Positives:
1) the apt was very clean, nicely decorated and large enough for us to spread out. Air conditioning worked great. Hot water was plenty.
2) George was very nice and once he arrived, he was pleasant and very clear when giving instructions.
3) location was ideal for us. The National Archeological Museum was literally across the street. I just walked there. There were cabs and places to eat right outside and within block from the apt, in all directions. Bus line was a few feet away from the entrance of the apt and it appeared the bus line goes all over the city. The Athens Tourist Bus also stops by there. If you buy the city tour bus pass, it takes you in a loop through the main city attractions. I think it’s about 16 euro per person for 2 days. You can buy longer passes if you choose. There are also bus tour passes that takes you down to the port and beaches if that’s of any interest to you. However, it’s easy to walk to most places from the apt, about 1.5-2.5 miles to most tourist attractions. We mostly used cabs though. It cost me about 3.5 euros one way to the acropolis, Parthenon, flea market, national garden, Olympia stadium, and other local tourist attractions. This made our stay so much easier since we didn’t have a car.
4) we felt very safe there. Although there was graffiti written all over the outside of the building (this seemed normal in Athens though) we felt safe in the apt and walking outside. There were people out walking til 11-12 midnight. I even went out with two 13 y/o at 11:30 pm to get food and we were safe.
5) once inside, the apt is very quiet and we felt very secure. No noisy or obnoxious neighbors.
Negatives: these are minor but worth mentioning to better prepare other guests.
1) Had some difficulty getting responses from George a few times. Sent a message through the app and didn’t hear from him for over 24 hrs twice. Not sure if it was language barrier or not, though He seemed to speak and write English well. Sent date and time of our arrival the day before to him to reconfirm. Sent him another message when we landed at airport and gave him our ETA at the apt. However, he never responded and when we got there, nobody was there to meet us. Had to message him again. He finally responded saying he was coming. We waited 30 min, which wasn’t too bad but we had all our luggage’s with us in the lobby (somebody let us in there) and we had other people in our group that came to meet us there and they had to wait with us.
2) There was only one roll of toilet paper in the bathroom. Also, there was no extra garbage liners for the bathroom garbage can. I Contacted George through the app to inquire about these items and where I could find extras in the apt and he basically said we had to purchase these on our own. In the states, these are considered essential items and are usually supplied in each home so that was odd to me. I thought the host would at least provide more than one roll of toilet paper and one garbage liner being that you can’t flush toilet paper down the toilet in Athens and all toilet paper, whether it’s #1 or #2, have to be thrown in the garbage, but maybe they do things different there.
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay at the apt. I would definitely recommend it to others.