On the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the historic symbol of Athenian life – the Hotel Grande Bretagne – the revised 4th edition of the unique album which tells the entire business history of the hotel with accuracy and completeness of its data has been published. This album of Kerkyra Publications-Economia Publishing is a useful tool for the researcher of modern Greek history. The author, Angelos F. Vlachos, traces step by step the evolution of the hotel, from its foundation to the present day. At the same time, however, the history of the hotel is examined, as well as the history of Athens and the cultural history of Greece, with which it runs in parallel.