Greece
9 ranked
hotels in Athens
13 MICHELIN Keys · 1 Forbes Five Star · 1 World's 50 Best placings
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Acropolis rooftops in town, Aegean pine and sea southward
Athens has 9 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Four Seasons Astir Palace leads on prestige score at 8.55 out of 10, followed by Hotel Grande Bretagne and THE DOLLI at Acropolis, A Hotel to Live. Of those, 9 hold MICHELIN Keys, 1 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 1 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 1 are rated by La Liste.
Athens now works as two hotel markets. In the centre, all nine ranked properties hold MICHELIN Keys and the reference point remains Hotel Grande Bretagne on Syntagma Square, opposite the Greek Parliament, with THE DOLLI at Acropolis occupying a neoclassical building on Adrianou in Plaka and rooftop views straight to the Parthenon.
The second market is the Athens Riviera, the coast running southwest from the city, where Four Seasons Astir Palace sits on a pine-covered peninsula at Vouliagmeni and One&Only Aesthesis occupies former parkland near Glyfada. Smaller central houses such as Anthology of Athens, ERGON House, Monument and NOT Hotel have followed the wider revival of Omonia and the market district. One property appears on The World's 50 Best Hotels.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Seasons Astir Palace3 Keys · Forbes · 50 Best · La Liste · 303 rooms | 8.55 | 3 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; World's 50 Best No. 35 in 2023, No. 17 in 2025; La Liste 98.0 |
| 2 | Hotel Grande Bretagne2 Keys · 320 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 3 | THE DOLLI at Acropolis, A Hotel to Live2 Keys · 46 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 4 | Anthology of Athens1 Key · 18 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 5 | ERGON House Athens1 Key · 38 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 6 | Monument1 Key · 9 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 7 | NOT Hotel1 Key · 21 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 8 | One&Only Aesthesis1 Key · 127 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 9 | Xenodocheio Milos1 Key · 43 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Central clusters form around Syntagma and the pedestrianised streets of Plaka and Monastiraki, where the ruins are within walking reach, and in the harder-edged blocks toward Omonia and Psyrri; the beach hotels sit 20 to 40 minutes south along the coast road at Glyfada, Vouliagmeni and Kavouri.
April to June and September to October suit the city best and fill the hotels; the riviera peaks in July and August when Athens itself empties in the heat, and central hotels are easier to book from November to March.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Athens are Four Seasons Astir Palace, Hotel Grande Bretagne, THE DOLLI at Acropolis, A Hotel to Live. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 9 award holding hotels in Athens in total.
Athens has 9 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 1 hold the top rating of three Keys and 2 hold two Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
April to June and September to October suit the city best and fill the hotels; the riviera peaks in July and August when Athens itself empties in the heat, and central hotels are easier to book from November to March.
Central clusters form around Syntagma and the pedestrianised streets of Plaka and Monastiraki, where the ruins are within walking reach, and in the harder-edged blocks toward Omonia and Psyrri; the beach hotels sit 20 to 40 minutes south along the coast road at Glyfada, Vouliagmeni and Kavouri.