A landmark in Modern Greece, the GB combines comfort with dash and a big dose of history – for the likes of Winston Churchill there was nowhere better in the Levant. It’s rooftop terrace (following a major £60m renovation of the hotel in the run-up to the 2004 Athens Olympics) has a great bar and restaurant with terrific view of the Parthenon and House of Parliament which it faces. Its ground-floor bar, a favourite watering hole of Greek politicians, is unabashedly camp. Rooms are as famous for their marble bathrooms as spacious balconies. Double room classic – €255 (high season); single classic €235 (low season).
Vassileos Georgiou 1, Syntagma Square; Tel: 210 333 0000; Nearest metro: Syntagma; www.grandebretagne.gr/
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