Hotel Xenios Zeus is a family run hotel in the centre of Ouranoupolis. It is very close to the Byzantine Tower and the small harbour. In addition, it is open all year round and aims to provide good quality accommodation at very reasonable prices. You will find it close to the jetty where the boats depart for Mount Athos. Therefore it is the ideal place for the pilgrims to stay.
Over the years hotel Xenios Zeus has become the favourite stop-over for visitors to Mount Athos and travelling monks. Many intellectuals and artists have enjoyed the hospitality of Xenios Zeus. Among them the philosopher Herbert Marcuse, the monk Paisios and the painter Yiannis Tsarouhis. This is where the director Theodoros Agelopoulos stayed for two months in 1997, while filming his movie “Eternity and a Day”. For that film he was honoured with the golden palm at the Canes film festival in 1998.
Xenios Zeus features a traditionally styled TV lounge and bar, which also doubles as a breakfast room. We serve a highly recommended continental breakfast. It includes fresh organic eggs as well as a choice of home-made jam or preserves and seasonal home grown fruits.
Guests may also take breakfast on the patio in front of the hotel, while watching the world go by. Because the hotel Xenios Zeus is in the centre of Ouranoupolis there are many restaurants close by within a minute’s walk. They offer a delicious choice of food for an enjoyable lunch or dinner.
The rooms are spacious, tastefully decorated and comfortable, as well as being modestly priced. Every room has a private balcony with a table and chairs, ideal for relaxing. Some of the rooms have spectacular views of the bay, the rest have views of the luscious rolling hills.
All of them are well equipped with individually regulated air conditioning as well as central heating, a flat screen TV, direct dial telephone, and private WC with shower.
