Hotel Grande Bretagne

Address: Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece


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Available rates for16 Feb 2012 - 17 Feb 2012
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Hotel details

Location.
Located in central Athens, Hotel Grande Bretagne is a business friendly hotel within walking distance of Syntagma Square, Hellenic Parliament, and Benaki Museum. Additional points of interest include Athens Presidential Mansion and National Library of Greece.

Hotel Features.
Dining options at Hotel Grande Bretagne include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A poolside bar and a bar/lounge are open for drinks. Room service is available 24 hours a day. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, a health club, a sauna, and a steam room. The property's full service health spa has massage/treatment rooms and beauty services. This 5 star property has a business center and offers small meeting rooms, a meeting/conference room, and secretarial services. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas. This Athens property has event space consisting of banquet facilities, conference/meeting rooms, a ballroom, and exhibit space. The property offers a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge). Business services, wedding services, limo/town car service, and tour/ticket assistance are available. Guest parking is limited, and available on a limited first come, first served basis (surcharge). Additional property amenities include a rooftop terrace, a concierge desk, and barbecue grills.

Guestrooms.
321 air conditioned guestrooms at Hotel Grande Bretagne feature minibars and laptop compatible safes. Bathrooms feature jetted bathtubs, makeup/shaving mirrors, bathrobes, and slippers. High speed Internet access is available. In addition to desks and fax machines, guestrooms offer multi line phones with voice mail. Televisions have pay movies. Rooms also include complimentary bottled water and safes. Guests may request in room massages, irons/ironing boards, and hypo allergenic bedding. A nightly turndown service is offered and housekeeping is available daily.

Check-In

2 PM

Check-Out

Noon

Area attractions

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
Museum of the City of Athens 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Metropolis Greek Orthodox Cathedral 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Greek Folk Art Museum 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Benaki Museum 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
University of Athens 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Athens Presidential Mansion 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
National Library of Greece 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Temple of Olympian Zeus 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Hadrian's Arch 0.7 km / 0.4 mi

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

Driving directions

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

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

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.

Hotel facilities
• Rooftop terrace • Luggage storage
• Airport transportation • Handicapped parking
• In-room accessibility • Accessibility equipment for the deaf
• Dry cleaning/laundry service • Year Built 1862
• Swimming pool - outdoor • On-site car rental
• Gift shops or newsstand • Room service
• Express check-in • Tours/ticket assistance
• Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge • One meeting/conference room
• Parking limited (surcharge) • Full-service health spa
• Internet access in public areas - high speed • Massage - treatment room(s)
• Meeting rooms (small groups) • Steam room
• Sauna • Swimming pool - outdoor seasonal
• Technology helpdesk • Wedding services
• Number of rooms: 321• Accessible path of travel
• Accessible bathroom • Roll-in shower
• Security guard • Banquet facilities
• Limo or Town Car service available • Medical assistance available
• Ballroom(s) • Beauty services
• Concierge desk • Room service (24 hours)
• Safe-deposit box - front desk • Spa services on site
• Shoe shine • Multilingual staff
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby • 24-hour front desk
• Business center • Porter/bellhop
• Express check-out • Doorman/doorwoman
• Business services • Computer rental
• Air-conditioned public areas • Fireplace in lobby
• Barbecue grill(s) • Coffee in lobby
• Internet access in public areas - surcharge • Tour assistance
• Breakfast available (surcharge) • Laundry facilities
• Poolside bar • Currency exchange
• Coffee shop or café • Exhibit space
• Health club • Swimming pool - indoor
• Restaurant(s) in hotel • Supervised child care/activities
• Hair salon • ATM/banking
• Number of rooms: 327• Airport transportation (surcharge)
• Conference room(s) • Event catering
• Audio-visual equipment • Cell phone/mobile rental
• Secretarial services • Translation services
• Bar/lounge • Babysitting or child care
• Elevator/lift  
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The Grande Bretagne is Athens' oldest and most prestigious hotel. In the heart of the city's historical centre, overlooking Syntagma square, this recently refurbished palace hotel is adjacent to the Parliament building, between Kolonaki and Plaka. This plush hotel, an eight floor 19th century building, radiates wealth and refinement from the very first impressions: a doorman in a bottle green cloak welcomes guests as they pass through rotating doors into a spacious lobby with mosaic floors and Persian carpets, neo-Baroque style furniture, and potted palms. The hotel has hosted countless heads of state and guests are a mix of business people, tourists, politicians and international celebrities. The hotel features fine restaurants, a roof garden, a lounge bar, banqueting halls, fully equipped conference and meeting spaces and a business centre. The property also hosts a Spa and healthclub, where thermal baths, a Finnish sauna and deluxe beauty treatments are complemented by a rooftop pool with Acropolis views.

For 130 years, Hotel Grande Bretagne has been recognized as the ?Royal Box? of Athens, flawlessly serving the most noble of society with grace and style. Occupying a prestigious block of the city?s center and offering views of the ancient Acropolis, Hotel Grande Bretagne is ideally located within walking distance of exclusive shopping, restaurants, open-air cafes, museums, and the business district. Take pleasure in your dining experience at Winter Garden, our elegant, gourmet restaurant. Set in an open-air environment and surrounded by Greek-styled columns, Winter Garden entwines impeccable cuisine with indigenous flavor. Host a legendary event and choose from a range of meeting rooms with up to 4,724 square feet of Athenian luxury. Twenty-four hour room and butler service ensures you will have access to anything you need no matter the time of day. Distinctive design traits pay homage to Greek history ? a unique opportunity for travelers wishing to truly experience our culture. Intricate moldings and lavish d?cor offer the finest example of culture and history in each of the Hotel Grande Bretagne?s luxurious guest rooms., For non-US hotels, rates confirmed in USD may be converted to local currency by the hotel at your time of stay, based on the exchange rate used by the hotel.
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