Maria is the best Air BNB host ever. Greeted us with snacks and a thorough review of places to go in Athens and the neighborhood. She and her husband were very fun and engaging. During our stay, Maria was very attentive, helping me with bus info and booking a taxi for us (and then reconfirming the taxi in the middle of the night). Then left a food gift hanging from the door so we'd get it when we left.
The apartment was gorgeous, very modern, with two decks and good views including of course the view of the Acropolis. Great air conditioning, which saved us since temps outside were in the low 90s (30-something). Very quiet, beautiful building. Nice tv.
We were easy walking distance from the metro, gobs of gay bars and clubs, and some fantastic restaurants including Kordova where you really have to eat at least once. Also a quick walk to Technopolis, where there was an open air jazz festival every night we were there, which was a lot of fun.
The apartment is in an interesting neighborhood. Beautiful apartments, hip restaurants and bars, all interspersed among some long-vacant commercial spaces covered with graffiti, which gave us some pause at first. But the area felt totally safe and we never saw anyone who looked sketchy. Clearly it has been developing and improving and bouncing back for some time now, and seems likely to just keep getting better.
We would stay here again in a heartbeat.