This was the perfect base for our visit to Athens. The Apartment is large and comfortable with lots of natural light. The whole place looked like it had been updated very recently and it was immaculately maintained. We visited in mid-July and the A/C was more than adequate when we would retreat to the apartment to wait out the hottest parts of the day.
We ended up walking almost everywhere because almost all the major sites are less than 15 minutes away on foot. There are excellent t restaurants within a couple blocks of the apartment, and there is a grocery store one block away.
There was only one wrinkle. We arrived very late. Ira helped arrange a transfer from the airport. Unfortunately, the driver left us at the wrong building. After trying and failing to get in that building, a neighbor showed up and pointed us to the right place. All this happened at 2am with two exhausted little boys and my wife who had professional obligations the next day. Even though checkin was rough, it revealed something g about the neighborhood — there are a lot of really nice people. That wasn’t the last time somebody stopped and offered us some help.
Even with the early hiccup, I would 100% stay at Ira’s place again.