Beautiful flat, kind hosts for great price, almost perfect stay .. But
The flat is beautiful and has everything you need, from fully equipped kitchen, laundry machine, Netflix and bathroom.
The hosts are very kind, even let me check in after their standard hours. Any question, they'd answer straight away. Check out was as simple as just closing the door.
The location is very close to city centre and public transport but..the neighbourhood is a borderline ghetto. Although it was mentioned in review that its "filthy neighbourhood", that's an understatement. The streets are filled with rubbish, cockroaches and needles. It is dangerously close to Victoria, omonia and Attiki which are considered no go zones. You can spot people cooking heroin in midday at entrance of Attiki station in public. Locals stay off the area and were shocked that I was staying there. When I first arrived at night I unknowingly walked through the area from Victoria to the flat with my laptop in my bag which was naive but lucky. Despite the horrifying stories of locals, crimes are low level and the area is only dangerous at night. During the day u'd get pickpocket at worst but at night you are very likely to get mugged or attacked. In contrary, Fatal crime rate is low in athens so you won't get raped or lose kidneys but is still a risk and worry. I wouldn't expect hosts to inform this so I don't blame them. but we all should be made aware of danger upon booking as this isn't a place to stay for families or female travelers at any numbers. Especially as tourists, we bring expensive gadgets and get home late most of the time. This isn't to harm business of host but a heads up to future travelers so that they are aware and won't make same mistake as I did. I still do think this stay compensated a lot for the danger and worth the money. I'd happily stay again now that I know what to watch out for. Thank you guys again and hope for the best