Affordable Athens Hotel Suggestions

[vanstare]

Hello

 

My family and I will be staying in Athens for a few days in late May before our cruise. I've been seeing a lot of recommendations for Athens Gate and Grande Bretagne. However, these two hotels are way over our budget. Athens Gate is going for $285 CAD per night and Grande Bretagne at $494 CAD. My budget is under $150. I've done some searching and a few showed up in my search - Melia Athens and Athens Lotus Hotel, I'm wondering if anyone has stayed in these hotels? Can anyone recommend any other hotels in the city centre? Thank you!

[brunello22]

Hello

 

My family and I will be staying in Athens for a few days in late May before our cruise. I've been seeing a lot of recommendations for Athens Gate and Grande Bretagne. However, these two hotels are way over our budget. Athens Gate is going for $285 CAD per night and Grande Bretagne at $494 CAD. My budget is under $150. I've done some searching and a few showed up in my search - Melia Athens and Athens Lotus Hotel, I'm wondering if anyone has stayed in these hotels? Can anyone recommend any other hotels in the city centre? Thank you!

 

We stayed at the Fresh Hotel in the city center for 2 nights pre-cruise.

 

http://www.freshhotel.gr/

[ellie1145]

We stayed at the Lotus last year. Great little hotel, very quirky, spotlessly clean, superb staff and a breakfast to boot.

 

Very handy for the metro, and a safe place to walk.

[Keith1010]

Be sure to also check out Cruise Critic's sister site:

 

http://www.tripadvisor.com

 

Keith

[nick_arch]

As an Athens local i am not allowed here to make specific suggestions ( forum rules ) so i 'll keep it general.

 

Trip Advisor is indeed a huge resource for questions regarding hotels and your Athens stay.

 

Moreover, if you go to a large booking site like let's say booking.com, you can put your dates and limit the budget on the column on the left.

 

You can find great small hotels in more affordable prices and this can be done in mostly all good locations too.

 

What i 'd try to focus would be to get a hotel in a good area which means: central, safe, close to sites and with good public transportation options.

 

Having these in mind i 'd pick a hotel in these areas, which basically are: Plaka, Monastiraki, Syndagma, Psirri, Plaka, Acropolis Museum and Ilisia / Kolonaki / Hilton area ( that's an area name for Athens ). Map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zMpJqIJGegOo.k00_oCBgHhNk&usp=sharing

Edited February 19, 2016 by nick_arch

[nick_arch]

What i consider the best areas to stay are in the Green area and around the Green dots. . . that's more or less around Acropolis Hill and half a mile around.

 

. . . then you have many other areas a bit longer away for another mile appx., basically on the Blue subway line path for a couple of stops to the East. These are considered good residential areas by the Athenians and are near where the private museums like Benaki Museum are.

 

I'd stay in the center and avoid the Red area.

[iancal]

We stayed at the Athens Lotus Hotel for three nights last October. It is one or two subway stops away from Plaka.

 

We were very pleased. As I recall we paid 50e for two people, including breakfast. The breakfast was ver good. We alike staying just a little way out of the main tourist areas. Bottom line....we will stay here again next time we are in Athens which will probably be again this October.

[vanstare]

Be sure to also check out Cruise Critic's sister site:

 

http://www.tripadvisor.com

 

Keith

 

 

As an Athens local i am not allowed here to make specific suggestions ( forum rules ) so i 'll keep it general.

 

Trip Advisor is indeed a huge resource for questions regarding hotels and your Athens stay.

 

Moreover, if you go to a large booking site like let's say booking.com, you can put your dates and limit the budget on the column on the left.

 

You can find great small hotels in more affordable prices and this can be done in mostly all good locations too.

 

What i 'd try to focus would be to get a hotel in a good area which means: central, safe, close to sites and with good public transportation options.

 

Having these in mind i 'd pick a hotel in these areas, which basically are: Plaka, Monastiraki, Syndagma, Psirri, Plaka, Acropolis Museum and Ilisia / Kolonaki / Hilton area ( that's an area name for Athens ). Map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zMpJqIJGegOo.k00_oCBgHhNk&usp=sharing

 

Thank you for the suggestion. I have researched on Trip Advisor and have narrowed down my search to the two hotels I listed. I prefer more personalized responses from people in this community! Trip Advisor is too overwhelming because there are hundreds "excellent" reviews for every single hotel.

[vanstare]

We stayed at the Lotus last year. Great little hotel, very quirky, spotlessly clean, superb staff and a breakfast to boot.

 

Very handy for the metro, and a safe place to walk.

 

 

We stayed at the Athens Lotus Hotel for three nights last October. It is one or two subway stops away from Plaka.

 

We were very pleased. As I recall we paid 50e for two people, including breakfast. The breakfast was ver good. We alike staying just a little way out of the main tourist areas. Bottom line....we will stay here again next time we are in Athens which will probably be again this October.

 

Great to hear, thank you so much for your input!

[Larainerenee]

We loved the Hotel Ava. Close to the Plaka and the Acropolis Museum, but on a quiet side street. Fabulous breakfast.