Accommodations

Classic rooms

The historic features typical of the classic rooms were meticulously restored during the Hotels renovation. The warm yellows and reds in the decor reflect elegance and charm. The average size of these rooms, which offer a choice of king, queen, or twin beds is 27 m2/290 ft2 Rooms with connecting doors and with balconies are available.

Deluxe rooms

The special features of the premium deluxe rooms are warm colors, classical furnishings and unique views of the Parliament and Lykabettos Hill. With an average of 33m2/355ft2 these rooms epitomise class and sophisticated style. The accommodation offers a choice of king or twin beds.

Junior suite

Elegantly furnished in a classical style and accented with antique oil paintings, these rooms vary in size (an average of 44 m2/470 ft2) and layout, typical of the hotel's historic character and unique heritage. The exceptional views of Constitution Square, the Acropolis, or the Lykabettos Hill provide the finishing touches. There is a choice of king or twin beds in this accommodation.

Deluxe suite

These suites are graciously decorated in classical style, finished in cream tones and earth colors. They have an average size of 50m2/530 ft2, and are comprised of one bedroom and a sitting room. This suite is the ideal place to become your hideaway for a day, a week, a year. Space to live in and to experience the charm of a grand hotel blended with the exquisiteness of a private home.

Grand suite

Indulge your taste for the finer things in a luxurious suite, distinguished by generous space (an average of 60 m2/ 860 ft2) and classical style, decorated in warm earth colors. The sleeping quarters in this type of suite are secluded from the living and working areas, ensuring privacy during informal meetings or while entertaining. The bathroom offers ultimate luxury with separate bathtub, steam shower, and bathroom TV. Most of these suites offer views of the Acropolis or Constitution Square. There is a choice of kingor twin beds for this accommodation.

The Presidential Suite

The Presidential Suite is uniquely designed columns and arched ceilings add to the charm of this spacious (200 m2/2100 ft2 Sq.f.) luxury suite. A large corner living-room overlooks the Parliament, the Acropolis and Constitution Square.
Panel mouldings and the oval-shaped ceiling details create a classical touch. A private entrance foyer leads to the living room and dining area. The Suite has a large dining room, seating 12 persons, an airy master bedroom, with two-sided fireplace and separate sitting area.

Royal Suite

The Royal Suite of the Grande Bretagne offers 400 m2/4300ft2 of elegance, furnished with antiques and original artwork to create an unparalleled atmosphere of comfort and beauty. Located on the 5th floor of the Hotel, the Royal Suite offers a panoramic view of the city including Constitution Square, the Acropolis, the Parliamentt with the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and Lykabettos Hill. Created to offer the ultimate in luxury hotel living, the Royal Suite includes a triple living room with fireplace, two formal sitting areas palatial dining room with seating for 16 and a media room with state-of-the-art electronics.

Residents of the Royal Suite can enjoy a variety of 300 different labels from the private wine cellar. The master bedroom, an expansive corner-suite with several seating areas, features a fireplace, walk-in closets, dressing room, a luxuriously spacious master bathroom equipped with a TV, glass enclosed shower and a separate soaking jet tub, as well as a fully equipped gym with sauna and steam shower.

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Dining

Roof Garden Bar/Restaurant

Unparalleled in the capital, this magnificent roof-top restaurant with contemporary design provides breathtaking city views.

The restaurant re-opened in June 2006, following a complete renovation. Grilled steaks, fresh seafood and the very noblest of Mediterranean cuisine from Chef Emilio Bracciale are served, as guests savor the experience of watching the sun set majestically behind the ancient Acropolis, firing the imagination to thoughts of a truly classical age. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you are given the opportunity to enjoy your meal with great view of the whole of Athens.

GB Corner

The most famous brasserie in the capital lies to your right as you walk into the lobby. The GB Corner is famous not only for its unique ambiance and excellent Mediterranean cuisine, but also for its clientèle. Highly renowned Athenians meet here to partake in GB Corner's refined environment, complete with its luxurious yet functional lighting and the unique comfort afforded by perfectly designed chairs and dinner tables arranged to allow privacy in crowd.

Located in a corner of the hotel's main lobby, GB Corner is the property's signature restaurant. It boasts a sophisticated, yet lively, atmosphere. Much of the mood stems from its 1900 art-deco interior design, which is essentially elegant in style and a delightful reminder of such a charming era.

