Stamatia‘s place was perfect for us! We didn’t get to meet Stamatia, but she was very responsive and we got George!
PLACE
George is amazing, he’s super sweet and has a great response time. The place is exactly as described and it is centrally located; if you’re sensitive to noise, I suggest earplugs. For us it was fine, the place was clean and had everything we needed. The hair dryer was very much appreciated. For the location and price, you can’t beat it. Also, George was there for us 24/7 and met up with us on a main street to take us to the apartment for our first time, which was a nice touch as we got to see a little more of the area and he pointed out places we can go.
FOOD
George also gave us great tips on where to eat and we ate at Kalyvas 3 times (recommend getting the pork gyros and fried aubergines 👌🏼). We also tried Neratzia Cafe (brunch and cocktails) which was delicious and has huge portions with decent pricing. I recommend their chocolate banana pancakes and an omelette on the side. Bruschetta there was also really good.
SITES
Walking distance to the major sites is between 10-20 minutes depending how fast you walk; but casually walking for us took about 10-15 minutes to Acropolis. And from the apartment you can walk to Filopappou Hill easily. Lycabettus Hill was also beautiful to hike. It was one of our highlights.
TRANSPORT
The bus and tram system worked well for us and we only had to use a 24 hour ticket (twice) — one 24 hour ticket for Athens center cost €4.10-€4.50; don‘t quite remember but somewhere around there. A 5-day ticket costs about €9.00 and a 3 day-tourist ticket (includes airport transfer by metro or bus) costs €22. One 1-way transfer from airport to the city center costs €9.00. You can buy the tickets at any metro station or the airport train station.
Overall, would definitely stay here again as a launch point for going to other places. Would strongly recommend going to one of the nearby islands (if you‘re not planning on island hopping). — we enjoyed Aegina and seeing the Temple of Apollo archaeological site.
Thank you George!