Unfortunately our stay was well below our expectations, even though we stayed in the apartment for 1 night only.
There were some good things and I’ll start with those: value for money, location in terms of distance to some cool areas, cleanliness, the existence of air con and clear communication by the host company.
There are some things that were quite bad and resulted in my 2/5 rating. Some of these are probably out of the owner’s control but they had to be taken into account.
Though the location is close to good areas such as Monastiraki and Acropolis, the general vibe is dark, stinky, dirty and felt dangerous.
Although the host company sent us all the instructions (=clear comms), there were so many that I’m surprised we didn’t miss anything. The check-in process was quite overwhelming and first impressions matter so much.
You can access the apartment via an alley with shops but this area is locked by bars at night. So if you come back from a bar or leave early in the morning, you need to use separate keys for it. These keys don’t operate from the inside so we could only partially lock the gate when we returned and were completely unable to get out when we left in the morning. I had to ask our taxi driver to open the gate from the outside.
We had a really bad night because of the poor mattress quality, the noise coming in from outside and the display light of the air con, which is installed above the bed.
While this apartment was much cheaper than others in the area, this was worse than “you get what you pay for” in my opinion.
Until a few things are improved I wouldn’t recommend staying here, unless you are on a very very tight budget.