Astor Hotel Athens
16 Karagiorgi Servias St, & Syntagma Square Athens, Attica, 10562, Greece
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelAstor Hotel Athens
Acropolis
We couldn't get a room in our hostel for tonight so were staying in a small hotel up the road for only 30 euro and it will definitely be nice to have our own bathroom and space for a night! We went into santagma square and went to the bank and walked around a bit. Then, we walked into Monatiraki square for lunch and some gyros. We saw this crazy …
NZ Tiger hits the Greek Islands...
So after the drama and physical setbacks of Morocco, life could only get better in the Greek Islands... and I'm happy to say that it did!
It was awesome meeting up with girlfriends again in Gatwick. We caught an early morning Easyjet flight to Santorini... I was the subject of many stares as I spluttered and coughed my way through the …
Lovely day of wandering
Fantastic breakfast at the hotel -- up on the 10th floor with a view to the Acropolis. Then we all had a wander through the Plaka to the base of the Acropolis. We enjoyed being awake before the masses so we could see the city getting ready for its day with streets being washed and scrubbed, wares being set out, and laundry being hung.
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Night out
One of the pleasures of this trip was the chance to catch up with old friends, Susan and Dmitri. We had a fantastic dinner late into the night at The Hotel Grande Bretagne. The view to the Acropolis from the open air terrace was stunning (though not as good as our room at the Astor). Peter had a nice yellow fin appetiser in a tartar style with John …
New Acropolis Museum
We were awed by the architecture of the new museum. Not normally a fan of modern architecture, the museum is spectacular. Glass floors that allow a look through to the ancient city below that archaeologists are still uncovering lead the way in. The boys spent fifteen minutes outside just exploring the archaeology dig beneath the glass below before …



