This apartment is not in the location it claims to be in the map view. It’s about a quarter mile from where the map view claims it to be, and it’s in a residential neighborhood, which did not feel like the safest place at night. The host did not mention the pin on Airbnb was in the wrong location in their listing, or in any of their communications to us. To our surprise, and after a drive to a location we were not expecting, Netaria (the host) told us the pin was in the wrong place. The walk to town is longer than the advertised location, and so is the walk to the beach.
The pin makes it look like the apartment is right on the beach near the Agios Giorgios church. The actual location is at the Google Maps “plus code” of “39XG+RHM Naxos”, https://goo.gl/maps/dHAWmUDjhkZWqsbe6.
Also: all the mattresses in the apartment were unpadded, and you could feel the coils when you sit and lay on them.
I have had multiple hip surgeries, so the unexpected additional walking time to the town, plus the hard beds, made this place impossible to stay in for me.
Thankfully we found a better location right near the Castro (a luxury apartment for the same price with a very very nice bed), and Airbnb was able to help us get most of our money back due to the location discrepancy, so we didn’t even spend the night here. Note that Airbnb phone support is only on USA time, so it was difficult to get our case resolved in a single day. If you are unsure about staying at this place, I would not recommend it for this reason, it is difficult to get help.
If you want to stay outside of the main tourist area, in a big 3rd floor apartment (walk up with no elevator) with a private balcony, with a ~10 minute walk to town, and if you don’t mind an uncomfortable bed, you could consider staying here. We were on our honeymoon and didn’t want this sort of experience; plus with my hip issues, it was not tenable for us even if we wanted a more “residential” experience.
More importantly, they appear to be taking advantage of the fact that Airbnb doesn’t consider the locations significantly different, and of the general lack of specific address numbers in Naxos. We guess that they are doing this in order to charge the same price as higher-end apartments closer to the center of town, and as relatively nice hotels right along the beach. This simply does not sit well with me, regardless of any other consideration.
There were some good things too. They picked us up from the ferry area with our luggage which was very helpful, the hosts were responsive (before we realized the apartment was in the wrong location) and helped us get oriented before arrival, they gave us a map of the area & tips on where to go, the kitchen is spacious, the apartment is clean, and the balcony is pretty.
Ultimately, we booked this place because we had wanted a beach apartment for our honeymoon, and its location was misrepresented. So despite its other merits, we recommend avoiding it until they fix their location pin on the Airbnb listing. Other apartments in the same area (and without an extract address..this is common in Greece) have very precise locations in their listings, so there does not seem to be a valid excuse for the discrepancy.