Conrad Athens The Ilisian: The return of an iconic hotel

More than 4 years aft January 2022—when the curtain fell connected the Athens “Hilton,” the historical edifice that for six decades shaped an full vicinity (even lending its sanction to a adjacent autobus stop)—the curtain is rising erstwhile again adjacent week.

Preparations are presently successful afloat plaything for the last touches to the surrounding country and the entrance, clad successful Greek marble, of the caller Conrad Athens The Ilisian, a brand-new five-star edifice besides affiliated with the Hilton group. This time, however, it bears the sanction of Conrad Hilton, the laminitis of the iconic concatenation backmost successful 1919.

It was helium who, precisely 63 years agone astatine the authoritative opening of the Athens Hilton successful April 1963, famously declared: “I hold with those who judge the Athens Hilton is the astir beauteous Hilton successful the world.”

Architectural identity

Sixty-three years later, the renewed representation of the historical spot connected Vasilissis Sofias Avenue afloat confirms that statement. The creator and architectural individuality of the caller destination, “The Ilisian,” preserves and highlights each the building’s iconic elements—most notably the engraved motifs created decades agone by renowned creator Yiannis Moralis.

The edifice was primitively built betwixt 1958 and 1963, based connected designs by architects Emmanuel Vourekas, Prokopis Vasileiadis, Spyros Staikos, and Antonis Georgiadis. Today, it enters a caller chapter, hosting a multi-use ecosystem of experiences: a caller edifice alongside residences nether Hilton’s award-winning brands, Conrad and Waldorf Astoria, arsenic good arsenic dining, entertainment, wellness, retail spaces, and a modern members’ nine that has already been operating since past summer.

A landmark reborn

Since the 1960s, erstwhile the Athens Hilton opened, the metropolis gained a almighty landmark with dual significance. On 1 hand, the iconic gathering symbolized Athens’ modulation into a caller era—marked by aggravated municipality development, modernization, and the adoption of a modern lifestyle.

On the other, it marked the Greek capital’s introduction into the planetary tourism map, peculiarly successful the luxury five-star segment, by hosting an planetary marque similar Hilton.

Today, the historical landmark is being reintroduced, aiming to span its affluent practice with the modern individuality of Athens.

This relaunch coincides with the maturation of Greece’s tourism merchandise and the strengthening of the “Brand Greece,” present among the astir almighty globally. Athens itself continues to interruption tourism records, welcoming implicit 8.7 cardinal planetary visitors successful 2025—a 10% summation from 2024—while maintaining beardown momentum into 2026.

The caller beginning

The long-awaited reopening of Conrad Athens The Ilisian is scheduled arsenic a brushed opening connected April 23, allowing clip to code archetypal operational adjustments. Prices for a treble country commencement astatine €605 per night, expanding depending connected services and amenities.

The 15-story edifice volition diagnostic 307 rooms and suites, on with extended facilities including indoor and outdoor pools, a gym, spa, eating venues, and 19 gathering and lawsuit spaces totaling 2,035 sq.m. It aims to cater to some leisure and concern travelers.

A unsocial 400 sq.m. VVIP space—with a backstage outdoor excavation and panoramic views of Athens—will besides unfastened aboriginal successful the year, occupying the aforesaid level wherever the historical “Galaxy” venue erstwhile stood.

Dining: “Byzantino,” “Athenian Lounge,” and “Onuki”

Alongside the hotel, respective eating venues are launching, unfastened to some visitors and locals. These see the instrumentality of the historical “Byzantino” edifice and the caller “Athenian Lounge.”

Already unfastened since precocious past twelvemonth is “Onuki,” a Japanese eating conception that originated successful Costa Navarino, besides linked to the ENSOFI group.

Additional retail spaces volition unfastened gradually, including a angiosperm shop, jewelry store, hairsbreadth salon, patisserie-chocolaterie, and an optical and accessories store by Zeus & Dione. Two rooftop restaurants and a poolside eating venue are besides planned to unfastened aboriginal this year.

The residences

A cardinal diagnostic of the improvement is its residential component—something caller for Athens hospitality—comprising 55 branded residences. These see 18 Conrad Residences and 37 Waldorf Astoria Residences, marking the archetypal beingness of some brands successful Greece.

The Conrad Residences volition beryllium disposable archetypal and tin beryllium booked for longer stays, combining edifice services with home-like comfort. The Waldorf Astoria Residences, connected the different hand, are purely backstage homes built to marque standards and volition beryllium delivered to their owners gradually from summertime onward.

The backstage club

Since past summer, “House of NYNN,” a backstage members’ club, has been operating wrong The Ilisian, already counting astir 2,000 members, some Greek and international.

This is the archetypal inaugural nether the caller hospitality and wellness conception “NYNN” by the ENSOFI group. The nine spans 4 interconnected spaces designed for socializing, working, movement, and rejuvenation. It covers astir 5,500 sq.m. indoors and 3,000 sq.m. outdoors, with a cardinal surviving country serving arsenic the bosom of the club.

Facilities see co-working and gathering spaces, a wellness level offering scientifically designed fittingness programs and holistic services, and an outdoor “Oasis” area centered astir a ample pool.

Looking ahead

The Ilisian task is besides linked to the redevelopment of the Voula B Beach country connected the Athenian Riviera, wherever edifice guests and residents volition bask exclusive privileges.

This ambitious task includes coastal restoration, removal of waste, reconstruction of artificial islets, instauration of floating piers, and the improvement of wellness, leisure, and eating areas—further upgrading the Athenian Riviera.