A well-known online auction website put us here for 60 british pounds and I have never had a better deal. This is one of the better 5-stars I have stayed at and cannot recommend it highly enough to the discerning traveller.

Spent four nights at the Athenaeum and was very impressed with this hotel. It is a little out of the way (my only negative comment) and could be considered to be a little lacking on character with the emphasis on being a 'business' hotel. However, the service is excellent, from our arrival at 4am to our departure. The lobby bar is extremely comfortable with charming service and Cafe Zoe was also very good although prices are a little steep, as are room service and the minibar (which was as expected).

Our room was generously proportioned with a very comfortable bed and seating area, the bathroom too was very well appointed. The towels and bathrobes were particularly soft and luxurious and we appreciated the Korres toiletries which were supplied plentifully every day. Housekeeping was to a very high standard indeed.

The courtesy bus to Syntagma square is a bonus running every half hour but there were always plenty of taxis outside for other trips. Just off the busy Syngrou Avenue there isn't really anywhere to walk too and you do rather rely on the cabs (which are very reasonably priced) and the bus service. Although at times we enjoyed being away from the frantic centre of Athens.

All in all yet another very good Intercontinental hotel and I would thoroughly recommend.

Stayed an overnight waiting to fly home. Took the train from the airport and had no problems finding the hotel. Staff is friendly and fast check-in. Pool area was quite nice, sheltered from wind. Room is very spacious and has some english stations on TV. Didn't have time to try restraunt but heard good things from other people staying there. No issues and would stay again. Close to tram to get to train station and back to airport - total of about 35-45 mins and 6E.

I thought this hotel was great. For an Intercontinental, the prices are moderate, and the rather modest additional amount I spent for a club room was worth every penny. This hotel has a great club lounge, food available virtually all day, with full breakfast, sandwiches in the afternoon and complimentary drinks and snacks in the evening. The club features an amazing deck with panoramic views of the acropolis. The room is exactly as described by others, large, modern, sort of generic. Our bathroom was very new and all marble. Nice ammenities.

Checkin for our club room was on the 8th floor and seamless. They arranged for early checkout, and took care of booking our cab to the airport. This, I especially recommend, and the doorman made sure (by room number) that we got the cab we had booked. The fare was EU27.50 in the early morning. Do be aware that in the middle of the night cab fares double, and this could explain why some people paid so much more.

The hotel does have a complimentary shuttle to the main tourist area, which compensates for its somewhat distant location. There is also a metro stop a few blocks away, and the tram stops even closer. We actually walked to the acropolis and found it to be a doable walk in nice weather.

The only quibble, the hotel is very smokey. Every elevator lobby reeked of smoke, as did the hallways. There was no way to get away from it in the lounge other than to go out on the deck.