Fresh Hotel, a member of Design Hotels

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, Fresh Hotel, a member of Design Hotels, in Athens City Centre, is one of those. Geographically speaking it's within an easy walk of the city centre, and the reasonable location rating in guest reviews backs that up.…

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, Fresh Hotel, a member of Design Hotels, in Athens City Centre, is one of those. Geographically speaking it's within an easy walk of the city centre, and the reasonable location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Rooms feel well-appointed; the touches travellers mention most are an in-house restaurant and reliable wi-fi, and the comfort feedback has been consistently flattering. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 1,200 reviews, with a genuinely glowing consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Rates aren't always front and centre, which makes the comparison tools more useful than usual on this one. Whether Fresh Hotel, a member of Design Hotels is the right fit depends on the trip, but it earns a place on the comparison shortlist for Athens more often than not.