Electra Metropolis Athens

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Why this one

Electra Metropolis Athens sits at Mitropoleos 15, which means you step out and Syntagma is two minutes one way, the alleys of Plaka two minutes the other. No taxis, no metro planning. In 42 reviews we read, 16 mention the location, and they do not hedge about it. "The location of the hotel is perfect," one guest writes. Another puts it plainly: "Best location in Athens, you can do everything on foot." The second pillar is the roof. 15 of the 42 reviews bring up the rooftop pool, and 12 mention the restaurant up there too. One guest calls it "the most beautiful roof top setting for dinner in my life." Another: "the view of the Acropolis is unreal, especially when lit up at night." The staff gets the same count as the location, 16 reviews, with lines like "friendly and helpful" showing up again and again. Breakfast lands in 10 reviews, cleanliness in 11, the spa in 8. The hotel lists a pool, a spa, free breakfast and free Wi-Fi on Google. It holds a 4.7 on 4,505 Google reviews. That is the base. The reviews we read for this piece confirm the pattern rather than complicate it.

What guests keep saying

Location, staff and the roof are the three things that come up over and over. 16 of 42 reviews name the location, 16 name the staff, 15 the rooftop pool. "The staff is friendly and helpful" and "the location of the hotel is perfect" are the kind of sentences that repeat. The rooftop restaurant appears in 12 reviews, and one guest describes the bar, cocktails and rooftop pool as the core of the stay. Cleanliness gets 11 mentions and breakfast 10. A guest writes that "the rooms are spacious, clean and modern," and another calls the breakfast "delicious and beautiful." The spa shows up in 8 reviews, with the sauna and steam room singled out. Across the whole sample, the pattern is a hotel that delivers on the address, the roof and the service, with the room itself depending a lot on which one you get.

• locationpraised 16 / 38%

  “The location of the hotel is perfect.”

• staffpraised 16 / 38%

  “The staff is friendly and helpful.”

• pool and rooftoppraised 15 / 36%

  “The bar, cocktails, rooftop pool.”

• the restaurantpraised 12 / 29%

  “The bar, cocktails, rooftop pool.”

• cleanlinesspraised 11 / 26%

  “The rooms are spacious, clean and modern.”

• breakfastpraised 10 / 24%

  “The breakfast is delicious and beautiful.”

• spa and wellnesspraised 8 / 19%

  “They also have a roof top pool, inside pool, spa.The hotel is centrally located so you can walk to many attractions.”

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The bit the hotel does not tell you

The rooftop is the reason a lot of people book here, but the reviews make it clear the room you get matters as much as the roof you are going up to. Guests who booked a suite have written about ending up facing a noisy street without a balcony, while others mention quiet rooms with little noise. If the view from your room matters to you, say so when you book and ask specifically about the orientation. The hotel has an indoor pool alongside the rooftop one, which the reviews mention less often and which is worth knowing about on a windy day.

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