We had an incredible time at Makis's place. He's done an amazing job maintaining a real neoclassical apartment in the heart of Athens. If ogling architectural details and 12 foot ceilings isn't your thing, you can hang out on the roof and ogle the Parthenon instead.

It's hard to beat the location if you want to wander the archeological sites of Athens. It was an easy and pleasant stroll from there to the Acropolis, Agora, Acropolis Museum, etc. The area is also packed with antique shops, if that's your thing, and very conveniently located from the subway to the airport.

Makis is a gracious, flexible, friendly, and very helpful host. He made it possible for us to track down inexpensive new bicycles for later in our trip. We never could've done it without him. He just generally seems like an awesome dude, and we hope to be able to converse with him in Greek next time we're in Athens. :)