I typically leave 5 star reviews if a place has all of the following:
1) amazing location
2) comfy beds
3) beautiful space
4) great hosts
5) easy check-in/checkout
6) good WiFi
This place has all of those things. The location is AMAZING. The owners were wonderful (showed us around, gave us restaurant suggestions that we took, helped in any way possible). However our initial bliss about being in this beautiful home in the best part of Athens was quickly gone when we realized it did not have airconditioning. :(
We contacted the owners and after some confusion (apparently they thought the house did have airconditioning, but they just purchased the home and it hadn’t been hot until this week so they hadn’t used the AC yet), they brought us three fans and refunded us 90 euros for the trouble.
They have said that they will be getting airconditioning installed, so hopefully you won’t have the same troubles as we did. I will say that it was extremely disappointing for us to be so hot. The house was around 30 degrees Celsius the entire time we were there. We opened the windows the first night, but then my two daughters woke up covered in mosquito bites. We tried to find another place to stay, but with the last minute situation and the size of our party (5) we couldn’t find anything available. We opted instead to stay out of the house the second day from 10am till around 8pm when it had cooled down just a bit outside. We found a hotel that allowed us to pay to use the pool (28 euros per person) and stayed there in the middle of the day for 5 hours... we also went to two museums for the airconditioning.
Overall this Airbnb would be 5 stars if it had air conditioning, but for us it was a frustrating and miserable experience. I don’t think we will be back to Athens just because this clouded our judgement of the place. It’s hard to be excited about sightseeing when you are sweating while sleeping, sweating after taking a shower, sweating while putting on makeup, sweating while eating, etc. it was a learning experience for us, as now I’ve contacted the other Airbnb’s we booked to make sure they all have A/C.
The house and location are AMAZING though. So I’ll reiterate that if they get some airconditioning then book this place immediately. I can only imagine how wonderful our stay would have been if it wasn’t so hot.
Lastly, the shower head was broken so we had to hold it which was a bit frustrating. We took turns holding the shower head for the person who was in the shower, as it would not stay on the wall.
Once the owners fix the issues we had then it’ll be perfect!