Throughout its 120 year history this elegant hotel has been host to a myriad of influential people from statesmen to kings, whilst retaining all the charm, grace and respect for tradition that is as intrinsically Greek as an island in the sun.

With their red tasseled caps, embroidered vests, white kilts, and red slippers, the euzones guards stand watch over the tomb of the unknown soldier and the parliament building, never wilting even through the scorching Greek noonday sun. Later, from the window of your hotel room you marvel at the precision with which the changing of the guards takes place and reflect on the fascinating history that surrounds you at every glance.

At every point of the compass except the south, where the Aegean Sea sparkles like a blue pearl, mountains rise to surround the city that writers, poets and philosophers have described as one of the most civilised of cities in the world since around 400 B.C.

Here, in the heart of Athens, civilisation found its zenith in all areas of development from the arts to medicine. Very few places can match the sheer timeless splendour of Athens. There is a tenacious regard for history and the significance of tradition that permeates every aspect of Greek life, from the pride shown the old part of Athens known as the Plaka, to the importance placed on family and the links enshrined through subsequent generations.