I enjoyed my stay at Sofia’s home. It was clean and quaint and exactly what we needed for our short stay in Athens. It is walking distance to the metro and was easy to access the city center for site seeing. Sophia was here to welcome us upon our arrival and followed up with us during our stay.

I will say that this neighborhood was a bit more “active” than I had anticipated with kids playing outside and just general sounds of a neighborhood - people gathering, dogs barking, babies crying etc. But after our first night, my kids were outside playing with the neighborhood kids - so how could I complain? It was really fun seeing the Greek kids testing out their English and my kids learning Greek words from their new friends. I think my kids even learned some new soccer (futball) skills! In just a few days we felt like we really experienced “real” Greek life. There is a bit of smugness as we took the metro from the city center after experiencing the standard Athenian landmarks (Acropolis and the like) and watched the tourists (what? Me? A tourist?) come in from their cruise ships to get a snapshot of themselves in front of the Parthenon and then move onto their next stop. While we collected our groceries from the neighborhood Carrefour, gathered our fruit from the local fruit stand, and as I prepared dinner in the very small kitchen and joined the other moms in calling out the front window that it was getting late and it was time to come in.

If you are prepared for a bit of authentic Greek life, I would recommend Sofia’s home.