Αbsolute Athens VIII

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : What did I like? well, there are a lot of things that I liked here, I can basically say that I felt at home here, and I will be sure to check in again when I return to Athens.1. I liked the fact that I was asked how I want to pay and I got the option to pay at the reception, 10 points for this one. I always book based on these criteria, and the communication towards us was more than professional via WhatsApp or phone.2. The apartment was exactly like in the pictures and even more! The host(Ms. Rodoula) made the effort to surprise us with some small details that nobody takes the trouble doing these days, we could find bottles of water and orange juice in the fridge and some small things to eat in the morning like jam and butter and some sweets as well and nice tea. We were more than happy to feel this kind of attention/love towards us.3. The SILENCE! It's unbelievable how in a city like this even with the apartment near the road we can get this kind of silence during the night, I slept like a baby.4. The location, it's near everything, like the metro, acropolis, old town, etc.5. It has a grocery shop 2-3 streets away, and a bakery on the corner.6. The fact that we were supplied with a baby crib was also awesome and another reason for my booking.7, The fact that we could leave the baggage safely at the reception on the last day to explore the city even more after the checkout.8. The kindness and the people working for this property.9. We had everything we needed in the kitchen.10. The bed and the couch in the living room are so comfortable you will not have to worry about your sleep.11. There is a large IKEA fingerprint in the apartment, we like their products.12. The apartment is very clean so you don't have to worry if you have a baby like we did, walking/crawling around the place.13. Clean white towels and sheets for the bed.14. And the last one is so RARE in Greece, windows with nets for the flying bugs and mosquitos!!! Love it!
  : What did I not like? well there were a couple of things but these are more like an improvement: 1. The most significant thing was the heating, I was booked there around 14 November so at night the temperature drops around 7-11 degrees celsius, so pretty cold, and the heating was made via the AC units, which provided sufficient hot air for the bedroom, but mostly in the living room or in the bathroom you could feel the cold("frozen" toilet seat, showers with boiled water but in a cold bathroom, a cold draft of air could be felt in the living room and kitchen) 2. The wifi is not reliable because it's missing a proper router, sometimes is working sometimes is not. 3. The TV in the living room is non-smart and displays only a couple of local TV channels not useful for foreigners. We live in the Netflix/Prime/Disney app age, so a smart tv is pretty cheap these days, we missed watching a good movie before sleep or putting some cartoons for the baby early in the morning before we go out. 4. And the last thing is trivial and this is just for our case with the baby, some baby protection to be mounted in the living room for power sockets. 5. Another trivial thing, in the booking it was stated to be with slippers but we could not find any of them, most likely if we asked for them we would receive them, but we didn't.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Location is great for access to main archeological sites. Plenty of choices for eating out with a wide range of not expensive to ala carte. The property was nice, and the bed was very comfortable. Has a proper kitchen so cooking in was easy.
  : The shower, the shower head holder was lose, obviously had been before as the cap that covers the screw was missing. Every time you had a shower, the shower head would suddenly fall meaning the water was directed at the wall and not you. Did report it several times but remained the same.Clean the top of the fridge as it is covered in dust.