comfortable. The breakfast (included) is incredible. Countless options, and we are looking over the acropolis on the patio. The staff was incredibly kind and helpful.
4 August 2025
Try it out
Best location and views
3 August 2025
Great hotel but let down by the rooms
Great location, facilities and excellent breakfast and food. Helpful and efficient staff.
The room was disappointing and far below the standard of the rest of the hotel. Peeling laminate floors, poor sound insulation and low quality pillows.
2 August 2025
This is a beautiful hotel in a great location, and don’t miss the rooftop restaurant.
Amazing location, accommodations, and service!
Nothing
2 August 2025
Wonderful
We liked everything about it. Convenient, clean, great location and great staff.
1 August 2025
Perfect location , luxurious and excellent Dtaff very friendly , helpful and attentive .
Perfect breakfast with amazing view of the Parthenon Acropolis
Nothing , we were very happy with our stay .
1 August 2025
Fantastic stay/ returning guests. Lovec the new spa
Returning guest - still first class
Nothing
1 August 2025
An amazing experience
Great experience overall. Very high quality of service, very professional customer service.
31 July 2025
Very good
Great location with spectacular views. Nice facilities inc. spa. The restaurant downstairs was fantastic. Best meal I’d had in Greece. Lovely services focused staff. They accommodated my request for 2 rooms together on a high floor even with little notice (48 hours before) and a very late checkout (with extra payment).
The classic room and bathroom were small. I would suggest an upgrade if you want more space. The outdoor pool was small for the number of guests ie. it got extremely busy and hard to find somewhere to sit but we still appreciated having a pool on a scorching summer’s day.
31 July 2025
One of the best hotels I have stayed in.
View of the Acropolis from the rooftop restaurant. Helpful, friendly knowledgeable staff. Great location, easy walk to most landmarks. Great breakfast and good value meals. Rooftop pool.
30 July 2025
Fantastic. Enjoyed all the facilities the hotel offered.
Buffet Breakfast was the BEST breakfast we had during our entire 5 week travel throughout Europe! Everywhere else was average. Location was perfect. Walking distance to all things we enjoyed - graat shopping precent, plaka centre , atteactions, restaurants , bars etc.
The 3rd bed. We had a room for 3 and one was a sofa couch and not as comfortable. Would have been better with 3 x beds or a double and single bed. We didnt raise it as an issue as we booked two rooms. One child ended up sleeping in the other room and sharing the bed with the dad.
28 July 2025
Exceptional location, staff and facilities
I loved the facilities, it was really well maintained. The view from the Acropolis rooms are breathtaking. We loved the whole experience, from breakfast, to dinner with gorgeous views. ALL the staff were friendly and so attentive.
The only complaint is the outdoor pool is a little small and there wasn’t enough chairs. Families were putting their towels but were not there. Some additional shaded areas by the pool would be nice. But it is not the hotels fault that people were rude and hogging all the chairs.
28 July 2025
Greece 2025 Electra Palace Athens
Location, location, location. Rooms were clean and spacious. Staff were friendly and accommodating. Would definitely recommend and repeat
Everything was perfect. No issues here.
27 July 2025
Breathtaking, relaxing luxury
A beautiful hotel in the heart of Athens with i think the best ever view I have seen- the view from pool and roof top restaurant is breath taking! The staff are exceptional and the most comfortable pillows ever! My room was well equipped and of a super high standard. I love Athens and this was my best visit because of the hotel
27 July 2025
Great location, lovely view. A bit too traditional style for me
Great location Beautiful view Bonus having a pool
Triple room was small, not sure 3rd bed was a proper bed Music in restaurant/bar was awful - my grandmother would have liked it!
26 July 2025
Very enjoyable. Would come here again.
Extremely friendly staff, walking distance to restaurants and shops. Also, the breakfast buffet was amazing-such a wonderful array of all different kinds of food. With a view of the Acropolis!
26 July 2025
Great location with pool!
The pool has a great view. I wish it didn't close at 8 pm. The breakfast is wonderful.
Our room was a bit small and looked into the balconies of other rooms. We did not have a balcony. I inquired about changing rooms, but they were full our first night. They said they would leave a note for the front desk for the next day but we never heard back during our 3 night stay.
24 July 2025
Would recommend this hotel for Athens visits for walkability to major sites.
Excellent location, great dining options.
Smaller room size, check-out staffing should be increased.
