So we had spent 4 lovely days in beautiful Nafplio and serene Kardamili and now here we were after a long afternoon's drive standing down a graffitied back alley with the oppressive heat and noise of the city pressing in. "He's on his way." My girlfriend looked only marginally less concerned at the news our host would be here in a handful of minutes. Momentarily I doubted myself, peering into the nondescript hall of a Psyrri block of flats, wondering why I chosen to swap out an idyll for this. Then Fotis arrived. Then we were above the city and opening the door to the penthouse and our view was full of the last of the sun shining off the marble of the Parthenon, the hill of the Acropolis dropping down into Plaka and the spread of the rooftops out in front coming through the panoramic windows and bleeding into the exquisite furnishings surrounding us. My girlfriend turned to me. Everything was going to be just fine.
The apartment looks like the photos. Better perhaps. Fotis is a lovely and warm host. The location is amazing. Less than 15 minutes and you're walking up the Acropolis, under 5 and you're in Monastiraki Square, and within seconds you're in the bar scene of Psyrri; TAF, Six d.o.g.s., and so on. And yes, having a shower while looking out over the Ancient Agora and temple of Hephaestus is pretty amazing. You need to stay here.