If the hostess you are dealing with for this property is Melina - there’s nothing for you to worry about!!! She will take care of you and will suggest you amazing places to eat, will accommodate you with all your requests. She might take time to reply early in the morning but rest assured that she will reply back 🙂
The bed it’s absolutely comfortable - I just wished to have 2 more pillows. SUPER clean!!! Koodos to the cleaning personnel!!! Don’t expect the feeling of soft towels since they don’t use dryers 🙃 No microwave to heat leftovers or to make popcorn 🍿- stove works fine but it would be lovely to have oven bowls that you can use to heat up your meals along with oven mitts. No coffee machine but since there’s several places to grab one, no need to have one (literally 3 mins walking distance).
No safe box but they have this lovely old furniture with old keys 🗝 that you can use to safe you belongings - just don’t loose the keys since I believe it would be a pain to find those replaced.
The shower 🚿 is tricky and you can burn 🔥 if not careful since it seems that have a heater for each unit. Use the right black handle and pull it towards you and rotate it to get the right temperature.
The coach is not comfortable to watch a full movie so don’t even bother - plus the cable channels are in Greek - don’t see the point to waste your time on-front of the tv 📺 I invite you to stay in one of the 3 outdoor lounges they have in the back to the building we’re you can read a book 📖 while having your favorite morning poison 😜
If you don’t have a SIM card when you arrive to 🇬🇷 be careful of your cellphone provider charges as they might go pretty high - the hostess will send you a message in advance with all the info of where the property and the lockbox is located with the combo number - be aware of this info as it is critical - my suggestion to you is to get this info before boarding your flight ✈️ so you have it handy when you arrive.
If you aren’t willing to spend (May 2022 |€40 or more) in a taxi from the airport, take the metro is only (May 2022 | €9 per person) and you just need to cross a bridge from the airport to get there. There’s an info booth to ask the options and ways to get to your final destination.
If you don’t want to spend money on transportation, pay for the ‘Red’ Tour Buss online that drives you around the city of Athens - I recommend it since you can ride it for 3 consecutive days and can hop on and off as many times you want for the same amount payed (May 2022 | €20 per person). Stay in the buss and do a full round (1.30 hrs approx) so you can decided after, where to stop, so you don’t miss out anything.
This property is fairly close to the Parthenon 🏛 since you have to walk through the Philopappos Mountain/Park (15 well spend minutes) to one of the points where the tour busses stops - from there you walk up to the Acrópolis (3 mins up the hill). If you’re staying more than 2 nights, I suggest you to pay for the (May 2022 | €30 combo ticket 🎫) that will allow you to visit all the key points of interest, otherwise, just get the one access to the Parton (May 2022 | €20 per person) and one for the Olympic Stadium (May 2022 | €5 per person)
Athenians people are soooo friendly and happy that you will be magically surrounded with good vibes 😎 Athens is a clean city and you will not feel intimidated nor insecure while walking around to see sight the city.
Must to place to visit: The flea market!!!!