Hotels in Athens, Greece

As a major tourist city and the cradle of Western civilization, Athens has a comprehensive public transport system that offers a choice of means of travel. Stay in central Athens neighborhoods like Plaka for easy access to the city’s affordable and reliable Metro train service. You simply pay a flat fee of a couple of dollars for a ticket that is valid on any train for 90 minutes. Or you could stay in a more outlying suburb, like Kifissia, and use the overground train service, covered by the same ticket. You’ll be able to easily find cheap hotels in Athens in these suburbs.

Athens is at once a very popular tourist and vacation attraction and a bustling modern commercial city. The commercial hub of the city is in the Monastiraki and Psirri district, which are easy to get to and from using public transport. They’re well served by buses, trolley-buses and the Metro trains. So, if you’re on business and looking to book hotels in Athens around here, you can stay at the Modern Studio at Monastiraki Square or the Ermou Monastiraki View Lycabettus. If you’re on a leisure trip to the tourist areas, then you’ll be wanting to stay in the Acropolis and Koukaki districts. Here we can recommend you stay in hotels like the Acropolis Select or at Great Living Koukaki. For easy access to nightlife and restaurants you can stay in Plaka – the Hidesign Apartments are very close by.

Some of the most popular attractions in Athens include the famous Acropolis and Parthenon. There’s also the Acropolis Museum with its priceless collection of ancient Greek art. For these, you can stay in the Acropolis / Koukaki neighborhood, and simply take a public transport bus or trolley bus to get there. This transport system runs from very early in the morning until midnight, and you won’t find yourself having to wait long for one to come by. Next to the Plaka neighborhood is the district of Anafiotika, both on the lower slopes of the Acropolis hill and are very handily placed for you to catch either the Metro or one of the public transport busses. You can take one of these to the Kolonaki Quarter too, where you’ll find even more cultural history and ancient artifacts. Bear these neighborhoods in mind when you’re looking for hotels in Athens.

Great neighborhoods in Athens for a large selection of bars and restaurants are Plaka and Anafiotika. You can take a Metro train and be there in no time, and the suburbs are also very well serviced by the Athens trolley bus system. Plaka is known for its charming narrow streets and outdoor cafes, and when you’re in Anafiotika the place to head for is Restaurant Staircase. For Greek street food and drink, take a bus to the flea market in Monastiraki. Or stay in one of the nearby Athens Hotels, like Central Athens Hotel in Plaka.

Athens is overflowing with festivities throughout the year. For an all-round experience of Greek culture, both ancient and modern, plan your visit around the Athens Epidaurus Festival, held from June to August each year. The various events take place in venues all around the city center, such as the Lycabettus Theater and the Odeon of Herodotus Atticus. For jazz music fans there’s the Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival at the end of May, hosted in several venues in the Plaka and Central Athens district. For something a bit more different, there’s the Athens International Comics Festival, also known as the Babel Festival, which is held at SKC Happy Gallery in February. Once again, reaching any of these from your Athens hotel can be by bus, trolley bus or train.

A stay of 4 nights is most popular when visiting Athens.

The cost of a hotel room in Athens will vary according to demand, location and star rating. On average, rooms will cost around $256 per night.

The cheapest month to book a hotel in Athens is January. The cost of your room could be as much as 39% cheaper than peak months.

Tuesday is the day where you will typically find the lowest price for your hotel room in Athens. The highest price tends to be on Thursday.

On average, a luxury Athens hotel costs $254 per person, per night. This is a 10%% premium when compared to the average cost of a hotel in Athens ($256 per person, per night).

Hostels in Athens (including hotels rated 2 stars and below) costs $47 per person, per night on average. This is $183 per night cheaper than the average cost of hotels in Athens.

Plaka, Omonia, Kolonaki and Kato Patisia are some of the more popular areas to stay in when visiting Athens.

Temperatures in Athens are typically around 77 °F during June and the chance of rain is low, which makes June the perfect time to spend some time outside at popular area attractions like Varkiza, Spetses Beach, and Glyfada Golf Club of Athens.

Yes, there are 13,625 vacation rentals in Athens. At the moment, Nsplace is the most popular Athens vacation rental based on our user data. Search for vacation rentals in Athens.

Yes, 66 hostels are available in Athens if you’re looking for this type of accommodation for your trip. Based on our user data, Zorbas Hostel happens to be the most popular hostel in the city. Find hostels in Athens.

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