[cool] seriramis in athens

This hotel sends me. I discovered it yesterday on Been-Seen, a travel blog run by the folks at Verana, a resort in Yelapa, Mexico that also sends me. The Seriamis is far from the madding crowd outside Athens, in a suburb called Kifissia. Here's a tease from the Been Seen article.

It's the 21st century, and hotelier Dakis Joannou wants to be sure we're all clear on that. Semiramis, his new hotel in Athens, is so far from classical splendor, it's positively futuristic. And bright. An architect and modern art collector, he's commissioned designer Karim Rashid to create a hotel that stands out from the rest.

There's something so whimsical about this hotel's palette. It's listed on the Design Hotels site. The Seriramis is not new-new; it made Conde Nast Traveler's 2005 Hot List. No big whoop. A hotel never has to be new-new to send me.

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