Probably the best location in Plaka. Good for a short stay. The gelato, restaurant next door, and balcony are my favorites. It is a busy street, if you’re light sleeper this might be an issue.
We arrived in Athens at the Airbnb and was greeted by Maria’s father. A very nice man, who gave a tour of the house. The house was HOT. It was summer in Athens, but this was unbearable. I phoned Maria and we learned the heat was on accidentally. Immediately, I was disappointed in the apartment. NOTHING, looked as pictured. There were no couches in the living room, a huge disappoint for a family of four - staying for 10 days. Rooms were different colors than advertised, in the pictures there are chairs and tables, in real life there’s old workout equipment. We did not say anything at the time because we already felt committed. There was nothing bad about the apartment, but it was nothing like the pictures. The location is amazing, heart of Plaka, and very safe feeling. On night two, it was still warm in the apartment. My husband decided to camp out in the upstairs landing outside the AC. He got a roll away bed out from under the stairs. We eventually bought a fan and that made it comfortable. On day three the hot water went out. We learned there is a key to a shed out back, and a trick to get it on. Maria’s father had the key so were out for the duration of the day. He came that evening and got it working for a few hours. Throughout the remainder of the trip we were lucky to have hot water 30 minutes day. My husband may having been something wrong, but the expectation was to have hot water when needed. Overall the apartment met our needs but did not meet our expectations. As we were cleaning up the last day, we noticed the roll away bed from the stairs was gone. Not sure how long, but it told us someone was in the home during our stay. This was not coordinated and we found it very disturbing. This review was hard to write because Maria is very kind. We typically deal with the hand we are dealt and didn’t want to keep bugging our hosts.