Unlike other Athens hostels and cheap hotels, we are located
in the northern part of the city in a tipically Greek
upmarket neighbourhood called Maroyssi. Locals talk about “BORIA
PROASTIA” (Northern Neighbourhoods) to mean a “get away” from
downtown Athens -too busy and crowded during the day, often
dodgy at night - Omonia square.
Moreover,
when downtown gets really hot is Summer, the northern part of
the city is refreshed by a nice breeze coming from nearby
mountain PENTELIS. There are no other cheap hotels or budget accommodation that would allow you to live in this area. Pentelis mountain is covered by a pine-wood
that occasionally becomes white for the snow in winter (yes!
It can snow even in Greece!). Anyway, the house is provided
with A/C that, during the hottest hours of the day, helps keep
the temperature fresh for pleasant siestas in the early
afternoon when the city stops moving...
MAROYSSI is a
very safe and clean residential area, where a large part of
Athens citizens live, easily catching public transport every
day to reach their jobs downtown. Nearby there is a beautiful
park (with a playground), supermarkets are 10 minutes on foot,
banks (ATM) and other facilities are available nearby... and
George the baker is right across the street for your munchies!
Enjoy people
watching in one of the cafés on PENTELIS Ave., chatting for
hours in front of a FRAPPE’ (shakered ice-coffee), sitting in
one of the terraces under the Greek sun. But do not drink it
all at once: “going for a coffee” PAME GIA KAFE’ is a whole
culture in Greece, you have to enjoy it slowly, sip by sip,
leaving at the end the coffee foam on the bottom of the glass.
Just ask us and we’ll take you out for a go!
