Villa Orion

Around Athens


This simple hotel has been dressed up with a bit of creative interior decor, but the real attraction is its great value. It's a few blocks inland, yes, but convenient to all the beaches. Rooms have little balconies and breakfast is served outside in a small garden. Prices go down off-season.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Around Athens attractions

1. Flisvos Park

6.34 MILES

Take the tram to this highly family-friendly park with loads of playground facilities and a summer puppet theatre, plus an open-air cinema. The coast just…

2. Eugenides Foundation

6.84 MILES

This educational centre devoted to science and technology includes Athens' planetarium, a 950-sq-metre hemispherical dome on which 3D virtual trips to the…

3. National Library of Greece

6.95 MILES

In 2018, the National Library shifted more than 720,000 items from its collection to this stunning new building that is part of the Stavros Niarchos…

5. Stavros Niarchos Park

7.02 MILES

Athens is short on green spaces, so this vast seaside park is a blessing. Covering a man-made slope that incorporates the roof of the Stavros Niarchos…

6. Koutouki Cave

7.68 MILES

This cave is not particularly large, but the winding path goes past some interesting formations and the whole place is tinged rust-red from iron deposits…

7. National Museum of Contemporary Art

7.83 MILES

Set in the former Fix Brewery, this contemporary museum opened in 2015 but was closed for prolonged renovations at the time of research. In the past, it…

8. Athens' First Cemetery

7.86 MILES

Under Ottoman rule, Greeks buried their dead at their local church. Only after independence in 1821 was this city cemetery established. It's a peaceful…