Best for
Choose this address if you want to explore central Athens on foot and return to a hotel with a strong design identity.
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.
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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.
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 and wooden floors add a warm finish, and the bed has a Simmons mattress. The bathroom holds a shower and WC. The room is also soundproofed.
In one arrangement, Athens postcards form a collage across a pale-blue wall. Below it, a long desk and cabinet have a light wood finish, with a pattern of angular shapes across their doors. An angular mirror sits on the desk, with a white curved-back chair pulled up to the long work surface. A tall faceted mirror extends along the wall near the glass doors. Wood-finished panels cover part of the ceiling above this area. Electric roller blinds offer sun-proof and blackout settings. Some rooms face Lycabettus Hill. Front-facing rooms look towards Filellinon Street, the Russian Church and the National Gardens.
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...
An additional bed is available on request.
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, the evil eye and old Athens postcards. Soundproofing helps separate the room from the street. Electric roller blinds offer sun-proof and blackout settings, while the bathroom has a shower and WC.
One interior pairs a coral-red wall with flat gold-tone cutout figures across its upper surface. A red curved-back chair faces the wood-finished desk and its patterned cabinet doors. Behind the bed, tall padded panels form a grid of pale rectangles. To one side, a narrow wall lamp has closely spaced ribs. Their fine lines spread out from the wall into a tapered cone shape. Tall glass doors stand between the patterned wall and headboard, with a slatted panel set within the glazing. Pale bedding covers the Simmons mattress, and air conditioning cools the room.
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,...
Some rooms are smaller than the size shown.
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 and old Athens, while a Simmons mattress completes the bed. The bathroom contains a shower and WC. Air conditioning and soundproofing serve the room.
One Classic scheme places an Athens postcard collage across a pale-blue wall. Below it, a long wood-finished desk and cabinet have patterned doors. A white curved-back chair sits at the work surface. An open shelf breaks up the cabinet front, and the long worktop continues beside the bed. An angular mirror rests on the desk. Near the glass doors, a tall faceted mirror extends along the wall. Overhead, a wood-finished panel holds a horizontal slatted vent and small inset lights. Electric roller blinds offer sun-proof and blackout settings to adjust the light from the windows.
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...
An extra bed can be arranged on request.
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 evil eye and old Athens. Simmons mattresses accompany the custom pieces. The room has soundproofing and electric sun-proof and blackout roller blinds. A shower and WC serve the bathroom.
In one example, a red curved-back chair faces a light wood-finished desk and cabinet. Flat gold-tone cutout figures spread across the coral wall above it. Behind the bed, tall pale padded panels rise from the bedding in a grid of rectangular sections. To one side, closely spaced ribs fan out into a cone-shaped wall lamp. Tall glass doors stand between the headboard and patterned wall, with a dark slatted panel set within the glazing. A small surface beside the bed shares the light wood finish of the longer desk and cabinet opposite. Air conditioning cools the interior.
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...
Views vary by room. Some face Lycabettus Hill; others face the street, church or gardens.
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, and a shower and WC serve the bathroom. Art draws on Greek folklore through Karagiozis, the evil eye and postcard images of old Athens. Electric roller blinds have sun-proof and blackout modes. The room also has soundproofing and air conditioning.
In one interior, blue eye motifs spread across a dark grey-blue wall above a long wood-finished desk. The light wood finish runs across the broad worktop and the angular pattern on the cabinet doors beneath it. A white chair with a curved back faces the desk. A small angular mirror rests on the work surface against the blue wall. Tall glass doors have a slatted panel set within their glazing. Beyond the doors, a blue curved-back chair furnishes the outdoor setting.
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,...
Most suites have a corner outlook; a few face a side street.
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 Greek traditions and the city’s history, and the bed has a Simmons mattress. A shower and WC occupy the bathroom. Air conditioning and soundproofing accompany electric sun-proof and blackout roller blinds.
One arrangement pairs tall padded headboard panels with a tapered wall lamp. Its closely spaced ribs fan out from the wall into a cone shape beside the headboard’s tall grid of pale rectangular panels. An Athens postcard collage spreads across a pale-blue wall above the wood-finished desk and white chair. A small curved stool sits just inside the tall glass doors. Here, a dark slatted panel stands within the glazing. The long wooden worktop follows the wall opposite the bed, with cupboard doors beneath it. Outside, a round table and curved-back chairs furnish this balcony scheme.
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...
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 a working desk among the custom pieces. Greek artists’ installations and intricately woven walls give the suite its character. The bathroom has a shower and WC. Electric roller blinds control sunlight and provide a blackout setting.
In one bedroom scheme, blue eye motifs stand out on a dark grey-blue wall. Tall padded headboard panels rise beside a ribbed, cone-shaped wall lamp. A white curved-back chair faces the wood-finished desk and its patterned doors. An angled mirror rests on the work surface. Nearby, a folding luggage rack stands beside a tall mirrored partition, reflecting the desk and eye-patterned wall. Cabinet doors run beneath the long worktop beside the bed. A Simmons mattress completes the bedroom, and the suite has air conditioning and soundproofing.
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...
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 same wood used indoors and out in the Campana design. The en-suite bathroom is finished entirely in marble and has a rain shower. A working desk and high-tech audio-video equipment furnish the interior. Soundproofing and electric sun-proof and blackout roller blinds complete its practical features.
In one arrangement, glass doors link the living room to wood-planked outdoor flooring. A round white table and scrolling metal chairs stand beside a pale parapet. Inside, a sofa and pale rug sit near a burgundy chair with loosely layered strips. Gold-tone wall panels form its backdrop. The outdoor setup also allows sleeping beneath the open sky. The panorama takes in Lycabettus Hill, Syntagma Square and the Parliament, as well as the Acropolis. The bedroom uses a Simmons mattress.
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.
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.
Filellinon 16, 105 57 Athina, Greece
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.
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.
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.
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.
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