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This Deluxe Balcony Room offers a bright, modern space with a calming appeal. The layout includes one king-sized bed or twin beds for restful sleep....
The Deluxe City View Balcony Room offers a bright, modern space. Clean lines and soft tones create a calm and welcoming atmosphere. The room includes...
This Premier Room offers a bright space with modern design and twin beds. A soft sofa adds comfort beside a clear, open layout. The room...
The Deluxe Pool View Balcony Room offers a bright and modern setting. A calm layout presents one king-sized bed and a soft sofa. Light enters...
The Premier Family Room offers extra space in a bright, modern setting. This room features one king-sized bed and a practical pull-out sofa. The layout...
The Deluxe Room offers a bright, modern space with a calm style. It features one king-sized bed and a comfortable sofa for rest. Natural light...
Within the Deluxe Acropolis View Balcony Room, a bright and modern space unfolds. Twin beds rest beside a soft sofa in a calm layout. Large...
Within the Junior City View Club Suite, a bright modern junior suite offers space. The layout includes one king-sized bed and a comfortable living area....
The Executive Acropolis View Balcony Club Room features a bright, modern space. Twin beds and a sofa create a calm and flexible layout. Large windows...
A refined stay awaits in the Deluxe Balcony Club Suite, set for comfort. This spacious one-bedroom layout includes a bedroom with one king-sized bed. A...
The Family Connecting Room offers a spacious and comfortable 66 sq. m. setting, combining two bedrooms, a separate living area, and a private balcony for...
Within the Premier Acropolis View Balcony Club Suite, calm luxury defines every detail. The bedroom presents one king-sized bed and a walk-in closet. Soft textures...
The Presidential Balcony Club Suite offers a spacious one-bedroom layout with refined comfort. The bedroom features one king-sized bed and a walk-in closet. The design...
The Royal Balcony Club Suite offers a refined sanctuary with elegant neutral decor. Large windows frame a clear view over the Acropolis and the surrounding...
Conrad Athens The Ilisian brings a new luxury address to one of the most familiar modern buildings in Athens. The hotel stands on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. The National Gallery, Megaron Athens Concert Hall, Kolonaki, Pangrati, and Lycabettus Hill are all nearby. It occupies the former Hilton Athens. This postwar landmark helped shape the city's international character for decades. After a major transformation, the building has returned as a polished urban hotel with strong ties to modern Athens.
The location gives the hotel a different rhythm from properties set deep inside the historic tourist core. The Acropolis, Syntagma, Plaka, the National Garden, and the Panathenaic Stadium are all within easy reach. The immediate setting still feels cultural, diplomatic, and residential. Museums, galleries, embassies, restaurants, and office addresses sit close together. For travelers who want Athens beyond the postcard view, this part of the city has real depth.
The Ilisian name connects the hotel to the old Ilisos River and to the Ilisia district around it. The local reference gives the address useful context. The building has long been part of the Athenian skyline. Many residents still remember it as a place for meetings, events, rooftop evenings, and summer swims. The new hotel keeps that civic memory alive. At the same time, the rooms, dining areas, and wellness spaces now have a contemporary mood.
The architecture remains central to the hotel's identity. The original modernist form is still clear, with the building's long horizontal lines and distinctive marble reliefs by Greek artist Yannis Moralis. These details give the property a strong sense of place before guests even step inside. It is not a neutral glass tower. It belongs visibly to Athens and to a specific moment in the city's twentieth-century story. Inside, the mood is softer and more layered. The design draws on mid-century references, Greek craft, warm stone, wood, art, and sculptural lighting. Public areas feel broad and social rather than hushed. The lobby, lounges, and restaurants are designed as city spaces, not only as hotel spaces. This suits Athens. Daily life here often moves between coffee, conversation, late dinners, and long evenings outdoors.
