Divani Palace Acropolis

Location is amazing! Very short walk to the Acropolis and lots of cafes and restaurants. The foyer of the hotel is stunning! The staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly. The extra bonus was the rooftop restaurant - beautiful view at night.

The rooms did not feel like a 5 star experience. They are very dated and old. The second room we stayed in had a pretty bad smell. And single beds on both stays.

Location

Great location with comfortable rooms and amazing ruins in the lowest level. Check in and out was quick and easy. Nice to have a pool to refresh in early evening before going back out to explore.

Breakfast buffet was abundant but not on par with our other hotels during this trip. Dining room was in lowest level, food was basic, and there was over reliance on pre made options vs fresh prepared.

The location and the pool were good. However the rest of the package was very disappointing.

Unfortunately this was a very poor experience. The room was small and decor very dated, run down. From the photos we were expecting it to be much nicer. The air condition vent was cracked, dusty and flaking with paint or something else. We had supposedly been upgraded to an executive room (unfortunately this was not executive standard and added to the disappointment). We had an issue with mosquitoes the first night and they told us to go to the supermarket and purchase a spray (they also suggested that we ourselves purchase a mosquito machine from the pharmacy). We had bugs crawling over our phones and lampshades (which were very dusty). We understand that sometimes there can be issues like this but what we were surprised about was the entire lack of care from the reception staff. One staff member shrugged which for a paying customer at is supposedly a higher end hotel was really surprising. We left the conversation with the staff feeling very uncomfortable about the whole situation and contemplated requesting cancellation and moving hotels, but logistically this proved difficult for us given that it would have been last minute bookings adding to costs. The second night we had pigeons living in the balcony window frame that kept us up and then needed cleaning from bird poo. The balcony itself had very dated/old dirty furniture, so we didn’t use the balcony at all for this reason (bird poo over the seats etc). We had to ask specifically for this to be cleaned and when we say bird poo, it was so significant that we couldn’t step out onto the balcony due to the volume of droppings. The roof restaurant bar is the key attraction (it was lovely) however it was extremely expensive for food and drinks. The main restaurant / breakfast area was in the basement are was dingy (we were disappointed and didn’t go because it was dark and not a nice place to start the morning).