October 31st through November 4, 2008
We packed up and left the Mystique hotel (Santorini) on Halloween and flew from Santorini to Athens to stay at the Intercontinental hotel. The intercontinental hotel was Seabourn's cruise line's pre-cruise hotel and they had representatives there to answer questions and shepherd us through the sequence of boarding.
We decided that this hotel was too "5 star" to have authentic Greek food. I was dispatched in search of a Gyro. A plate of crackers in the hotel restaurant was on the menu for several hundred dollars - (let's not forget that they will deliver those crackers to your room for a 20% surcharge PLUS tip) Fairly typical for high end hotels.
Beautiful, highly functional, comfortable suites. All are essentially the same except for those that have a sliding glass door that opens to allow the sea air in and, of course, the owner's suites. Unless you plan on booking the owners suite in lieu of purchasing your OWN yacht (for about the same cost), any of their suites are superlative and very comfortable. There ARE no bad suites.