The apartment was in a great location as noted in the listing. However, several aspects of the apartment made this an uncomfortable stay: level of cleanliness at the outset, the check-in process, and the complete lack of response from Manolis himself.

The cab that Manolis had stated he would book for us never came so we had to pay $20 for another tour group to drop us off. When we arrived, it appeared that Manolis never informed his sister, Maria, of our arrival as we had to verify with her which apartment we had booked.

Once checked-in, the apartment was generally in order and sheets were clean but some areas were clearly not cleaned: shower curtain was yellowing and moldy, the cups had toothpaste residue, dish rack was rusty and peeling off, shower head in the alt. bathroom was broken etc. We let Maria know of these issues and she had one of the laundromat girls clean up the areas we noted immediately. That was a relief, but was definitely an awkward encounter and made us less inclined to approach for more help.

Throughout these issues, Manolis only responded once -- when we asked for the WiFi network name and password (he responded 7 hours later). When we noted the cleanliness issues with him, we never received a response from him, even up to the moment that we checked out. We asked him where we should leave the key the day before since we were checking out at a time when the laundromat would not be open -- we never heard a response so we left it in the foyer when we checked-out.

Maria had let us know that Manolis had an operation lately and the number listed is not his mobile phone as he had turned his off so he can recover, but we were not informed of this by Manolis himself, which certainly would've helped make the situation less awkward and/or perhaps changed our choice of apartment.

Do not expect Manolis to respond to you in your time of need. The apartment is indeed in a great area and if you only need a place to sleep and shower than this is it. But do not expect any host to be there for you.