The Ilisian: Where history meets modern Athens — official opening for the iconic hotel

The authoritative opening of Conrad Athens The Ilisian took spot today, marking the debut of a caller destination housed successful the landmark spot of the erstwhile Hilton Athens, which has already welcomed its archetypal guests since past week.

The edifice was presented during a peculiar media tour, highlighting the adjacent transportation betwixt its affluent past implicit past decades and the modern individuality of Athens.

“The sanction ‘THE ILISIAN,’ inspired by the past Ilisos River and the Ilisia neighborhood, reflects the timeless enslaved of the caller destination with Athens and its section community,” the developers noted.

This transportation is instantly evident upon entering the hotel, wherever h2o elements predominate the design, welcoming visitors alongside artworks that notation the building’s history.

Achilleas Konstantakopoulos, president of ENSOFI Group, nether which the property’s owning institution operates, explained: “We searched for objects, furniture, photographs, and thing other that could beryllium sourced from radical who had acquired them successful the past.”

A striking illustration is 1 of the archetypal chandeliers from the 1960s Hilton, present placed successful the hotel’s cardinal abstraction aft an extended search. Konstantakopoulos besides noted that the determination for a full-scale renovation importantly accrued the concern fund and delayed the reopening timeline. The Hilton Athens closed successful February 2022, with the full concern exceeding €340 million, including the acquisition cost.

The edifice features 278 rooms and suites and forms the halfway of THE ILISIAN complex, wherever backstage residences branded by Hilton — including Conrad Hotels & Resorts and Waldorf Astoria — coexist with dining, entertainment, and wellness spaces. The improvement besides includes the House of NYNN members’ nine and Athens’ largest outdoor swimming pool. Notably, the residences were among the archetypal elements of the task to sell.

Most rooms and suites astatine Conrad Athens diagnostic backstage balconies with views of immoderate of the city’s astir iconic landmarks, including the Acropolis of Athens. The edifice offers the largest postulation of suites successful Athens, including 3 Presidential suites and 1 Royal suite. Later this year, the Omega Penthouse volition open, featuring a backstage excavation and panoramic views stretching from the Acropolis to the Saronic Gulf.

“All interventions were carried retired with respect for the archetypal plan of the building, inaugurated successful 1963 and considered 1 of the astir important examples of modern postwar architecture successful Greece,” said Nikolas Dianelis, Development Projects Director astatine ENSOFI. The archetypal architects were Emmanouil (Manolis) Vourekas, Prokopis Vasileiadis, Antonis Georgiadis, and Spyros Staikos.

“After 63 years, we person reopened and are introducing, for the archetypal clip successful Greece, Hilton’s 2 apical brands, Conrad and Waldorf Astoria,” said General Manager Nasos Papazoglou. He described the edifice arsenic a caller gastronomic destination successful the bosom of the city, with venues that person already opened oregon volition motorboat progressively passim the year, alongside extended fittingness and wellness offerings.