INDULGE YOUR SOUL AND SIGHT
OPERATING HOURS
BREAKFAST: 7.00AM TO 11.00AM
LUNCH: 13.00PM TO 23.00PM
DINNER: 19.00PM TO 23.00PM
UNDER THE WATCHFUL GAZE OF HISTORY, THE BOTANY ROOF GARDEN BECKONS. ITS CHARMING ATMOSPHERE IS ENRICHED BY A FLOURISHING GARDEN AND THE ALLURE OF THE NIGHT SKY, ADORNED WITH STARS WHOSE NAMES ECHO IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY. AS ATHENIAN LANDMARKS STAND WITNESS, INDULGE IN EXQUISITE MODERN INTERPRETATIONS OF CLASSIC GREEK CUISINE THAT RIVAL THE GRANDEUR OF THE MONUMENTS BEFORE YOU.
OUR CAREFULLY CURATED MENU FEATURES SUSTAINABLY SOURCED DISHES WITH NOURISHING GREEK HERBS, PROMOTING A HEALTHY BALANCE FOR BODY AND SOUL. OPT FOR A PRIVATE SETTING FOR ICONIC MEMORIES THAT MATCH THE VIEW. RESERVATIONS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR PREFERRED ARRANGEMENTS.
The word Botany comes from the Ancient Greek word “botane”, which means herbs.
Modern botany is founded on the two great works of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, who made the most significant contributions to the science of botany during antiquity and the Middle Ages. Their work also inspired the outstanding study of John Sibthorp on Greek herbs.
A Greek Peripatetic philosopher. He embraced Aristotle’s philosophy of metaphysics, physiology, botany, ethics, and history of culture. His two surviving botanical works are: “Enquiry into Plants” (Historia Plantarum) including the medicinal uses of plants, and “On the Causes of Plants” (De causis plantarum).
A Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist whose work “De materia medica” was the most significant classical source of modern botanical terminology and pharmacological text for centuries. He examined the characteristics and medicinal properties of various plants and minerals.
“De material medica” is a five-volume Greek encyclopedia of herbal medicine and other medicinal substances. It features excellent descriptions of nearly 600 plants and was widely read for almost 1,500 years.
A botanist and Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford. His outstanding work is published in the book “Flora Graeca” (1806-1840). It has been described as “the most costly and beautiful book devoted to any flora”. He recorded approximately 2,500 Greek medicinal plants, along with a copy of “De Materia Medica”. Ferdinand Lukas Bauer, an Austrian artist, illustrated his botanical journeys in Greece. “Flora Graeca” was published after his death and took 34 years to complete (only 25 editions). Sibthorp contributed to the worldwide spread of Greek plants and the advancement of botany.
Our Hadrian Bibliotheca houses an extensive collection of World Heritage publications, honouring this scientific and cultural legacy.
