The living room of our one-bedroom apartment on Deinokratous.
The short answer: a month in Kolonaki with us is booked like any other stay, with no lease, no agent and no utility accounts in your name. You pay the nightly prices for your dates plus one cleaning fee, and for a stay this long I will quote the whole month if you send me your dates first. Day to day, Kolonaki is one of the easiest parts of Athens to live in without a car: supermarkets, pharmacies and a Friday street market are all within walking distance, Evangelismos metro on line 3 runs to Syntagma and the airport, and a 30-day transport pass costs €27.
I have lived in Kolonaki for more than ten years and host guests in two apartments here. A long weekend forgives almost anything; a month does not. Over thirty days you find out whether there is a dryer, whether the lift works, whether the kitchen can handle more than pasta, and where you will actually work. This guide follows the order you will need it in: what you are booking and how the price is built, what the apartment has to have, then daily life (shopping, pharmacies, working, laundry, getting around), and finally which apartment suits which kind of month.
I wrote it for people who need central Athens for somewhere between three weeks and two months: remote workers and digital nomads who want a change of desk, academics on a research visit, families here because someone is being treated at an Athens hospital, and Greeks abroad coming back to spend real time with their parents.
Booking a month without a lease
What you are actually booking
Our two apartments are licensed tourist accommodation, registered with the Greek National Tourism Organisation under the ΣΗΜΑ ΕΟΤ regime: number 1205203 for the one-bedroom on Deinokratous Street and 1253877 for the two-bedroom on Ipsilantou Street. They are run by RPS16 P.C., our family company.
In practice, a month with us is a booking like any other. There is no lease to sign, no agent, and no electricity or water accounts to open in your name. The booking form asks for your name, email, phone and country. You do not need a Greek tax number (AFM) or social security number (AMKA) to book. If your employer or university is paying, you can ask for a company invoice in the same step.
The 60-day rule you may have read about
You may read online that things change in Greece at 60 days. That rule belongs to a different system. Article 111 of Greek Law 4446/2016 defines a short-term rental as a lease of a property for fewer than 60 days, with no services beyond the stay and bed linen (I checked the text of the law on 6 October 2026). It covers private homes listed in the tax authority's short-term rental register. Our apartments do not operate under that regime, so advice written for it does not tell you much about a stay with us. If you are thinking about more than two months, write to me before you book and we will work it out.
Schengen days, if you are from outside the EU
One thing that is about you rather than us: if you are visiting under Schengen short-stay rules, check your remaining days before booking. Previous stays count toward the usual 90 days in any 180-day period, including time spent elsewhere in the Schengen area (EU Home Affairs, checked 6 October 2026). The EU's own short-stay calculator does the counting for you.
How a month is priced
You will not find a rate card here, and the reason is practical. Our prices are set night by night and move with the season and with demand, so any number I printed would be wrong within weeks. What I can tell you precisely is how the total is built, because this is exactly how our booking page calculates it:
| Line on your bill | How it works |
|---|---|
| The nights | The sum of each night's price. Two consecutive months in the same apartment can come out noticeably different. |
| Cleaning | Charged once per booking, not per night, so over a month it is spread across thirty nights. |
| Climate resilience fee | A per-night charge set by the Greek state, €2.00 per night for our apartments, shown as its own line before you pay. |
| Extra guests | The base price covers two people. From the third guest up, a supplement is added per person, per night. |
| Invoice | If your employer is paying, request a company invoice at checkout. Review the itemised total before paying. |
If your dates can move by a week or two, say so. Because the price changes from night to night, the same length of stay starting a little earlier or later can come out cheaper, and I can quote you both.
Ask for a quote before you book
You should know this before anything else: bookings paid online through our site are non-refundable, including if you cancel or leave early. On a three-night stay that is a detail. On thirty nights it is not, which is why I recommend travel insurance that covers cancellation.
It is also why, for a month, it makes sense to send me your dates through our contact page before you book. I read the reservations inbox myself. I will reply with a price for the whole stay and, if it works for you, send a personal booking link with that total locked in, valid for a limited time. The same conversation settles the things a booking form cannot: cleaning during your stay, an invoice for your employer, travelling with a pet.
