- Pro-business environment.
- Pleasant rooms with desk space,
- High-speed internet available.
- Several good restaurants on the premises.
- Rooftop pool with a view of the Acropolis
- Looking for the true Greek experience? This isn't it.
- Service could be refined up a notch.
- The hotel offers 308 rooms and 6 suites on 8 floors. All the rooms are business-friendly.
- Posted rates start around 150 Euro for a double room; check online booking services and the website for specials.
- Feel a need for good old-fashioned Hawaiian Chinese food? Try the Polynesian-themed Kona Kai which offers sushi as well.
- The Zephyros Restaurant offers well-reviewed holiday meals, including late Saturday night Easter buffet.
- The Bali Lounge continues the Asian-Fusion theme with tropical drinks.
- Proudly offers an "American double-double bed type".
- Offers AAA and senior discounts.
- Excellent for American travelers looking for a typical deluxe business class hotel.
The basic room I had was pleasant, a bit on the small size for an American-style hotel, but with a very comfortable bed and fine percale sheets and pillowcases.
The Athens Ledra Marriott definitely caters to the business traveler, with what amounts to a small souvenir shop above the honor bar, including dolls, small ceramics, and other items perfect for the harried executive who has to have something in the suitcase for a child or spouse. Still, so many items with pricetags made me feel a little like I was living in a display case. While I was out sightseeing, a small food item I put into the honor bar refrigerator to chill was removed and a note was left suggesting I contact the front desk if I wanted a refrigerator for my own use in the room. I don't mind the note but putting my food out to potentially spoil didn't feel particularly welcoming. Surely I could have been given a first-time warning instead?
The hotel offers a free shuttle service to a location near Syntagma Square, which is virtually essential since the streets directly around the Athens Ledra are not particularly walkable. There's nothing wrong with them in particular - just busy downtown streets with nothing particularly picturesque about them. On my bus, the driver was a native English speaker but was the quiet type - he did not provide any information on what to do or where to go for the first-time visitors getting off the bus and looking around in obvious confusion, and I ended up with several followers when I announced I knew the way to the Acropolis. No one expected the driver to be a tour guide, but "Go right at the next corner" would have been helpful, since the stopping spot was on a side street with no obvious landmarks.
A pre-booked taxi was trouble-free despite the 4:45 am pick-up time, and checking out was smooth and easy.
Athens Ledra Marriott
115 Syngrou AvenueAthens, 11745 Greece
Phone: (011 30)210 930 0000
Fax:(011 30)210 9358603
Sales: (011 30) 210 9300158
Sales fax: (011 30) 210 9359153
Toll-free: 0800 11 93333
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