Skip to main content
Free Membership No booking fees Loyalty points

Best for

Choose this address if you want to explore central Athens on foot and return to a hotel with a strong design identity.

What makes it special

Fernando and Humberto Campana's bold interiors make the hotel an engaging choice for guests who want design to be part of their Athens stay.

Room to consider

If outdoor space matters, ask whether the proposed room has a balcony and confirm its outlook before committing to your stay.

Insider tip

Plan a drink at the seventh-floor Art Lounge terrace to take in the Acropolis, Parliament, and Lycabettus Hill from one viewpoint.

Your privileges at this hotel

Free membership gives you access to preferred rates, exclusive benefits and current promotions for your stay.

VIP Recognition
Room Upgrade
100 USD Hotel Benefit
Daily Breakfast
Preferred Rates

New Hotel Athens

NEW Hotel puts an unusually expressive interior behind a practical Athens address. On Filellinon Street near Syntagma Square, this 79-room Design Hotels member occupies the former Olympic Palace Hotel. Fernando and Humberto Campana turned pieces of the old building into furniture and art, while Greek folk images run through the rooms. It is a city hotel for people who want to walk Athens by day and return to somewhere with a visual life of its own.

The location makes short visits easy. Plaka, the National Garden, the Parliament area and the streets around Syntagma are close enough to shape a day on foot. The Acropolis can be reached by walking through the historic center, with cafes and shops providing natural stops along the way. Back at the hotel, a seventh-floor terrace changes the perspective: the same dense city becomes a sweep of rooftops, landmarks and hills.

Lifestyle
4.6/5 66 Member Reviews 82% Upgrade Rate

Rooms

  • 79 79

Hotel Style

  • Casual Casual

Leisure

  • Fitness Fitness
  • Spa Spa
  • Sauna Sauna

Experiences

  • Culture Culture
  • City Vibe City Vibe

Facilities

  • Wheelchair Accessible Wheelchair Accessible
  • Connecting Rooms Connecting Rooms

Rooms & Suites at New Hotel Athens

Standard Room
View Photos

Standard Room

248–269 sqft
From 252 USD

Handmade furniture and art bring the Campana brothers’ design into the bedroom. Greek folklore and images of old Athens give it character. A work desk...

Superior Room
View Photos

Superior Room

248–269 sqft
From 269 USD

A side-street outlook sets the scene for a bedroom with wooden floors and handmade furniture. At the work desk, art draws on Greek traditions: Karagiozis,...

Classic Room
View Photos

Classic Room

248 sqft
From 269 USD

The windows face a side street in the historic neighbourhood. A working desk and handmade furniture sit on wooden flooring. Art draws on Greek folklore...

Deluxe Room
View Photos

Deluxe Room

248–269 sqft
From 275 USD

Handmade furniture and a working desk sit on wooden flooring, with a side-street outlook beyond the windows. Artwork draws on Greek folklore through Karagiozis, the...

Deluxe City View Room
View Photos

Deluxe City View Room

248–269 sqft
From 298 USD

Wooden floors and handmade furniture give the bedroom a warm setting, with a work desk among the custom pieces. The bed has a Simmons mattress,...

Junior Suite
View Photos

Junior Suite

323 sqft
From 409 USD

The sitting area shares the bedroom space, with a work desk among the handmade furniture. Wooden floors run beneath the custom pieces. Art draws on...

Suite
View Photos

Suite

377 sqft
From 483 USD

Plush sofas furnish the living room, which is separate from the bedroom. Handmade furniture and wooden floors carry the design between the two spaces, with...

Acropolis Penthouse Suite
View Photos

Acropolis Penthouse Suite

753 sqft
From 1’466 USD

The master bedroom faces the Acropolis, with a separate living and dining area. Custom carpets sit alongside handmade furniture on Iroko wood floors, with the...

The hotel is at 16 Filellinon Street, just off the routes that join Syntagma to Plaka. That position is useful on a first Athens trip, when ancient sites, museums, shopping and dinners may all sit in different parts of the center. You can set out toward the National Garden in one direction and the winding lanes below the Acropolis in another. Syntagma's transport connections also make the address workable for journeys beyond the immediate neighborhood.

There is a clear urban trade-off. NEW Hotel has the movement and scale of a central property, not the grounds or silence of a coastal resort. Its room categories vary in outlook and space, so it is worth choosing according to how much time you expect to spend inside. A traveler out exploring from breakfast until dinner may value the address most; a longer stay may justify a suite with a separate place to sit.

NEW Hotel was Fernando and Humberto Campana's first hotel project. Instead of clearing the Olympic Palace's past away, they worked salvaged chairs and timber into new pieces. The lobby's layers of wood, handmade furniture and sculptural forms feel assembled rather than ordered from a standard hotel catalogue. Dakis Joannou, the hotel's art-collecting owner, brought an interest in contemporary work that extends beyond a single decorative commission.

Greek references give the exuberance a local anchor. The evil eye, Karagiozis shadow-puppet figures and old Athens postcards appear as visual themes, sometimes with the wit and density of a collage. The look is deliberately busy. Guests who prefer restrained marble and symmetry may find it too much; design-minded visitors will find details worth noticing between outings. That distinction is central to the hotel's appeal, and it is more useful than treating the interiors as a neutral backdrop.

The reuse story also changes how the public rooms feel. A chair becomes part of a wall or an artwork; wood from an earlier life gives a new surface its texture. These are tactile spaces, not simply colorful ones. The former hotel's past remains visible, but the rooms are made for use, not display. You can enjoy the craftsmanship without needing to know the history of every object.