23 July 2025
Exceptional
Elegant well maintained property. Polite attentive considerate staff. Location and absolutely stunning roof top restaurant/bar
23 July 2025
Exceptional
Great location, great dining room and breakfast, good facilities, and especially great Mrs Georgia that helped us a lot!
The perfect hotel when staying in Athens
22 July 2025
A great luxury!
Our room was a "triple" and comfortably slept 3 and could easily sleep 4 (especially if some were children). There were two full beds and the couch was done up as a separate bed and was extremely comfortable. Sheets were great. They had room attendants three times a day! The curtains kept the morning sun out and allowed us to sleep in. Breakfast was included and was exceptional. The service was great all around. I ordered a bucket of ice through room service and it was at my door in 5 minutes.
The pool was nice but the hours were limited (10am to 8pm). We would have swam before going out in the morning. It was always quite crowded but spots opened up every 10-15 minutes. The bean bag chairs were surprisingly comfortable. Families definitely camped out on the shaded lounges so those were hard to come by.
22 July 2025
Enjoyed Athens
How close it was to everything and the views
No power points at the bedsides
20 July 2025
Fabulous
Very nice
All good
19 July 2025
Exceptional
Stunning views from the property. Great location, beautiful rooms.
19 July 2025
Great location, friendly staff.
Breakfast was fantastic. Well catered.
Would have like a couple of pillow options. All Four on my bed were high.
18 July 2025
Exceptional
Clean hotel with friendly service, amazing rooftop views of the Acropolis and delicious restaurant.
18 July 2025
A beautiful location with great services!
It’s in a neat neighborhood with a ton of food options! The rooftop restaurant is top notch with an incredible view. a must see!
The pool area is quite crowded at all times of the day.
17 July 2025
Superb location and amazing rooftop restaurant
Superb location walking distance to everything. Very comfortable hotel and the rooftop bar and restaurant has wonderful views of the Acropolis
17 July 2025
I would recommend to friends
Location and condition
Poolside seating limited
16 July 2025
Excellent service and location
Friendly reception staff. We had a checkout at 05h00 - taxi was booked and breakfast box ready. We had a delicious meal in the rooftop restaurant. Location was so easy to walk to all the shops.
We had two rooms one with a renovated bathroom and one without, We prefered the bathroom that had been renovated and didnt have the shower in the bath.
15 July 2025
Exceptional
The hotel is in a fantastic location, just a short stroll from Plaka and with amazing views of the acropolis. The staff were also wonderful and couldn't do enough for you. Would definitely stay again.
15 July 2025
Great hotel! staff cool, well cleaned and perfect to visit athens. Close to Acropolis and syntagma sq and in the best ne
Location, staff, rooms and swimming pool!
Nothing
14 July 2025
Exceptional
No better place to have breakfast looking directly at the Acropolis
14 July 2025
An absute treat and can't wait to return!
We loved our stay ,from the beautiful sparkling pool and view to the delicious breakfast,all was just perfect .We loved the renovated suite, the fantastic evening meal , cocktails at the pool bar! All special and perfect !
Nothing
13 July 2025
Amazing views on acropolis
Amazing location and pool, with breathtaking views on acropolis. Restaurant was also very good.
Our room was on 7th floor, just under the restaurant. That caused a lot of noise (chairs moving) at both evening (dinner) and early morning (breakfast) times. For a 5star hotel that should be fixed.
12 July 2025
Element hotel, great views in a convenient location.
It was in a fabulous location to everything within walking distance. You could see the top of the Acropolis from our rooftop pool and while eating breakfast in their restaurant. It was clean and very elegant.
Nothing comes to mind, it was great.
12 July 2025
Exceptional
Everything
11 July 2025
Exceptional
Bathroom too small. Not enough hooks to hang towels
11 July 2025
Stay here!
Location and friendly service
10 July 2025
Beautiful, Quaint, Clean
The hotel staff was extremely helpful with everything. We arrived at 8am and they held our luggage for us while we spent the day walking around Athens and visiting the Acropolis. They spoiled my adult daughter and I, and we could tell they were treating all of the other guests the same. Great job Electra Palace!
10 July 2025
I loved my stay and look forward to coming here again the next time I am in Athens!
I loved the pool and the top floor area with the view of the Acropolis.
All the pillows were very high, so it was a bit difficult for someone who sleeps on their stomach. Preferable to give a thinner one to accommodate different sleepers.
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)
- - Hot tub/Jacuzzi
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Manicure
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Light therapy
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - 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
9 August 2025
Fabulous