In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The hotel’s Deluxe Rooms (the basic category) are genuinely great – spacious, sophisticated and smartly decorated in browns, creams, charcoals and taupes, and given depth by a variety of textures. The Art Studios are a little larger, but there’s not much in it and we’d rather have one of the Deluxes tucked away at the back of the hotel on the third floor, for maximum peace and proper wandering-around-in-the-nude privacy. If you do want to splash out, grab a Junior Suite for a private terrace and floor-to-ceiling windows. Two of them are corner suites and therefore boast two glass walls, and tranquil terraces overlooking the green, green grounds.
- Packing tips
- Bring your Ayurvedic handbook so you can swot up on your ‘type’ and order the perfect complementary treatment in the Ananea spa.
- Also
- ‘Gallery’ isn’t just a name; the hotel is packed to the rafters with sculpture and original artworks. It’s serious about relaxation too, with a tension-melting Jacuzzi, spa treatments galore, and daily yoga
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of French red or white wine when you have dinner
Life Gallery
Athens, Greece[view map]
- Style
- Art-infused elegance
- Setting
- Serene Athenian suburbia
Just a little way out of central Athens in the quiet, tree-lined suburb of Ekali, Life Gallery is a modern-minded boutique hotel that's part luxury pad, part art museum, with a splash of tech-savvy gadgetry (check out the programmable in-room lighting scenarios) and a soupçon of gastro-flair – perfect for both an ultra-chic weekend à deux, or an Ayurvedic spa escape.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 29.
- Rates
- Low season, €220–€390; high season, €230–€435, excluding breakfast (€20 each), taxes (11.18 per cent), and service.
- Check-out
- Midday, but later check-out may be available, subject to availability.
- Facilities
- Spa with sauna, steam bath and Jacuzzi, gym, library, gardens, free WiFi in public areas, free valet parking. In rooms: flatscreen TV, minibar, wired internet, hydromassage showers.
- Poolside
- Life Gallery has a twin-set of pools beside its tree-lined terrace, one heated, one not, and both with a clear glass wall allowing sub-aquatic ogling.
- Also
- Small pets stay free. Non-smoking rooms available.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Cool, classic and contemporary, Wine Gallery serves well thought modern Med fare, with a nod towards its Greek culinary heritage. The charcoal pike fillet is a particular pleasure, as are the inventive salads.
- Dress code
- Complement the surroundings with elegant Armani ensembles or if in doubt go for head-to-toe black.
- Top table
- In the summer months, the Wine Gallery extends out onto the paved courtyard – nab one of the glass tables and a couple of oversized cream-cushioned armchairs and take dinner alfresco.
- Last orders
- The restaurant is open until 12.30am and drinks are on offer until 2am.
- Room service
- A variety of salads, sandwiches, pizzas and burgers, as well as a selection of more substantial entrées are available until 12.30am.
- Hotel bar
- Dressed in red and arted up to the nines, Pisco Sour specialises in Chilean cocktails (unsurprisingly), and hosts DJs on Saturday nights.
Other facilities
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
- Weddings
- This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…
Smith card offer
A bottle of French red or white wine when you have dinner
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Life Gallery
103 Leoforos Thiseos
1478 Ekali
Athens