We are a Greek/English family living in the UK and Athens is our second home. We stayed for 10 days over Christmas 2021 and it was magical. The location is perfect, one block behind Ermou Street, but this does not impede upon the fantastic view. The apartment is so central that you are able to access everything with extreme ease. The apartment has a wonderful large balcony which overlooks Monisteraki Square. The full on view of the Acropolis during the day is stunning and (if possible) even more beautiful at night when lit up. The apartment is exceptionally clean, the beds are very comfortable and the rooms are spacious with no street noise, when the glass doors are shut. The street is next door to the entrance of the Metro and does occasionally have people sitting or sleeping on the entrance doorstep, but you are living in a City, so do not let what is happening at street level - detract from the comfort and beautiful penthouse which is on the 6th floor.
Gentle church bells rang every morning when the streets were relatively quiet. This quickly became our opportunity to pop over to the wonderful Beneth bakers in Monisteraki Square to buy breakfast – fresh bread, croissants and Spanakopita’s (not to mention Kourabiedes and Melomakarona). Before long the streets become alive with people (it felt extremely safe everyone was wearing masks - and everyone had to show vaccination passes to enter any establishment). There were multiple street performers, street sellers and a plethora of restaurants to choose from. The lights in Syntagma Square were beautiful and most of the major roads were equally majestically dressed for Christmas.
Anna and Efi are amazing hosts and were incredibly prompt in responding to queries. Our only main issue during our holiday had nothing to do with our accommodation but in our obtaining a Covid PCR test on Boxing Day before returning to the UK. Anna and Efi’s communication was exceptional and they were extremely helpful and spoke with the clinic and sorted everything out for us.
I would highly recommend this Airbnb and the hosts, if you are considering a stay in central Athens. It was all fabulous