Extraordinary hotels - best choice for your unusual city break in Athens

Baby Grand Hotel Baby Grand Hotel is an absolutely unusual hotel. Its originality will strike simply every traveller who visits it. Instead of a usual reception board, the lobby zone has a vintage Mini Cooper cabriolet, and public areas are decorated with plastic jungles. Some guestrooms are decorated in graffiti style and feature paintings with adventures of Spider-man and jungle inspired themes. The hotel’s restaurant, Met Me, is no less unusual. It is often called the most stylish restaurant in the city because of its transparent floor, through which visitors will see a swimming pool.

New Hotel Recently opened New Hotel has already got an army of devotees who adore the main concept of the hotel – to use recycled materials in its interior. The hotel’s lobby is decorated with four columns with elements of sawn wooden furniture. Guestrooms are furnished with items made from recycled and utilized materials. Favela chairs are made of fragments of old furniture and doors that were found in the hotel or surrounding streets. The efforts of designers were not futile and they managed to create a stunning eclectic design that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
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Mirada Hotel Not far away from the central square in Athens travellers will find Mirada Hotel . This hotel is a fascinating example of the pop-art style. Note that this hotel is adults only. The wonderful hotel is located in a bizarre looking building with white façade decorated with an interesting artwork. The hotel features more than 30 individually designed guestrooms. While developing the concept and look of the hotel, designers used works of Roy Fox Lichtenstein. Simply no ordinary item or furniture piece can be found in this hotel. Bright futuristic furniture, eccentric paintings, stylish wallpapers and draping helped creating a truly unique atmosphere throughout the hotel.

Twentyone Hotel The picturesque suburban district of Kifisia is the location of another unusual hotel, Twentyone Hotel . The 21 guestroom hotel amazes its visitors with sophisticated, one-of-a-kind design. Walls in guestrooms are decorated with unusual artworks that remind of children drawings. All rooms feature colorful draping and paintings. In order to balance such a burst of colors, many accessories in guestrooms are white colored. Travelers, who enjoy staying in creative hotels, are recommended to pay attention to the two-story suite with glass ceiling on the top floor of the building. There is a lounge zone on the ground floor of the hotel, which is a great place to spend an evening in. The lounge looks more like a gallery with its numerous modern artworks. Delicious international cuisine dishes will make an evening there even more pleasant.

Grecotel Pallas Athena Grecotel Pallas Athena is located not far from the building of Athens administration. This hotel features a rich collection of artworks and designer accessories, and public zones are decorated with stylish furniture, paintings of different styles and abstract installations. Every guestroom in this hotel has its unique look and comes with hand-made furniture. Some rooms are decorated with bright artistic wallpapers, and some have painted walls with creative patterns. A team of talented designers and graffiti artists developed the look of this hotel. Their works can be seen not only in guestrooms, but also in public zones. The Mediterranean cuisine restaurant is one more attraction point as all dishes in the menu are cooked from products sourced at the hotel’s farm.