Hermes Hotel

Spent 10 delightful days in Greece in May, 2007, with 4 of those nights being at the Hotel Hermes on Apollonos road in the Plaka section of Athens. A very good experience. Rooms are smallish but very adequate. Breakfast included in room rate is above average. The staff and management were way above the norm. Coming from America, I was very pleased at the understanding of English on their part. Everyone connected with the hotel was very friendly and extremely helpful. But the key here is location and value. This hotel, along with the "sister"... more

We arrived in Athens by plane and had to catch the public bus to take us to the last stop in town. ( a cost of 3.00 Euro each person). From the last stop we only had to walk about 3-4 blocks down the road and there was our hotel, tucked away on a quiet street next to a dry cleaners. The hotel itself, when we entered was very clean. It had a rather spacious sitting area for everyone to utilize with couches and some chairs. There was also internet available. We took the " very tiny" elevator up to our floor. ( the elevator says 6 people,... more

As this was our first trip to Athens we did not know what to expect. Having travelled on the metro from the Airport we arrived early and took a chance on an early check-in. The hotel is easy to find from Syntagma square and is within walking distance. To our suprise we were given our room immediately,and could get cleaned up before setting out to see the sights. Although the room was small with 2 single beds it was neat,clean and functional. Although there were no coffee or tea making facilities,one could go downstairs to the lounge... more