Great location for easy access to key sites in Athens with Romina, your excellent and very helpful hostess (also an architect). Among others, she helped us rent a car for travel to Meteora.
You stay on the ground floor of an apartment block in a street with similar blocks. The area is a little run down (like many parts of Athens), but the pedestrianized streets adjacent give you a taste of real Athenians' lives - with non-touristy restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets (non-touristy prices) - all with lush greenery planted up the middle to break the built-up feel. 10 minutes' walk up the street - and you're at the Parthenon Museum and the start of the old Plaka.