Hotels in Greece - Grande Bretagne, Porto Carras, Xenia, Makedonia Palace, Titania, Hilton Athens, President Hotel Athens (Paperback)

Chapters: Grande Bretagne, Porto Carras, Xenia, Makedonia Palace, Titania, Hilton Athens, President Hotel Athens. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Grande Bretagne - The structure was built in 1842 as a house for Antonis Dimitriou, a wealthy Greek from the island of Limnos, only 12 years after Greece's independence from Ottoman Rule. It was then bought in 1874 by Efstathios Lampas, who restored the mansion with an 800,000 drachma loan and named it the Grande Bretagne; by 1888 the hotel had electricity installed. Its location is adjacent to the parliament building and one kilometre from the Acropolis. During the early stages of the Greek Civil War, the hotel housed the British military administration, under General Ronald Scobie, in Athens. In 2003, the Grande Bretagne underwent a complete renovation to restore it to its former glory, and approximately 82 million Euros were invested to completely modernize the building. There are 321 comprehensively renovated rooms, including a 400 square metres (4,305 sqf.) Royal Suite on the fifth floor; the price for a night in the Royal Suite can reach 12,000. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8266713