The family behind the suites

Five suites, one floor

Loena is five serviced suites on the fourth floor of an old commercial building at 13 Ernestou Emprar, in Ladadika. All five are built the same, 30 m² each, with the same layout and the same finish. There is no room lottery, and the suite you book is the suite in the photos. What does differ is where a suite sits on the floor. Light sleepers should ask for the quietest one free. Guests notice; "exactly like the photos" comes up again and again in reviews. The entrance is discreet and the lift is small, which is part of the building's character, so we send photo directions before every arrival to make finding us simple.

A family business since 1954

Loena is the newest chapter of a family business that has worked in Thessaloniki since 1954. It began with Sterlina, a textile manufacturer the Petkakis family grew from a small workshop into a company supplying the whole of Greece. It started with underwear and textiles; the family also remembers, from those years, contract work for European names like Adidas and Max Mara. Seven decades of manufacturing teach the things hospitality also depends on: keep your word, mind the details, fix what breaks. So when we say the suites are family-run, we mean a family that has been answering to its customers in this city for more than seventy years.

From textiles to hospitality

The move from textiles to suites was smaller than it sounds. Our building followed the same arc as the quarter around it: as Ladadika traded its industrial past for tavernas, bars, and small hotels, the building that had housed the family's textile production until 2024 was renovated, that year, into the five suites you see today, keeping its character along the way. What the trade taught us carried over. Quality materials, finishes that hold up, details checked twice. We applied all of it to a different product. The test simply changed from "will it last?" to "would we stay here ourselves?", and every suite is furnished, cleaned, and maintained to pass it.

What a stay includes

Each suite sleeps up to three and is built for staying in, not just sleeping in: you can cook, do laundry, and settle in for a week as easily as a weekend. Self check-in opens at 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00; early arrival or late departure can sometimes be arranged, depending on availability and possibly at a charge. Ask us first. Housekeeping is on request. You get fresh linen at arrival, and a refresh during your stay whenever you ask. Transfers can be arranged on request, at extra cost. We do not serve breakfast in the suite, though there is a rate that includes breakfast at Napoleon, the bakery-patisserie on Fragon Street.

• Queen bed plus an extra single, for up to three guests
• Full kitchen and a Nespresso machine
• Fast Wi-Fi, smart TV, and air conditioning
• Access to a shared washer and dryer, and an iron
• 24/7 partner garage 250 m from the entrance (extra cost)

Your host

Behind Loena is a Thessaloniki family business. We answer on WhatsApp ourselves, and the city guides on these pages are ours: we write about the quarter we work in every day. Being local is the other half of the job. Ask where to eat, what to skip, or how to get around, and you get a straight answer rather than a script. The numbers say the rest: 9.4 Superb on Booking.com across 490 reviews, 4.9 on Google from 122, Guest Favorite on Airbnb, and a 9.8 cleanliness subscore. We would rather earn those scores by answering quickly and cleaning properly than by promising things we cannot control.

Ladadika, honestly

We chose Ladadika for the walking distances below, and we like the quarter exactly as it is. That means being straight about the rest. On weekend nights the streets around us are lively, and you will hear them. We keep improving the soundproofing, and light sleepers can ask for the quietest suite available when booking, but we will not promise silent sleep in the middle of a nightlife district. If that trade reads fair to you, you will probably like it here.

• Ladadika tavernas, 2 minutes on foot
• Tsimiski Street, 3 minutes
• The port and Modiano Market, 8 minutes
• Aristotelous Square, 9 minutes
• The White Tower, 23 minutes

The record, and where to go next

Loena Luxury Suites operates under AMA registry number 00002825758; the legal entity is Christos Athan. Petkakis & Co E.E. (registered name: ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ ΑΘΑΝ. ΠΕΤΚΑΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΙΑ Ε.Ε.). Rates, live availability, and the cancellation terms for each rate are shown on our booking engine, reserve-online.net. Policies vary by season and rate, so the terms displayed at booking are the ones that apply. For the full inventory of the suite, what to do in the quarter, or quick answers to practical questions, start with the pages below.

• The suite in detail →
• Ladadika: what to do →
• Frequently asked questions →