Conrad Athens The Ilisian has 278 rooms and suites. Many have private balconies and wide views across Athens. Some look toward Lycabettus Hill. Others face the Acropolis, the city grid, or the Saronic Gulf in the distance. The rooms use a calm palette, natural textures, marble, wood, and curated art. They create a composed setting after busy days in the capital. The strongest rooms are shaped by light and outlook. Athens changes hour by hour. Morning can be pale and quiet. Afternoon brings sharp sun. Evening turns the skyline warmer. A balcony gives that movement space. The rooms work well for short city stays, business trips, cultural weekends, and longer visits in the center of town. Suites bring more generous living areas and a stronger residential feel. They are especially suited to travelers who want a central base but do not want to feel boxed into a small room. The design avoids heavy formality. It feels modern, warm, and connected to the city outside the window.
One of the hotel's most important features is its outdoor pool. This is rare in central Athens. The pool links the property's past with its new chapter, since the former Hilton pool was part of local memory for generations. In summer, it gives the hotel the relaxed feeling of a city resort. The cultural center remains close. The wellness areas add another reason to stay on property between city visits. Spa spaces, fitness facilities, and calm indoor areas create a useful pause from Athens traffic, museum queues, and long sightseeing days. The mood is urban but restorative. Guests can spend the morning at the Acropolis Museum. Later, they can return for a swim or treatment, then head back out for dinner in Kolonaki or Pangrati.
Dining is an important part of the hotel's identity. The Ilisian brings several restaurants and bars together under one roof, with spaces for coffee, Greek and Mediterranean cooking, relaxed meals, and more atmospheric evenings. The mood is designed to draw in Athenians as well as hotel guests, which helps the property feel like part of the city rather than a closed hotel world. The rooftop heritage is especially important. The former Hilton Athens was known for its views and social life, and the renewed building keeps that link with elevated spaces for drinks and dining. Athens looks different from above. The city is dense, pale, layered, and dramatic, with Lycabettus, the Acropolis, and the sea all shaping the horizon. Menus lean toward Mediterranean flavors, seasonal produce, seafood, vegetables, olive oil, herbs, and the easy late-night pace that suits Athens. The dining scene around the hotel is also strong. Kolonaki, Pangrati, Syntagma, and the city center place tavernas, wine bars, bakeries, and contemporary restaurants within a short ride or walk.
The immediate neighborhood is one of the hotel's main strengths. The National Gallery is close by, while Megaron Athens Concert Hall, the War Museum, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, and the Benaki Museum are all practical cultural stops. Kolonaki adds boutiques, cafes, galleries, and hillside streets that climb toward Lycabettus. For first-time visitors, the address is simple to use. Taxis and the metro connect easily to the historic center, the port routes, and the airport. For returning travelers, the location feels more interesting because it sits between the ceremonial, cultural, and everyday sides of Athens. It is close to the monuments, but not trapped by them.
Conrad Athens The Ilisian is best understood as a city hotel with resort-like scale, not as a retreat from Athens. It has the pool, dining, wellness, and room comfort to support slow days. Its strongest quality is the way it sits inside the capital's modern life. The hotel looks toward the old city while standing in the Athens of galleries, design, business, food, and late nights. The stay will suit travelers who want a polished base with history, skyline views, and space to pause between city plans. It also suits those who remember the former Hilton Athens and want to see how a familiar landmark has been renewed. The building has not lost its place in the city. It has stepped into a new role.
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See Athens from Vassilissis Sofias Avenue. This hotel offers views of Kolonaki, Pangrati, and the Acropolis.
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Leof Vasilissis Sofias 46 ATHENS 11528 GR GREECE, Greece
Yes. Conrad Athens The Ilisian is a strong choice for travelers who want a new luxury base in central Athens. It suits couples, business travelers, culture trips, food-focused guests, and short city stays that need comfort, views, dining, and wellness.
The hotel is on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, in the Ilisia district near museums, embassies, galleries, and central Athens landmarks. This location works well for guests who want city access without staying inside the busiest tourist streets.
Conrad Athens The Ilisian has 278 rooms and suites. The room mix includes modern guest rooms, larger suites, and view-focused categories for guests who want extra comfort in Athens.
Rooms and suites are modern, calm, and polished, with warm design, smart layouts, and views of Athens or the Acropolis in selected categories. They are best for travelers who want a refined city hotel with more space and service than a classic boutique stay.
Yes. Selected rooms, suites, and rooftop areas give guests views toward the Acropolis and the Athens skyline. Guests who care most about views should choose room categories carefully and plan rooftop time around sunset.
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