That Wow moment! Once upon a time, … frustrated from long travel and delays, we finally arrived and hauled our luggage up the park’s flights of stairs to the front door. Rode the tiny, but fun, elevator to the sixth floor, and hauled our luggage up the beautiful marble circular steps to the rooftop apartment. After struggling with the unusual lock, we entered to find a bright, pleasant space that opens into high ceilings and corner walls of windows, that make the small space large and exciting. Far on it’s hill, perfectly framed by the terraced appartment valley, was the Parthenon, glowing magnificently in the twilight. Wow! Everything we had been through to get here was suddenly worth it. We sat back on the corner settee and bathed in the romantic view. By sure to watch at dusk through twilight.
The apartment uses “tiny house” techniques of built in, clever, storage, and a loft bed, to maximize the space and add a lot of fun. The uncluttered decor pleases and calms with nice art and books. It’s a place you want to come back to and enjoy just being there.
We enjoyed: the wrap around patio, many coffee contraptions, shoe storage rack, ingenious, long, hiding, table, three places to sleep, a big bright swivel TV, the fascinating, secure door lock (hint: spin the key about 6 times until it engages the latch), big shower head, secure shutters, laundry machine, nearby well stocked convenience store (gluten free bread!, stuffed grape leaves, eggs to boil), pink salt, shoe storage case, climbing up to the cozy loft bed, and the neighborhood quiet magpie.
We used the shelf bed in the cubby hole under the loft to store our luggage, and delighted in breakfast viewing the Parthenon.
Jul was very helpful arranging taxi service from the airport and to the ship. His tour advice gave us a glorious day at the Parthenon, and nearby market district.