First let me say, the apartment was nice. It’s a bit smaller than it appears in the photos, but it was clean and had pleasant amenities.
The neighborhood, however, is not that nice. Many reviews say the place is “sketchy” and that is true. Our car was broken into the first night we were at the Airbnb. We were parked directly out front. The street was lit and the building we parked in front of had lots of lights on at night.
A couple blocks away from the apartment, there is a lot of open heroin use. The ground is littered with many used needles and there are people loitering around at all hours.
The apartment was an okay place to stay, but we would not return due to not feeling safe in the immediate neighborhood. When we reported the break-in to our host, he said that this is very common all over Athens. When we spoke with the police, they said there is a lot of trouble in that area.
I don’t mean to disparage the host at all - he was helpful and understanding during our stay - but I wish people had been more explicit in the reviews about what they didn’t like about the neighborhood.