Athina Apartments - (Accommodation in Kalamaki)

Paul            

I have been to Kalamaki for years and this June stayed at the Athina Apartments.  For some reason my wife and I were given a family room - a basement room I may add - room number 1.  I would rather have stayed in Room 1 at the Bates Motel and risked having a shower!  Everyone that enters or leave the apartments have to walk right past your room.  It is beneath the restaurant and shop so the noise of tables and things being dragged across the floor at 2 in the morning is unbelievable.  You cannot open the small window in the toilet when using the loo or the shower because people are constantly walking past and can see and hear you.  The front door is glass so if you use the shower you have to try and then dart out of the bathroom in to the bedroom without being seen from the outside!  There is no balcony, just a small area directly outside your door to sit.  You cannot sit around the table provided outside as there is not enough room, instead the chairs are lined up like a bus stop.  There is a communal book shelf for people's use directly next to the toilet window, so people gather there to exchange stories and books!  There is no privacy in Room Number 1 and if we had children with us we would have been mortified.  The room itself was very basic although very clean and fans were provided free of charge presumably because we had no windows that could be opened.  The location of the apartments are excellent but the location of Room Number 1 was certainly not.  It's a shame because the staff including the cleaners are lovely people.