This historic hotel occupies probably the most expensive piece of commercial property in the country. Pure luxury, grandeur and splendour, consistently place GB in every kind of ‘top hotels of the world’ list. Most impressive though, is the list of its famous guests, more or less all the important people who have visited Athens since the hotel was built back in 1874: Winston Churchill, Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis and...Naomi Campbell, as well as countless kings, queens and heads of state have in the past slipped between its crisp sheets.
The hotel has housed governments and occupying forces during turbulent times and from its balconies, the foreign press has watched and reported on every important event of modern Greek history. Needless to describe its amenities, if you can afford the bill you can find out for yourself. What we need to point out is its Spa, which is definitely worth one of your Athens days, and will only set you back a few hundred euros…