This is a superb, private and quiet location for Athens sightseeing, everything being 10-40 minutes max on foot. The district is a little more hilly but then so is the Acropolis and surrounding vantage points! It was a very comfortable stay that felt like a home from home and secure at night. The pool is lovely and we braved it in April (despite water being 16 degrees) with a quick warm up on the sun loungers. Great to have pool towels provided separately for this.
Many local excellent restaurants less than 10 minute walk from apartment and a list of recommended ones was provided in the apartment. Plus there are a couple of supermarkets very close and open late with everything needed to cook in the apartment. There are detailed house rules but all are common sense and we felt very welcome. No question we would stay again.
Take a return trip funicular up to the hill behind the apartment after sunset to get the best views of Athens lit up.
The random airport taxi driver we were allocated on arrival had no GPS phone and had to rely on mine to find the place. Tell them it’s Kolonaki district as well as the street name. It really could not be any easier to find though, so we were just unlucky with that driver. We booked the host’s recommended taxi driver for the way back who was excellent and only a little more expensive.