The grande dame of Athenian hospitality, crowning Syntagma Square with the Acropolis in the window.
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Overview
The Centrepiece of the Capital
Three hundred and twenty rooms and suites facing Constitution Square and the House of Parliament.
The Grande Bretagne has been the centrepiece of Athens since it opened in 1874, standing opposite Constitution Square and the House of Parliament. Its 320 rooms and suites have floor-to-ceiling windows with light and views across Acropolis Hill and Syntagma Square, and an $88 million restoration in the early 2000s added the features that now define it: a rooftop pool and the GB Roof Garden Restaurant & Bar, both facing the Acropolis. The changing of the guard happens on the square below, visible from selected rooms.
The rooftop faces the Parthenon. The GB Roof Garden is one of the great hotel views in Europe — the Acropolis lit at night, from a table on the roof, with the Lycabettus Hill on the other side.
1874
Year It Opened
320
Rooms & Suites
$88m
Restoration Investment
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Rooftop Pool Facing the Acropolis
Rooms
Floor-to-Ceiling Light
Rooms and suites with tall windows onto the Acropolis, Syntagma or Lycabettus Hill.
Acropolis-View Room — Grande Bretagne
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Acropolis ViewsSelected rooms and suites look directly at the sacred rock and the Parthenon above it.
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Floor-to-Ceiling WindowsTall windows fill the rooms with light and frame either the square or the hill.
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Changing of the GuardThe ceremony takes place on Syntagma Square below, visible from selected rooms.
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Butler ServicePersonal butler service is available for guests in the hotel’s suites.
Experiences
The Acropolis, Twenty Minutes Away
Every significant site in ancient Athens is within an easy walk of the square.
Signature
The Acropolis
The Parthenon, the Erechtheion and the Propylaea, less than a twenty-minute walk from the door.
Museum
The Acropolis Museum
Built above a live excavation with glass floors, holding the original Caryatids and the Panathenaic frieze.
History
The Ancient Agora
The civic heart where Socrates walked and democracy was argued into existence.
Neighbourhood
Plaka & Anafiotika
The oldest quarter, and the pocket of Cycladic island architecture built beneath the rock.
Wellness
The GB Spa
A thermal suite with herbal bath, grotto, ice fountain, couples retreat and indoor pool.
Rooftop
The Roof Garden
A rooftop pool and restaurant with sweeping views to the Acropolis and the original Olympic Stadium.
Dining
GB Roof Garden
Dining on the roof with the Acropolis lit across the city.
01GB Roof Garden Restaurant & Bar, facing the Acropolis
02The rooftop pool terrace, for lunch above the square
03The historic ground-floor dining rooms
04The bar, for an aperitivo before walking into Plaka
GB Roof Garden — Grande Bretagne
Location
Syntagma Square
The political and geographic centre of Athens.
Crowning Syntagma Square, opposite the House of Parliament.
Less than a twenty-minute walk from the Acropolis.
Within easy reach of the Ancient Agora, Plaka, Monastiraki and the shopping district.
Roughly 40 minutes from Athens International Airport.
Fly
Arrive at Athens International Airport.
Drive
Roughly 40 minutes by private chauffeur into the centre.
Arrive
Check in, then the roof garden for the first sight of the Acropolis lit.
Athens
The Grande Dame of Athens
On Syntagma Square since 1874, with the Acropolis from the roof.