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A Fresh Look at Athens at the Fresh Hotel

Where: 26 Sophocleous Str, Athens, Greece, 10552

Here's some fresh news about the Fresh Hotel in Athens, Greece. It labels itself an urban resort and boasts "subtle luxury", as well as pretty amazing views from the deck on top of the hotel (they stretch even to the Parthenon).

Recent guests have had lots of positive things to say about their stay at Fresh. They speak of helpful staff, a tasty breakfast with lots of alternatives to choose from and an impressive pool on the rooftop. The major downside seems to be that Fresh is located in a slightly seedy area and not everyone will feel safe walking back here at night; plus in true designer style, some rooms have those showers which looking incredibly cool but actually end up letting half your room get wet.

Rates are pretty reasonable at Fresh, with plenty of rooms available at around $200, including the excellent breakfast. Which of course, is served fresh.

[Photo: JoopNetherlands]

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The Ultimate Spiderman Fan Hotel Room

Where: 65 Athinas & Lykourgou St, Athens, Greece, 10551

The name of the Baby Grand Hotel alone conjures up elegant kind of jazz-on-a-Sunday evening images ... but that's not exactly what you'll find if you check into this Athens hotel. While it has some relatively normal guestrooms and suites, there are also 55 graffiti rooms, that the hotel itself describes in this way:

Each room is an individual piece of art... From fantastic street and Japanese art to simply spaced out fantasies. Running waters, mountains, forests, flowers, true fairytales, dreaming creatures, and legendary cartoon heroes decorate in the most unique way our 55 graffiti rooms.

This week, a UK Guardian review explained it in a slightly different way:

The result is a hotchpotch of wacky installations such as the two Mini Coopers in the reception and bedrooms walls decorated with cartoon characters. You wouldn't want to wake up there with a hangover.

But you probably would want to wake up in the Spiderman room if you were a die-hard Spidey fan.

Yet whatever your point of view, it's definitely a pretty unique place to stay. They also have the (laugh please) Meat Me Restaurant (surprise, surprise, they serve stuff like T-bone steaks and hamburgers here) and the Moet & Chandon Champagne Bar. But heed the warning about not over-indulging and then waking up in one of their kaleidoscopically crazy rooms.

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Karim the White Invents the Kone

Where: 48 Charilaou Trikoupi Str., Athens, Greece

Worldchanging designer Karim Rashid is at it again. Last night we spotted him hawking his new Dirt Devil Kone--it is the new shape of clean y'all.  

Of course, the design guru was dressed in his trademark white suite for the Dirt Devil spot, which eerily reminded us of the Dyson vacuum ads.

While Karim toils in the Dirt Devil lab, across the globe at his Semiramis Hotel Athens, some question his choice of palette. A recent French guest critiques Semiramis (read the following tip in a Jean Girard over-the-top accent for added amusement):

We are big fan of design hotel, however this one is not what we like. I will recommend visiting the hotel for those who are interested in interior design. You should see it but not stay in. The bright colour are a bit too much after a couple of hours, specially in the restaurant it almost made me feel seek.

It is good to know that even if the Semiramis makes some guests "seek", Karim will always have the Kone as his fall back.

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