Alena Imperial Palace stands in Gazi and Rouf, beside Thissio, Kerameikos and Petralona, in the central orbit of historic Athens: the Acropolis and Parthenon, the Acropolis Museum, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Ancient Agora, Plaka and Monastiraki, then Syntagma Square, Ermou, Kolonaki, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the National Garden, Technopolis, the Benaki Museum and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Few addresses in the capital connect in so many directions: Kerameikos on Metro Line 3 and Petralona on Line 1 meet the Rouf suburban railway in one neighbourhood, linking Syntagma Square with Athens International Airport and Piraeus Port’s island ferries and cruise terminals on Line 3, Marousi, Kifisia, Psychiko and Filothei — home to Athens College and St. Catherine’s British School — to the north, and the Athens Riviera with Flisvos and Alimos marinas to the south.
Seven residences, three tiers
Dark framing, broad glass and warm light give the building a poised contemporary presence above its shared ground-floor entrance lobby, with seven residences arranged in three tiers. On 1/F, three one-bedroom city apartments bring the living room and kitchen together in one open space, with a separate bedroom and shower room. On 2/F, two one-bedroom residences each open onto a sheltered, oversized travertine terrace with its own built-in private hot tub. At the crown, two two-bedroom penthouse duplexes span 3/F and 4/F: bright open-plan living, dining and kitchen and a guest WC open onto an open-air travertine terrace with a private hot tub, made for Athens evenings, while a private internal oak staircase rises to two full-height bedrooms and a bathroom beneath dark-framed pitched glass gables on 4/F.