Across 79 rooms and suites, the Campana vocabulary continues in handmade furniture, wood floors and graphic references to Greek culture. The published range includes Classic, Superior and Deluxe rooms, Junior Suites, suites and an Acropolis Penthouse. The important differences are less about a ladder of luxury than the amount of living space and the direction of the view. Category names and measurements differ across official listings, so the exact bookable room should be checked against its description.

A room facing a side street can suit a short cultural stay, particularly when the hotel is mainly a base for walking. Many Junior Suites bring a sitting area and corner outlook, while suites add a separate living area. Those distinctions matter if two people need room to unpack, work or pause between plans. Rather than assume an Acropolis view comes with every upgrade, select the exact category for the outlook you want.

The Acropolis Penthouse is a different proposition. Its separate living space and broad terrace open the hotel toward the skyline, including the Acropolis and Lycabettus Hill. It makes sense for a longer city stay or an occasion when time in the room matters as much as time out exploring. For most guests, though, the strongest decision is choosing enough space for the trip without paying for a panorama they will rarely see.

Food and drink follow the hotel's two levels of city life. The ground-floor Lobby Lounge handles breakfast and Mediterranean-leaning meals, including lighter lunch choices. It is the convenient place to begin before sightseeing or to regroup between appointments. The design carries through here, with woodwork and custom furniture making even a quick coffee feel connected to the rest of the property.

On the seventh floor, the hotel's current Art Lounge pages emphasize rooftop cocktails and bar bites. Its terrace looks across Athens to the Acropolis, Lycabettus Hill, Syntagma Square and Parliament. Contemporary art installations give the space another reason to linger, though the view is the natural draw in the evening. It is an appealing start or finish to a night out, while the many restaurants around Plaka and the wider center leave plenty of scope for dinner elsewhere.

That division is useful to understand before planning meals. NEW Hotel is not a self-contained dining resort. Its advantage is the freedom to use Athens: breakfast at the hotel, a neighborhood lunch, a rooftop drink and dinner in whichever quarter the day has reached. For a visitor who wants the city to set the pace, this is a better fit than a hotel built around several formal restaurants.

NEW Sense Spa Suite gives the hotel a smaller, more personal wellness space than the word spa might suggest at a large resort. The hotel's current program includes treatments and a fitness room; Design Hotels also lists a Jacuzzi and steam bath. It is well suited to a pause after long walks rather than a full day devoted to extensive thermal facilities. Travelers seeking a major pool complex or destination spa should choose a different Athens base.

The scale suits the way this hotel is used. Athens rewards early starts and detours, but the heat and distance between sites can make a midday return welcome. A shower, a little quiet, or a treatment before heading out again can be more valuable than another facility on a list. NEW Hotel keeps that reset close to the monuments and neighborhoods that brought most guests to the city.

NEW Hotel's strongest combination is a walkable Syntagma address, an authored interior and a rooftop with a broad sense of the city. It has neither the formal ceremony of Athens' grand Syntagma hotels nor the beach-and-pool rhythm of the Riviera. What it gives instead is a creative base for people whose itinerary is built around galleries, old streets, ancient sites and meals out.

For a couple on a city break, a design enthusiast or a solo traveler keen to explore on foot, that balance is persuasive. Families and longer-stay guests should pay closer attention to category and layout; the suite options make more sense when a room must do more than hold luggage. NEW Hotel works best when its art and rooftop are part of the stay, while Athens itself remains the main event.

Why we love this hotel

Why we love this hotel

Greek visual traditions, including the evil eye and old Athens postcards, give the interiors a sense of place beyond international design.

The ground-floor New Lobby Lounge gives guests an easy place for breakfast or a casual meal between excursions through central Athens.

A dedicated spa suite and fitness room offer a convenient pause from sightseeing without asking guests to leave the city center.

Location of New Hotel

Filellinon 16, 105 57 Athina, Greece

Weather at New Hotel Athens

Athens

What to Know About New Hotel Athens

Is New Hotel Athens a good hotel?

Yes. New Hotel Athens is a strong choice for travelers who want a central design hotel near Syntagma Square. It suits guests who value art, walkability, rooftop views, modern rooms, and easy access to Athens landmarks.

Where is New Hotel Athens located?

New Hotel Athens is located on Filellinon Street, close to Syntagma Square in central Athens. The location is convenient for Plaka, the Acropolis, the National Garden, shopping, restaurants, and public transport.

How many rooms does New Hotel Athens have?

New Hotel Athens has 79 rooms and suites, with a boutique scale and a strong design focus. The rooms combine modern comfort with playful details inspired by Athens, Greek culture, and reused materials.

What makes New Hotel Athens special?

New Hotel Athens is known for its bold interiors by Fernando and Humberto Campana. The design reuses elements from the former Olympic Palace Hotel and turns them into art, furniture, and public spaces.

What are the best rooms at New Hotel Athens?

The best rooms are usually higher-floor rooms and suites, especially if you want more space or stronger Athens views. The Penthouse Suite is the top choice for guests who want a terrace and memorable Acropolis views.

Luxury Hotels Nearby

King George Hotel Athens

King George Hotel Athens

102

King George Hotel Athens is for travelers who want Syntagma Square, Acropolis views, and old-world formality in a smaller pac...

Explore this hotel
Hotel Grande Bretagne

Hotel Grande Bretagne

320

Hotel Grande Bretagne is one of the grand addresses of Athens. Set on Syntagma Square, opposite the Parliament and close to t...

Explore this hotel
The Dolli at Acropolis

The Dolli at Acropolis

46
+2

More amenities

  • Culture
  • City Vibe

The Dolli at Acropolis sits in central Athens, with views toward the Acropolis and Parthenon, refined rooms, rooftop dining,...

Explore this hotel