WE WERE ROBBED AT THIS AIRBNB. Checked in after a huge international flight, went out for dinner and returned 2 hours later to find both our suitcases had been stolen. There was no sign of forced entry and the door was still locked which is suspicious. The local police suggested that we may have been watched by the thieves. Both our large suitcases were locked and stolen leaving us with with barely any belongings. Clothes, shoes, jewellery, electronics, sentimental items… all stolen within the first few hours of arriving in Athens. Terrible start to our month-long holiday on the other side of the world. Horrendous traumatic experience that has left us shaken. We were scared the entire time we were in Athens trying to deal with the police, buy basic clothes, etc. By the time we discovered we’d been robbed and we checked our tracking devices they’d been disabled. There is an obvious lack of security at this accomodation. The front door is constantly left open (even after the robbery), and there were often random people loitering around the lobby-type area. Also no security cameras anywhere in the building despite signage on the main door.
I’d never stay here again and would urge everyone to be cautious not only of this place but also whilst in Athens as robberies and crime are rife and they pray on tourists (as was evident when we were reporting the crime at the tourist police with streams of people coming in to report being robbed).