A small hotel in a restored early 20th-century building, with a rooftop pool and restaurant looking straight at the Parthenon.
Most people treat Athens as a night on the way to the islands. The Dolli is the hotel that makes a case for staying three. It is a short walk from the Acropolis, a few minutes from Monastiraki metro, and small enough that the staff learn your name by the second morning.
The rooftop is the draw. The infinity pool is for hotel guests only during the day and faces the Parthenon, and the restaurant on the fifth floor serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with the same view. Downstairs, Le Salon hangs original pieces by Picasso and Cocteau, and Le Bar Secret is a small library bar for a late drink.
We book it for couples and for anyone starting or finishing an island trip, since Piraeus is about 20 to 30 minutes away by car. It suits people who want to walk everywhere and come back to somewhere quiet.
It is a city hotel, not a resort. Do not come for spa days: the wellness offer is the rooftop pool and a gym, and the pool is for cooling off and the view. Street-view rooms look onto a lively part of town.
Light-filled rooms with street views, hardwood floors and contemporary art, sized for two adults and fitted with a private bar and coffee station.
The more spacious room category with custom-made furniture; the first-floor room opens onto the hotel courtyard.
Suites in a range of styles that all share a direct view of the Acropolis and the Parthenon, with a sitting area and a traveller's wardrobe.
Private apartments offered alongside the hotel rooms, for guests who would rather have a place of their own in the old centre.
DOLLI·S, the rooftop all-day restaurant on the fifth floor, serves lunch and dinner with views of the Acropolis, and every booking includes breakfast there. Le Salon serves coffee, wine and afternoon tea among the art collection, Le Bar Secret is a library bar, and the Pool Lounge turns into an evening bar with sushi.
The rooftop infinity pool is reserved for in-house guests during the day. A fully equipped gym is open to hotel guests, with personal trainers on request.
Children are welcome. The restaurants have a children's menu and baby food for under-ones can be prepared on request with notice.
| Rooms | 46 rooms and suites, plus private apartments |
|---|---|
| Breakfast | Included in every booking |
| From Athens airport | About 35 to 45 minutes by car, about 35 km |
| To Piraeus port | About 20 to 30 minutes by car |
| Acropolis | About 500 metres, a 15-minute walk |
| Nearest metro | Monastiraki, about a 5-minute walk |
| Pets | Dogs up to 8 kg allowed, with restrictions and charges |
Central Athens, near Monastiraki and Plaka, Greece
A few of the things we plan for guests in Greece.
Stay on the caldera rim in Imerovigli or Firostefani rather than Oia, which fills with visitors at sunset. Walk the cliff path from Fira to Oia early in the morning, then spend an afternoon tasting assyrtiko at a winery in the island's interior. A private catamaran at sunset avoids the crowds on the terraces. Cruise ships make the middle of the day busy from spring to autumn.
Much of Milos can only be reached by water. A day boat takes you to the sea caves and rock arches at Kleftiko, with swim stops in water so clear the seabed looks close enough to touch. On land, Sarakiniko is a moonscape of pale volcanic rock, best seen early. Plaka, the hilltop village, is the place for sunset and dinner.
Paros is the easy island: good beaches, short drives and the harbour at Naoussa lined with fish tavernas. Walk the old Byzantine path from Lefkes to Prodromos in the cooler hours, and take the short ferry to Antiparos for a quieter beach day. It suits families and couples who want a base with little driving.
Three nights in Athens for the Acropolis and the museums, then a drive west via the Corinth Canal to seven nights on the Messinia coast, where a kids club, an aqua park and ancient Olympia keep every age busy.
Two nights in central Athens below the Acropolis, four on the caldera cliff at Oia, and three at Megali Ammos, close enough to walk into Mykonos town for dinner. Island hops by ferry, with a Delos day included.
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