This is a great apartment. I can’t say enough about our positive experience with the apartment and Greg. This is one of the rare times the pictures don’t do an apartment justice. The apartment is nicer than it looks in the pictures. It has a modern renovation and is VERY clean. The furniture is in excellent shape. The bathroom was spotless, the sheets crisp and the towels clean and fluffy. The mattresses were good. The apartment and neighborhood is quiet. The welcome gift of wine is a very nice touch and indicative of the positive experience Greg wants you to have. The kitchen is well equipped. The A/C worked well. There’s a good clothes washer. There’s a TV but we didn’t use it.

Perhaps most importantly, Greg’s numerous communications with us were exceptional and prompt. Greg’s mother met my wife and daughter who arrived late due to flight delays. She was a gracious host and showed them everything they needed to do in the apartment even though she was going to be late for her own travel connections. She helped make them feel at ease in a big, unfamiliar city.

The apartment is a three-minute walk to the metro. One metro stop to Syntagma Square and two stops to Monastiraki Square. It’s on the metro line from the airport making it convenient when arriving or departing Athens or connecting to Piraeus. It’s walkable to the Plaka and the Acropolis but for the sake of time the metro is probably a better option.

We made breakfast in the kitchen and then took it to the nice rooftop patio and enjoyed the morning view. The WiFi was a little temperamental on our iPhones but still worked. I didn’t have any problem with my laptop’s WiFi connection. Once you have the address from Greg you might map it in Google and print the map and also look at Google Street View. Even though it’s close to the metro and Greg’s walking instructions were good, it wasn’t completely apparent where to go. There are three grocery stores nearby (apparently closed all day on Sundays). A nice pastry shop is close by as well as a few restaurants. Greg’s brother even pitched in and emailed us some helpful suggestions for our next destination, Santorini. The apartment is a remarkable value to be so nice as well as close to the Plaka and the Acropolis. We were treated more like friends by Greg and his family than as short-term customers.