Evaluate: Hestia Luxurious Flats Ippokratous 35, Athens, Greece

Hestia Luxurious Flats – Ippokratous 35 stands as a beacon of recent class inside the historic but colourful town of Athens. In a town the place house is a top class, those serviced self-catering flats supply a spacious and welcome respite after a hectic day of exploring the Greek capital.

The welcome

A welcome word on coming into the condo reads “In Greek mythology, Hestia was once the goddess of the fireside, house and domesticity, and the most important determine in historic Greek society. At Hestia Luxurious Flats, we really feel it’s our process to make you are feeling proper at house.” And at house we unquestionably felt.

Get entry to to Hestia Luxurious Flats is on a self-check-in foundation and may now not had been more effective with a keycode communicated to us at the day of our arrival with the intention to acquire get right of entry to. While some would possibly want a extra non-public welcome, for us this was once simply absolute best because it intended shall we settle in promptly, prior to right away heading out to a Greek eating place for dinner.

The condo

We stayed in a two-bedroomed Awesome Rental. On coming into, we right away to find ourselves in a a vibrant and ethereal open plan dwelling house. The air con provides a direct respite from the warmth outdoor.

Even supposing there’s a kitchenette which offers you the entirety you wish to have to rustle up any foods you want, it’s a disgrace to not employ the numerous nice eating places which can be inside simple strolling distance. Having mentioned that, there’s a refrigerator, microwave oven, two-ring hob, dishwasher, kettle and low maker, along side a tray with a number of teas and coffees. There’s even the solution to order breakfast in mattress the usage of the Athens inbreakfast.com provider, main points for which can also be discovered within the condo, as long as you order by way of 11pm the evening prior to.

On the some distance finish of this dwelling house is a settee and TV with get right of entry to to a couple of world channels. It’s a pleasing house to calm down and unusually tranquil regardless of the hustle and bustle of the condo’s central location.

The condo has two bedrooms, each and every with Queen measurement beds and fitted wardrobes. There’s additionally a protected to safe passports or valuables.

Sandwiched between the 2 bedrooms is a rest room, compact however abundant for our wishes, with a rainfall bathe, washbasin and WC.

A beneficiant number of Olive Generation care merchandise, in response to the additional virgin Cretan olive oil, are kindly supplied. Those come with hair wash and frame wash with bio olive oil and mountain tea, and conditioner with bio olive oil and amberwood and salt.

The amenities

Probably the most notable ‘hidden gem’ at Hestia Luxurious Flats – Ippokratous 35 is the rooftop which provides sweeping perspectives over Athens and, maximum particularly, an uninterrupted view of the Acropolis. There’s seating right here to revel in a morning espresso or certainly to respect the Parthenon illuminated at evening.

There’s even get right of entry to to a laundry room on the mezzanine of the development with get right of entry to to washing machines and dryers.

The flats additionally occur to be located above a conventional Greek eating place, Nikitas, which – along with providing Greek dishes – has its personal pizza oven for takeaway pizzas. There’s a fitness center reverse, too.

The positioning

The flats are located within the Exarcheia neighbourhood of the town, the place it meets the Kolonaki and Akadimia districts; it’s within the center of the motion and but unusually tranquil. There are many inexperienced areas within reach – Strefi Hill and Pedion tou Areos to the north, and Lycabettus Hill, the absolute best level in Athens, emerging 277 metres to the south-east. This a part of the town is as regards to a number of universities and cultural establishments together with the Academy of Athens and the Nationwide Library, that means it’s well liked by scholars and teachers; there also are a lot of puts to consume out inside simple succeed in. We most commonly explored on foot, with the Acropolis a pleasing two-kilometre walk away, however yellow taxis common the streets and will simply be hailed. The realm may be well-connected by way of public shipping, with a couple of buses serving the rapid neighborhood and the Panepistimio metro station simply 400 metres away.

Different great touches

Along with a welcome word, there was once a complimentary bottle of wine, plus a refrigerator effectively stocked with bottled water which was once very a lot liked given the 35°C (95°F) warmth outdoor. A QR code within the condo hyperlinks us to the Hestia Concierge Provider – from there, you’ll hook up with the concierge by the use of WhatsApp (which we discovered to be very responsive and useful at the one instance after we had a question).

The associated fee

Charges for a Deluxe Rental get started from as low as €117 according to evening
Awesome Flats, like the only we stayed in, get started from €133 according to evening
Flats with their very own balcony get started from €149 according to evening

The most efficient bit

While we beloved the positioning and the privateness of our lodging, no doubt the spotlight is the beautiful rooftop view. It was once a pleasing wonder to seek out ourselves continuously the only occupants of this perfect house, permitting us to revel in all of it to ourselves.

The general verdict

Our lodging encapsulates the spirit of its namesake, the goddess Hestia, by way of offering a house from house atmosphere on this splendidly colourful town. Simply as Hestia represented the heat and luxury of the fireside in historic Greek mythology, Hestia Luxurious Flats provides a contemporary and spacious safe haven, serving to to be sure that each and every keep in Athens is each memorable and enriching.

Dislcosure: Our keep was once subsidized by way of Hestia Luxurious Flats.

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is Editor of A Luxurious Commute Weblog and has labored within the commute business for greater than 30 years. He’s Winner of the Inventions in Commute ‘Perfect Commute Influencer’ Award from WIRED mag. Along with different awards, the weblog has additionally been voted “one of the vital international’s highest commute blogs” and “highest for luxurious” by way of The Day-to-day Telegraph.