My husband and I stayed at Hotel Adrian for three nights and really enjoyed the experience. The hotel is located in the heart of the Plaka within close proximity to numerous Greek restaurants, shops, and a major metro stop (Monastiraki). We spent our time walking up and down the beautiful historic streets of the Plaka. The hotel room itself was clean and comfortable. The highlight was the picturesque balcony overlooking the Acropolis where breakfast was served every morning. The staff was extremely warm and contributed greatly to our experience always willing to engage in interesting conversation about Greek culture and life. We highly recommend Hotel Adrian to anyone that wants to experience the excitement of being in the heart of the Plaka, Athen’s most unique neighborhood.

Everytime I have travelled to Greece I have noticed that it is hard to find a good hotel for a reasonable price. This one is not bad priced and it is located in the heart of Athens. In the very heart of Plaka area. It's easy to get there from the airport, as you use the subway and stop in Monastiraki station. And you can go on foot to the main interesting points in the city. In spring and summer, they serve breakfast in the top of the building, in the upper floor, in a terrace from where you can see the Acropolis. The rooms are quite clean and, some rooms in the main façade have beautiful views to the Licabetus Mount.

Couldn't have asked for a better place to stay. We were in one of the rooms overlooking the street. Large room, 2 single beds, lovely bath with shower, toilet and bidet (how they got that in!) Balcony with 2 chairs and table so could "people" watch. Was a bit noisey in the early hours - dogs and dustbin men but put the airconditioner on and it was fine. Breakfast lovely on the roof terrace - fresh orange juice, strawberries and a hot buffet. Will certainly stay there again. Friends stayed in a room overlooking the Acropolis - they were quite cramped so unless 304 and 305 are larger would recommend the front of the hotel.

This hotel is superbly located for the archeological sites - almost adjacent to Hadrian's Library, a few minutes walk from the Roman Forum, and 7 minutes from the Agora. The best way to reach the hotel from the Airport, is the the underground train. It runs right from the airport to the Monastiraki station, about 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The journey takes 45 minutes, and the train runs every 30 minutes. It was spotlessly clean, and very pleasant. There is a €10 family ticket which meant we paid about £3 to transfer from airport to Hotel ! The only tiny difficulty with the underground is arriving at Monastiraki station - like some London stations, there are several exits from the station. Make sure you use the right one before heading off to the Hotel.

From the outside, the hotel did not resemble the pictures I had seen - we almost walked past the entrance! However, inside it was clean, light, and the chap on reception was very polite, spoke excellent english, and insisted on carrying our bags up the 4 steps into reception. We had pre-booked a room with a view of the Acropolis (€15 per night) and so we were on the 3rd floor. The room was failrly small - but clean, and the bathroom was better than the one from the London airport hotel we had stayed in the previous night. The hot water was plentiful, and temperature was constant. We had a mini-bath with shower over, which was fine. There was one bar for hanging clothes - about 10 hangers. The e-safe was a safety deposit box with a number pad allowing the user to select a 4 digit number - very good - and meant no key to carry. The room had a kettle for making coffee & tea, and the usual mini-bar. From the floor plan, it appeared the rooms were all different shape and size.

Now for the bad news - noise. Athens is not a quiet city at night - from the groups of barking dogs, noisy mopeds, and garbage collectors (from 4:30 am!) there was plenty of noise at night. The 3rd floor is the highest that has rooms - but above us was the very nice rooftop breakfast area. Breakfast is served from 06:30 to 09:30, and so the staff were setting up from 05:30. That meant moving chairs and trolleys across the tlle floor immediately above our heads. More noise. Therefore, we would definitely recommend earplugs. I would also say that the Acropolis view isn't worth it. As you can see from the attached photo, the view is slightly blocked by a palm tree (we were in room 306, there were 3 other rooms facing the Acropolis on our floor), but the view from the rooftop at beakfast was much better. With hindsight, we would have had a lower room, which were larger, and possibly quieter as we would have not heard the breakfast noise.

Rooms in the hotel either face the Acropolis, or face the road. The road is very small, but the front of the hotel faces a pretty square, filled with trees and restaurants. We didn't experience any noise from them, but it's possible. Again, earplugs would be useful.

Breakfast was OK. The staff brought a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, and the rest was self service - cereals, bread, honey, jam/marmalde, yoghurt, fruit, cheese, cold meat, as well as bacon, and fried eggs, coffee and water.

There are lots of restaurants about 3mins walk up Adrianou street. All serving standard tourist food, but worth exploring.