Chef Bertrand Valegeas's varied, colorful, Mediterranean menu is complemented by the relaxed and comfortable surroundings. An open kitchen enhances the atmosphere of the restaurant.

Winter Garden

A cafe-style restaurant, the Winter Garden offers continental breakfast, a-la-carte breakfast dishes and, from mid-morning to closing time, a selection of tempting, light snacks. In the heart of the hotel's lobby, adjacent to the bar, this restaurant even boasts some specially planted palm trees!

The Cellar

A wine connoisseur's dream, with even more. The Cellar is a delightful tasting room and a relaxing haven to enjoy an old favorite beverage or meet a new one! It is definitely the place to enjoy a selection of Greece's leading wines. You don't have to be a connoisseur to visit The Cellar. It is simply a place to be savored by those who enjoy the finer things in life.

Spa

Nestled in the heart of this legendary hotel is the GB Spa, a palatial destination for the discerning spa user. Escape from the hectic pace of modern-day life into this urban retreat - a place where East meets West and contemporary meets classic.

Every E'SPA treatment is a totally caring experience and the ultimate in luxury.

By taking a holistic approach, the treatments are as much for the inner-self and mind as they are for face or body. By using blends of products tailored to the clients needs and combining them with advanced therapy techniques, E'SPA has become a name that is synonymous with quality and outstanding results.

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Awards

Condé Nast Traveler included the Hotel Grande Bretagne in its Gold List 700.

Travel + Leisure magazine chose once more the Hotel Grande Bretagne as one of the Best 60 hotels in the world by correspondents in 50 cities around the world to find 60 most amazing hotels for its GO List.

Forbes Traveler picked the Hotel Grande Bretagne for their Forbes Traveler 400 list, assigning the reviews to professional travel writers who have stayed in 12 or more 5-star hotels over the past 2 years, and had not economically or otherwise affiliated with any hotel. The Hotel Grande Bretagne was their single choice for Athens.

History

Brief history of the Hotel Grande Bretagne

The Grande Bretagne is not simply a luxury hotel in Athens - it is an institution in itself. Ever since it opened its doors to receive the first visitor in 1874, the Grande Bretagne has been a point of reference in the social, political and economic life of Athens and, by extension, of the whole of Greece.

Over the 126 years of the hotel's existence one can also observes the evolution of a basically agricultural society: just half a century after the country's liberation from the Ottoman rule and the creation of a tiny, impoverished country, through the gradual stages of development leading to a modern State and the creation of an important middle class with a European character.

Over this period, the country lived through an unfortunate war with Turkey, two Balkan Wars that tripled its territory, two World Wars, the Asia Minor Disaster and its accompanying radical transformation of the structure of Greek society, and the Civil War, with its catastrophic consequences.

Crowned kings and princes, Heads of State, Prime Ministers and Ministers, business tycoons, prominent names in Literature and the Arts, renowned journalists, well-known theatre actors and film stars and many other travellers were regular patrons of the hotel which became the Greek State's official guesthouse.

Athenian society embraced the hotel. The Grande Bretagne, in the way of the great luxurious hotels in the rest of Europe, was always the venue of the Greek capital's important social gatherings. Receptions, balls, cotillions, marriages, fashion shows and banquets were regularly held in the hotel's halls, while the lounges, salons and the bar were the meeting place of businessmen, politicians and journalists at the same time as being a favourite haunt of cosmopolitan Athenians.

As the history of the Grande Bretagne unfolds, so does the transformation of the city of Athens, as well as the political history of Greece, with which the hotel is indissolubly associated. There is no political or historical event in modern Greek history with which the Grande Bretagne is not somehow linked, by one means or another.

The Grande Bretagne has been restored to its former glory and transformed into an establishment capable of meeting the modern requirements of hotel hospitality, while simultaneously contributing to the upgrading of Athens' hotel infrastructure.

Finally, it is not by accident that Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., the large international corporation in charge of the hotel's management for the next twenty-five years, has listed the Grande Bretagne in its “Luxury Collection", which includes some of the most luxurious hotels across the globe.

Approximately 82 million euros were invested to create a state-of-the-art, five-star hotel worthy of that title. Reconstructed from top to bottom, it features 290 rooms and 31 suites, all of them newly refurbished, and redecorated in keeping with the old Grande Bretagne's traditional style. These are completed by modern networks and facilities, the hotel's premises also housing three restaurants, two swimming pools, a spa, spacious halls and conference rooms as well as all other comforts expected of a European deluxe hotel of the twenty-first century.

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