I am very disappointed. My friends and I arrived in Mykonos by ferry. Our departure was delayed, so we were to arrive a bit later than anticipated. I let Anna know ASAP but did not hear anything back. We arrived at the garden flat to find that no one was there. I tried to message Anna several more times and call, but no response. After 30 minutes of waiting, we decided to walk about and see if we could find anyone who could help us out. We found the garden flat with the door slightly open and the key in the lock. Not exactly the greeting we were expecting.
The first thing we noticed was that the flat smelled very strongly of chemicals. After about 10 minutes, the odor began to give us all headaches and make us feel sick. In addition to this, there were many dead and live bugs in the apartment, stains on many of the pillows and blankets (which were damp), and mold in a few places. The apartment did not look very similar to the photos available online. Usually, this would be OK for us as we are college students, but we felt uneasy about the fact that we hadn't heard from the host for over 4 hours. W decided to find somewhere else to stay.
We had to sit outside to do research on other accommodation options because the odor was so strong. Soon after, someone finally came to greet us, though it wasn't the host. We let her know that we were planning on finding somewhere else to stay and she asked us to show her what about the apartment we didn't like. Though she was not necessarily rude, she denied that there was any odor at all and didn't apologize for the fact that no one had greeted us upon arrival.
Finally, we were able to call a taxi to our new accommodation location (which, by the way, was a 4-star hotel that was not much more expensive than this Airbnb. The hotel was clean, well-decorated, had an amazing view, close to town, and included an incredible breakfast). At this point, the host finally arrived. She seemed extremely confused that we were leaving and asked us to show her what was wrong with the apartment. One person in our party went up to show her. She denied the odor, yelled at our friend, accused us of sleeping in the beds because we had lifted up the sheets to look for stains, told us we were in a bad mood, and that we would never get a refund. We weren't asking for a refund- we were simply telling the host that we would no longer be staying at her property. This was very unprofessional and rude.
Overall, I really would not recommend this property. Even if we had had an incredible experience, this listing still isn't worth the $$, as it is far from town and there are similarly priced options with far more amenities. For example, we paid about 30 euros extra each for two nights (15 euro per night) to stay at the Hermes Hotel Mykonos, which allowed us to save $100+ on taxis (walking distance to town + free airport shuttle) and a lot of money on food, as a huge breakfast buffet and sit down breakfast menu was included. In other words, I would recommend weighing your options when visiting Mykonos, as this Airbnb is not even close to the best bang for your buck.