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MGallery Hotel Collection Athens Electra Metropolis
Athens, Greece · MGallery · Core Luxury
Patroklos Karantinos completed this 1959 modernist building as the Greek Ministry of Education before Electra Hotels, the family-run chain founded in 1965, converted it into a 216-room luxury hotel with a rooftop pool overlooking the Acropolis. Paris Liakos & Associates led the adaptive-reuse renovation with interiors by MKV Design, and the property later joined Accor's MGallery collection.
- 216 rooms
- Opened 2016
- Neighborhood: Syntagma
- Architect: Patroklos Karantinos; Paris Liakos & Associates
- Interiors: MKV Design (Maria Katsarou-Vafeiadi)
About MGallery Hotel Collection Athens Electra Metropolis
- Patroklos Karantinos completed this 1959 modernist building as the Greek Ministry of Education before Electra Hotels converted it.
- A rooftop pool looks over the Acropolis; Paris Liakos & Associates led the adaptive-reuse renovation with interiors by MKV Design (Maria Katsarou-Vafeiadi).
- The 216-room house later joined Accor's MGallery collection, a family Electra chain founded in 1965, near Syntagma Square.
History
The building that houses Electra Metropolis was completed in 1959 to a design by the noted Greek modernist architect Patroklos Karantinos, and originally served as the Greek Ministry of Education. The property sits in central Athens near Syntagma Square, in the Akadimia district.
Electra Hotels & Resorts, a family-run Greek chain founded in 1965, converted the former ministry into a 216-room luxury hotel that opened in the mid-2010s, later joining Accor's MGallery collection. The adaptive-reuse renovation was led by architect Paris Liakos & Associates with interiors by MKV Design (Maria Katsarou-Vafeiadi), preserving the modernist bones while adding a rooftop pool with Acropolis views.
The setting
19-minute walk to Ancient Agora of Athens. 30 km from Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos.
Amenities
- Pool
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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