This first floor studio is evidently hived off from a larger apartment and suffers from a barely adequate toilet/shower room.
It is conveniently located close to a bus stop to the airport (Krikela Venizelou) and a 10 min walk from the bus into town (Krikela Ethnikis Antistasis). Being in Kalamaria it’s a half hour ride into central Thessaloniki. Download the OASTH bus app for the best real time info - https://itunes.apple.com/el/app/oasth-bus/id997693786?l=el&ls=1&mt=8
The single studio bedroom is well proportioned, with a double bed, wardrobe space and a well equipped kitchenette and supplies of tea and coffee. Light-excluding external blinds are a boon, and the residential one-way street is pretty quiet. WiFi is available but the ADSL can be appallingly slow at peak times. There’s an ample balcony to dry your towels or sit out for meals in good weather (we went in the winter), though the slightly musty indoor smell suggested to us that Stakis’ guests did not always obey the no smoking rule.
The principal drawback is the minuscule shower room and toilet. Not only does it mean balancing on the shower tray edge to close the door behind you; the shower is so narrow that it’s impossible to avoid the curtain clinging to your body when the heat of the shower escaping upwards draws the curtain in from below. For anyone of normal body size, this is problematic, so showering here is definitely an unpleasant chore and you may find it better to dispense with the curtain altogether and treat the bathroom as a wet room, easier if you are in single occupancy.
We didn’t meet Stakis because we used the combination key box both to check in after midnight and leave at 7:30 am, but he was both informative and keen to resolve any problems we might have. We stayed here for the location close to friends and family but would think twice before staying again as a couple.