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Hotel Information: This modern, seven-story hotel faces new Olympic zone of Paleon Faliron. The spacious lobby has a gray marble floor, and green leather armchairs arranged around low wooden coffee tables. It extends into the Atrium Cafe, a glazed area that opens onto a courtyard garden with a cascade, floodlit at night. The lobby has a Sushi Corner and a newspaper kiosk. Guests are mainly businesspeople.
Amenity highlights: The Metropolitan offers impressive conference and banqueting facilities, with a total of ten spaces that can be arranged to suit various needs. The largest, the Aegean Ballroom, can seat up to 450, while several smaller rooms are ideal for meetings of up to 12 participants. There is a small 24-hour business center in the lobby area. Sports facilities include a fully equipped fitness center and an open-air rooftop pool.
Insider tip: Just a 10-minute drive from the hotel, the coastal strip from Paleo Faliro to Piraeus underwent transformation for the 2004 Olympic Games. There are new sports facilities for beach volleyball and taekwondo, and the existing Peace and Friendship Stadium at Neo Faliro was upgraded to host the volleyball.
Rooms
Metropolitan Hotel, Athens, has 374 air-conditioned guestrooms, all of which offer smart modern furnishing, satellite TV with pay movies and interactive entertainment, and desks with high-speed Internet connections (surcharge). Also available are laptop-sized safes and trouser presses. The bathrooms have peach colored walls, gray marble floors and washbasins, plus Molton Brown toiletries and hair dryers.
Room Amenities
- Internet access - high speed
- Cable/satellite TV
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Soundproofed rooms
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Internet access - surcharge
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom telephone
- Hair dryer
- Makeup mirror
- Sewing kit
- Handheld shower
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Trouser press
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Television - Satellite service
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Television
- Desk
- Window opens
- Clock radio
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
Recreation
Just a 10-minute drive from the hotel lies the beach of Paleo Faliro. A further 10-minutes down the coast lie the slightly more exclusive pay-beaches of Glyfada and Vouliagmeni. Also along the coast, guests will find a number of marinas which charter sailing boats in the accompaniment of a private skipper.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Swimming on site
- Sailing nearby
Property Amenities
The basement of Metropolitan Hotel features a 24-hour business center with a desk, computer with high-speed Internet access (surcharge), printer, and fax. Secretarial and translation services are available upon request. The hotel runs a complementary shuttle bus to Syntagma Square once an hour during the day.
Also in the basement is a hair salon, a gray marble steam bath, and a 24-hour fitness center with a fully equipped modern gym and a trainer during the afternoons. Through summer, guests can relax at the rooftop open-air pool which is surrounded with wooden sunbeds.
- Swimming pool - outdoor seasonal
- Poolside bar
- Steam room
- Technology helpdesk
- Concierge desk
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Fitness equipment
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Coffee shop or café
- Parking (free)
- Parking (valet)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Banquet facilities
- Ballroom(s)
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Business center
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Audio-visual equipment
- Cell phone/mobile rental
- Secretarial services
- Business services
- Computer rental
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of rooms: 374
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- Multilingual staff
- Tour assistance
- Currency exchange
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Translation services
- Babysitting or child care
- Medical assistance available
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning service
- Patio
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Coffee in lobby
- Shoe shine
- Elevator/lift
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Supervised child care/activities
- Wedding services
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Mandatory Hotel-imposed Fees
The following fees are charged by the property at check-in or check-out.
- A city tax is applicable to all bookings; this charge is not included in the rates and is payable locally.
The above list is not comprehensive; fees are subject to change.
Dining
Trocadero - This is the hotel's main restaurant. Wooden tables and chairs with green upholstery combine with a gray marble floor and a 1970s style central fireplace to provide a modern, informal setting. It is open 24 hours for light meals, and serves an American buffet breakfast (surcharge), lunch, and dinner by candlelight. The menu features international and Greek cuisine, and the signature dish is a Greek specialty: Stuffed Cabbage Leaves with Minced Lamb and Egg Lemon Sauce. Regatta Bar - Open all day for drinks and snacks, the Regatta Bar is decorated in blue and the walls are hung with pictures of sailing boats to give a Yacht Club ambience. Four small TV screens are set into the wall and there is live piano music in the evenings. The bar also offers a selection of cigars. Atrium Cafe - This cafe is open all day for coffee, tea, and light snacks. It is located in the lobby, with tables outside in the courtyard garden - weather permitting. There is also a small Sushi Corner serving Japanese specialties at a bar with stools. La Veranda - This rooftop restaurant operates from May to October by the open-air pool, with views of the coast up to Piraeus. It is arranged with wooden tables and wrought iron chairs with cream cushions, and serves light meals and snacks during the day, plus dinner at night. The menu features Italian cuisine and barbecued meat and fish dishes. |
Address
385 Syngrou Ave
Athens, 175 64
Greece
Nearest major airport:
Athens, Greece (ATH-Eleftherios Venizelos)
Area:
Syggrou, Athens, Greece