Periscope Hotel

Is there such a trend as playful urban minimalism?


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By midday, the Athenian light reveals everything. Good design included.


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At the top of Periscope, a private rooftop whirlpool bath, reserved exclusively for the Penthouse Suite residents, opens to the city, vast, distant, and entirely yours.


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The Benaki Museum on Vasilissis Sophias Avenue, housed in a landmark neoclassical mansion, traces Athens across centuries: from antiquity to modernity, within a single, continuous narrative of art, history, and civic life. Just a 7-minute walk from Periscope, it sits at the intersection of Kolonaki’s contemporary rhythm and the city’s deeper architectural past. A quiet reminder that Athens is always read in layers.


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In the lobby lounge of Periscope, contemporary forms by Diesel Living × Moroso set the tone for what we like to call “urban sophistication”.


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Raise your gaze. “Epiphany 2016” by Maria Mitzali makes the lounge ceiling far more interesting…


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Could this be the definition of an urban lounge? A secluded hideaway in the middle of Athens?


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Athens is a city in constant dialogue with its past. On Ermou Street, daily life moves over layers of history, with Kapnikarea quietly holding the memory in place.
Ermou Street: 6’ walk from Periscope.


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