Alexandros place is in a very safe neighborhood with lots of good restaurants and cafes. It is also close to the Evagelismos metro line (blue) which is convenient for airport transfer and for going around to all the many cultural and historical places of Athens.
But most importantly, we must mention the extraordinary help and support we reeceived from Alexandros and his mother! Our holiday in Greece was for a little over a month. We reserve Alexandros Airbnb for 3 days when we first arrive in Athens and for another 3 days just before our return to the US. On our way to Alexandros’ apartment for the last 3 days of our Greece vacation, our passports and wallet with money, credit cards and other important documents were stolen. It occurred in a crowded metro train between 16:00 and 17:00 Friday afternoon. When we met Alexandros in his Airbnb, we informed him of our predicament. He was extremely helpful and he asked his Mom, Maria to help us. Maria put us in a taxi and instructed the taxi driver to take us to the tourist police where she met us (she drove her motorcycle). Since all our money was also stolen, she gave us some money to pay for the taxi. Maria seemed to know people in the police station or maybe, it was just the force of her personality (strong and very kind) for the police gave me a table with a computer and a phone to call our banks and credit cards in the United States. Since it was Friday after 5:00 PM, we could not contact the US Embassy, but Maria gave us the address of the US Embassy and information as to where to have our US passport photos taken in order to expedite the replacement of our passports, since our return flight to the US was for Monday afternoon. Everyday until we resolved our problems: obtained some money from our bank, got passport replacement, and rescheduled our return flight, Maria made herself available.
We cannot thank Alexandros and Maria enough. Their generosity, Maria’s quick thinking, intimate knowledge of Athens, and travel savvy (Maria is a world traveler herself) were all put to use to ameliorate our mortifying experience.