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.

Children

Baby cots are provided free and sitters can be arranged with advance notice, for around €20 an hour. There’s a lifeguard on duty at the pools during the day on weekends.

Also

Small pets stay free. Non-smoking rooms available. Small Smith tip: If they don't automatically, maybe get your taxi driver to swing round and drop you on the same side of the road as Life Gallery. It’s not easy to cross on foot.

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.

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.

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Smith concierge

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Life Gallery

103 Leoforos Thiseos, 1478 Ekali, Athens