Mona Athens
Hotel · Monastiraki ·
Industrial chic hotel with rooftop bar & Acropolis views
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Kakourgodikiou 4, Athina 105 54, Greece Get directions
Industrial chic hotel with rooftop bar & Acropolis views
Kakourgodikiou 4, Athina 105 54, Greece Get directions
"Tucked down a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it backstreet, this hip, honey-hued hangout in the Psirri area occupies a former textiles factory and leans into a lovingly cultivated ‘shabby chic’ mood, with peeling paint and exposed steel woven into an elegant but deceptively effortless design that you immediately want to take home. Imagined by Greek creative studio House of Shila as a living, ever-evolving home where art, craft, and design are softly woven into each space, the rooms are filled with bespoke creations, commissioned pieces, and one-of-a-kind finds from Athenian antique stores. The shoppable element is exhaustive: everything from custom-knit rugs and exotic plants to organic cotton sheets and signature gauze curtains can be bought. Rooms often feature jewelry by heritage-rich Athens brand Hermina and bespoke clothing made in collaboration with interior designer Spyros Goudelis, while artworks such as photographic works by Eftihia Stefanidi, Martina Matencio, Maxime Ballesteros, and paintings by Archer Defterios and others are integral to the space, designed to be lived with and perhaps carried into a new home. Helmed by entrepreneur Shai Antebi and photographer Eftihia Stefanidi, the hotel acts as a physical stage for House of Shila’s network, giving local artists and makers a global audience through its deeply immersive interiors." - Stephanie Gavan
"Sister hotel to Shila, Mona shares the same romantic aesthetic but with a sharper industrial edge to suit the downtown location. A converted textile factory on a graffiti-lined side street, Mona is surrounded by the myriad bars and boutiques of Psirri and the bazaar-like Athens central market. Open-plan bedrooms (and bathrooms—beware if you’re intimacy-averse) are like film sets, with antique daybeds, muslin drapes, and oversized velvet cubes tossed like dice on distressed terrazzo floors. Exposed concrete, pipes, and upcycled materials (a mattress on a stack of wooden palettes, a patio sofa fashioned from salvaged bricks) bring a touch of rough luxe, while hand-crafted ceramics and sensual photographs heighten the air of retro romance. Beautifully presented breakfast and a take-out menu are served in the glass-walled living room. Talented chefs from all over the world often pop up in the open-plan kitchen for supper clubs, while guest DJs and live sets occasionally commandeer the roof terrace, a gritty panorama of unpolished apartments with a glimpse of the Acropolis. Stay here, and you get instant access to Club Monamour, a members’ club for the city’s coolest cats. Address: Mona, Kakourgodikiou 4, Psirri" - Rachel Howard
"Mona Athens makes its home not in an elegant, historical residential building but in a heavily weathered structure, a Fifties-era textile factory whose design is utilitarian, to say the least. In the hands of the hoteliers responsible for the visually stunning Shila, however, this structure has been transformed in a way that brings its raw material dramatically to life." - Mark Fedeli
"Set in a heavily weathered Fifties-era textile factory whose design is utilitarian to say the least, this property has been transformed by the hoteliers behind the visually stunning Shila in a way that brings its raw material dramatically to life." - Mark Fedeli
"A high-design pleasure featured among the city's most spectacular hotels in the Athens selection." - The MICHELIN Guide