Hilton Athens

International hotel management chain Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts is taking its second step in Greece, at Petrothalassa in Ermioni in the eastern Peloponnese.

Residents and passers-by on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in central Athens have been getting a first taste in recent weeks of the new era of the iconic complex that housed the Hilton Hotel for six decades, as the construction of the frame of a new, independent 1,100-square meter building in the area of the swimming pool has been completed and has immediately started turning heads.

Hilton Athens, one of the capital's landmark hotels, has passed into the hands of TEMES, which also controls Costa Navarino in the southwestern Peloponnese, the company owned by Achilleas Konstantakopoulos announced on Friday.

Hilton Athens is the official hotel of the Athens Authentic Marathon on November 11, and has announced it will open its Galaxy Bar & Restaurant from 9 a.m. for anyone wishing to have brunch with a bird's-eye view of the race that ends in central Athens.

It is also offering race participants special 30 percent discounts at its Hiltonia Spa from November 10 to 12.