OK so when is a place even better (yes and that includes the view) than you can imagine or were shown? This is Kostis' apartment. We got lucky and found it relatively last minute as it's a new addition this year. I thought I would 'splurge' as this was the last accommodation of our vacation and Athens felt like it could be a bit overwhelming and a sanctuary seemed key. Plus my husband really wanted a view of the Acropolis. I wasn't sure about staying on the south side of the Acropolis but figured that the standard sites were a near walk away. So turns out: a. this apartment was a total haven - beautiful, cool, clean, spacious; b. the view in his photos? the Acropolis is even closer! This is an example where the photo does not do the view justice! c. the south slope of the Acropolis is a brilliant neighborhood. It's easy to not feel that you are in 'tourist central', it's a few blocks to the center thoroughfares, but you feel like you are a living in a real and nice 'local' neigborhood of downtown Athens - I would always want to stay there now and I think the view of the Acropolis is better from this side (which is why they probably built the new Acropolis museum just a block away and d. Kostis also provided the BEST recommendations of places to go for eating, drinking etc. We used as many of his recommendations as we could fit in over 2 days/3 nights. I had done all the usual research for restaurants etc down in Monastiraki and Psyrri, but we ended up never using any of them. Stuck with Kostis. I would always go back here and was tempted not to tell you all about how great this apartment is.... because there's never going to be that last minute opportunity again (!).