travel42 Hotel Review: Periscope Hotel

Periscope Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

As much an outpost for hip Athenians as for travelers, this artistic haute-spot has been transformed from a banal boarding house—it was formerly the Athenian Inn—into a trendy magnate under the direction of its current owner, YES! Hotels.

The hotel feels like a valid response to California's Kimpton Hotel chain, providing local color and a quality-driven, modern aesthetic. It is relatively tame compared with its bigger, bolder sibling, New Hotel, which takes Athens' top seat in the boutique c...