Marilena‘s place was really nice! We stayed here for a week and had to use the train only once. Everything major was reachable by foot. She had every basic necessity available, so feel free to cook whenever you want. There are also plenty of good restaurants nearby you may choose from. Also, a few supermarkets are reachable by a short walk. She also provides some PDF‘s which I would recommend reading, they were pretty helpful in some instances. Marilena was also pretty responsive when we needed help and also checked up with us and asked about our travel. I thought that it’s pretty thoughtful and kind - not many hosts do that! All in all I think it’s probably the best location in Athen to choose from - but convince yourself! :)
Many commenters complain about the noisy streets; while yes, it is loud in the neighboring streets, not many people cross the street to the apartment. During the day it’s comparatively silent. I mean, it’s an urban area after all.
The more frustrating part were the cars driving through at night or the motorcyclists letting their engine run to deliver some food. While they did that, the living space kind of started to shake. Also, every morning between 7 to 8, the church across the street started to ring their bell. It’s not the typical nice sounding bell you may be used to in other places, but rather a bell which sounded like a schools bell, calling you back for class. It was really loud. As I’m a sleep deprived person myself, I honestly didn’t mind it much - albeit it being frustrating at times - but, if you pay value to your sleeping schedule, keep that in mind. As you will wake up from that bell.
If you’ve time you should also take the metro and go down to the last station. Pay a visit to the beaches there. It takes around 30 minutes from the Airbnb. It’s really pretty and worth every minute.