We were welcomed by a driver holding a sign with my name on it. I can't tell you how wonderful that feels after 24 hours of travel delays and flights with a toddler. The driver was fast, but helpful and professional, and we arrived at the apartment to meet Yiannis himself, who happens to live in the neighborhood! He was super helpful but not overbearing because he knew we had a long flight and were dead tired.

We experienced a lot of problems, my sister and her boyfriend didn't read the sign on the tiny elevator, so they got stuck, we made last minute trips to islands and dealt with public transport strikes, but Yiannis, Fiorini, and Christina were always only a short email or text away with all the answers and help we needed!

The apartment itself was fine. Not fancy at all, not quite as clean or well maintained as we expected from the photos and glowing reviews, but it was definitely adequate as a base for my family as we explored Athens, Chalkida, Delphi, Milos, and Santorini. We would just leave the majority of our things in the apartment and just take what was necessary! The apartment is very well situated- very close walking to Kallimarmaro and even Syntagma and Plaka. I wouldn't even stay anywhere else. The square has excellent restaurants and amenities- try Colibri for pizza and burgers, the place out the right, some taverna, had excellent authentic Greek food. Greece is extremely child and baby friendly, probably the most friendly Ive ever experienced. Anyway food is great near there. Taxis were always plentiful and cheap (4-6 euro everywhere basically) though buses and metro weren't particularly convenient. Anyway, Plateia Varnava is exactly where you want to be if you have a family or want to experience the non touristy side of Athens.

The apartment did have a lot of toiletries in case we ran out, or coffee filters, sugar, etc. We have zero complaints based on a cost/benefits ratio. When we go back to Athens in the future, I will definitely consider Yiannis's properties! Thanks for everything!