Xenodocheio Milos

Style

Epicurean idyl

Setting

Strikingly central

Gallivanting gourmands will be hard-pressed to resist the siren call of Xenodocheio Milos, an understated yet indisputably luxurious city-centre stay from celebrated Greek fine-dining empire Estiatorio Milos. The hotel, situated in a landmark building opposite Old Parliament House, is a few minutes’ stroll from the city’s chi-chi-est shopping street, the National Gardens and central Syntagma Square. There’s a spa for apres-Acropolis unwinding, and a seafood restaurant where sybaritic Smiths can rub shoulders with Greek glitterati.

Facilities

Rooms

43, including nine suites.

Checkout

11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Greek breakfast is an extra €30, and can be served in-room. Expect spotlight-stealing Greek cheeses, preserves and pastries.

Also

Wheelchair accessible rooms are available.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Gym, spa, steam room, 24-hour room service, newspaper delivery, laundry, free WiFi. In rooms: Marble bathroom with oversized rain shower and luxury bath products, bathrobes and slippers, Nespresso coffee machine, air conditioning, smart TV with Netflix, desk with USB ports, free bottled water. Minibars feature Greek snacks and drinks, including Tsipouro and mastiha liqueur.

Our Favourite Rooms

The beautifully tranquil Milos Terrace Suite comes with its own spacious outdoor terrace, with a stylish seating area and private Jacuzzi. There are gorgeous gasp-garnering rooftop views of the city, the Old Parliament Building, and Lycabettus Hill, the highest peak in Athens. The decor is elegantly simple, with a neutral colour palette, wooden floors, and a dining and seating area. All of the rooms have marble bathrooms with Bulgari products and a modern cream-hued light-wood design.

Spa

The sirenic spa suite uses luxury Elemis products for spirit-soothing massages, facials and treatments. There’s a steam room for post-street-pounding relaxation.

Packing Tips

Glamorous glad-rags.

Children

Family rooms are available, as well as interconnecting rooms and suites; babysitting can be arranged by the hotel concierge. Most rooms have dining tables set up for in-room fine dining for families who prefer privacy.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

For an intimate dinner, tables upstairs in the bijou mezzanine area give you an aerial view of the action, away from the hubbub of the main restaurant floor. There’s also a private dining area for incognito explorers.

Dress Code

Grown-up glamour.

Hotel Restaurant

Chef Costas Spiliadis delivers Poseidon-pleasing seafood at restaurant Estiatorio Milos – the home-grown outpost of his international Greek fine-dining brand. The focus is on simple Mediterranean flavours, quality ingredients and just-caught fish fresh from the Aegean. Guests can sample delicate oysters, whole fish baked in sea salt (crust cracked at the table), and a raw fish bar with the catch of the day served sashimi-style or as a light citrusy ceviche. Popular with Athens’ social set, the bright and airy dining room features a soaring ceiling flanked by a sculptural fishing net (indicating… well, it should be obvious) and a sea-foam colour palette.

Hotel Bar

Milos bar serves up coffees, cocktails and an extensive wine list, set to a soundtrack approved by Greek composer Stavros Xarchakos.

Room Service

24-hour room service is available, and in-room dining tables let you replicate the restaurant’s top-drawer dining in private.

Planes

Athens International Airport is a 35-minute drive away. The hotel can arrange taxi transfers. Alternatively, take the M3 metro line: it’s a 37-minute ride direct from the airport to Syntagma metro station, which is less than five minutes’ walk from the hotel.

Trains

Athens central railway station is a 10-minute taxi ride from the hotel.

Automobiles

Driving may not be your preferred method of transportation in big, traffic-choked Athens, but it’s achievable to take in the storied capital as part of a longer trip. The hotel doesn’t provide parking, but motorheads will find a private car park within a few minutes’ walk. Road trippers can use the metropolis as a jumping-off point for a street safari taking in Delphi with its 4th-century Temple of Apollo, visiting the ancient port city of Thessaloniki, or tracking Hercules and Helen of Troy through the Peloponnese.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Greece’s glittering ancient capital is a many-layered urban moussaka. The Acropolis on its rocky outcrop overlooks glitzy rooftop cocktail bars, souvlaki-scented taverns, and contemporary galleries housed in gracefully crumbling neoclassical mansions. It’s dominated the Athens skyline for 2,500 years and this cluster of historic buildings, which include the Parthenon, is worth the hike. Visit in the morning or late afternoon to beat the heat (and the crowds). Room for more? The marble Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion offers ocean views worthy of the gods from its cliff-top perch.

It would be a (Greek) tragedy to miss Museum Mile. Spot prehistoric, ancient Greek and Byzantine art at the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, bronze age artefacts at the Museum of Cycladic Art, and religious icons, rare manuscripts and treasures at the Byzantine and Christian Museum.

Beach devotees who prefer a side of sun lounging with their culture-spotting might head to Astir Beach on the Athens Riviera. Back in town, you may choose to explore the Monastiraki neighbourhood, home to the ruins of Hadrian’s Library and the Ancient Agora.

For the best vantage point in Athens, take the funicular railway to the top of Mount Lycabettus, the city’s highest peak, for gods’-eye-view panoramic vistas.

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