Marina Athens Hotel

Recent Reviews: 1099

• User:ryansmith92

  Trip type: Couples

  Decent hotel, but location and check-in chaos left a bad taste...

  31 Mar 2026

  The Marina Hotel itself is nice enough – clean rooms, comfortable beds, and helpful staff once things got sorted. The facilities were decent for the price, and the location is fairly central, which made getting around Athens convenient.However, the surrounding area is extremely run down and not nice to look at. The streets around the hotel felt quite shabby, with lots of graffiti, litter, and a generally neglected vibe that made us hesitant to wander around much, especially in the evenings.The biggest issue was at check-in. We were given our room key, went upstairs, and walked in to find a naked man laying on the bed! It turned out they had given us the wrong room. We had to go back down to reception, where the man on duty blamed his colleagues for the mix-up and eventually gave us another room. It was embarrassing and unnecessary – a simple double-check of the room number would have avoided the whole awkward situation.Overall, the hotel is okay for a short stay if you’re mainly using it as a base to explore the city, but don’t expect much from the neighbourhood, and be prepared for potential front-desk hiccups.

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• User:Louise B

  Trip type: Family

  Staff lovely, hotel more like a hostel, area horrendous

  05 Apr 2025

  The staff at the Marina hotel were lovely and couldn’t do enough to help us but this is not really a hotel. It is more like a budget hostel. Rooms were very small with bedding that did not fit - and rubber under sheets which were uncomfortable and hot. It was very basic in every way. Everything was old and only just working. Breakfast had a lot of choice but nothing was more than the most basic quality. If you are expecting a budget hostel it is fine.Very noisy at night and the walls were so thin you could hear everything.We did not get one good night’s sleep and in fact checked out and paid to go somewhere else for the last night.The worst aspect , however, was the road it was in. Everything you read in other reviews is true- it is horrendous at night. We got a taxi back to the hotel door every night and every taxi driver commented on what a dangerous area it is. There was a security guard on the door through the evening but we did not feel safe walking back there in the late afternoon/ evening. We feel very sorry for the hotel staff - they made a real effort but the area has been abandoned…….. we would not recommend this hotel for anyone!!!

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• User:Лидия Ч

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Good hotel with friendly staff

  12 Mar 2025

  Stayed in this hotel in early March of 2025. After reading all the negative reviews I was getting ready for something terrible … but it wasn’t bad at all! The hotel is a bit old but it’s clean, the room was really tidy and had all useful stuff that you usually need (except for the kettle, that would make it a better stay haha but not that serious). My room didn’t have a view at all, but I wasn’t really hoping for a view so it’s also fine. At night it was a bit loud outside sometimes. The breakfast was also good/tasty (not many varieties but more than enough to choose from). And the best part was the staff - always nice and friendly, will help you with everything! Room service- also very polite and friendly. Also there is security outside which also means a lot. As for the neighborhood - yes it’s bad, but it’s not the hotel’s fault. You do need to be careful for a few moments once you get to the bigger street. And sometimes you see really bad stuff that’s happening there. Made me sad and scared a few times, but nothing bad happened. It’s very close to the city center so you can walk pretty much everywhere, very convenient.

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• User:M C

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Terrible!

  18 Jan 2025

  It says 3 star hotel. But I feel it is a 1 star hotel. The room heater does not work properly. The room was cold. There was no phone in the room to contact reception. No cattle. Not many varieties of Breakfast. No fruites. The most annoying thing was terrible smell. There were constant bad smells coming from the bathroom window, and it came to the room. They don't keep any air freshener in the bathroom either. I stayed 3 star hotels in different countries, and that is by far worse in my experience. The location is not lovely. Looks like scary and abundant slum. Junkies were everywhere staring at me.

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• User:Richardjd1977

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Review of Hotel

  07 Dec 2024

  Hotel was ok but the street leading up to it was very dirty. In evening we had people injection hard drugs(possibly heroin but I am no drug expert) leaving dirty needles at side of pavement.Other than that the the sightseeing was excellent just the road leading to hotel was bad feature.