What a month needs that a weekend does not
Both apartments have all of this, and I list it because these are exactly the points where long stays go wrong:
- A washer and dryer in the apartment, plus a drying rack and an iron. Over a month this is the difference between living somewhere and hunting for a laundromat.
- A kitchen you can cook in: Siemens induction hob and oven, dishwasher, pots and pans, and the basics of oil, salt and pepper.
- A proper workspace and 50 Mbps Wi-Fi, with an Ethernet connection if you want a wired line for video calls. In the two-bedroom the workspace is in a room with a door, which matters if you are on calls while someone else is asleep.
- Heating and air conditioning. Radiators and an AC unit in the one-bedroom, central heating and two AC units in the two-bedroom. If your month is January, this matters as much as the view.
- A lift in both buildings. In older Kolonaki blocks that is not a given.
- Pets welcome in both. Few people leave the dog with someone else for a month.
- Self check-in with a lockbox and luggage drop-off. It matters on the first and last day, which are always the tiring ones.
One thing differs between them: cleaning during your stay is listed for the two-bedroom. For the one-bedroom, ask when you request a quote.
Daily life: shopping, pharmacies and errands
Kolonaki is a residential neighbourhood first, which is why it works for a month. Most errands are a walk of a few minutes, and Syntagma Square is 10 to 15 minutes on foot from either apartment. If you want the lie of the land before you arrive, our map and short history of Kolonaki shows where everything sits.
Supermarkets
You do not need a car for the weekly shop. These are the supermarkets we use ourselves:
| Shop | What it is | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Masoutis | A full supermarket chain | The big weekly shop |
| Bazaar | A supermarket chain with keen prices | Basics and household goods |
| ok! market | Small convenience markets | Milk, bread, water, the thing you forgot |
All three are within walking distance of both apartments. Rather than send you to an address that may have moved, here are map searches to run from where you are: Masoutis, Bazaar, ok! market. Bottled water is heavy and the streets above Kolonaki Square are steep, so do the big shop on the way home rather than as a separate trip uphill.
The Friday street market on Xenokratous
Every Friday, upper Kolonaki gets its laiki, the neighbourhood street market, on Xenokratous Street. This is Athens, the city's official visitor site, lists seasonal fruit and vegetables, fish, herbs, olives and honey, and Athens Insider has profiled one of its growers, who brings salad and greens from his farm in Paiania every Friday. Go in the morning, when the stalls are fullest, and bring a bag. Over a month it is the best place to buy produce and the best morning to see the residential side of Kolonaki. Filippou, the taverna that has been on the same street since 1923, is where we go for lunch afterwards; more in where to eat like a local in Kolonaki.
Pharmacies
Greek pharmacies are marked with a green cross, and there are several within a few minutes of both apartments. For anything minor, the pharmacist is the first person to ask.
Evenings, Sundays and holidays are different, because only the pharmacies on the rota stay open. The Pharmaceutical Association of Attica publishes the day's on-duty pharmacies at fsa-efimeries.gr (in Greek; the address and opening hours are what you need). Every pharmacy also posts the list on its door when it is closed.
For anything serious, the emergency number is 112, and the ambulance service is 166. Evangelismos, the large public hospital, is on Ipsilantou Street at the bottom of the neighbourhood.
Laundry and dry cleaning
With a washer and dryer in the apartment, you will not need a laundromat. For suits, shirts and anything delicate, Kolonaki has plenty of small dry cleaners, usually called katharistiria; search the map for the nearest to your door and check the reviews before you hand over anything precious.
Gyms
There are gyms and small fitness and Pilates studios across Kolonaki and in neighbouring Evangelismos, but they open, change hands and change prices often enough that I would rather not print a list that will age. Search the map for gyms near Kolonaki, and ask about a monthly or ten-visit pass, which most studios offer. If you prefer to train outdoors, the paths on Lycabettus Hill start at the top of the neighbourhood; our Lycabettus guide covers the ways up and the summer fire-risk closures.
Working from Kolonaki
Cafés to work from
For most remote workers the apartment desk does the heavy lifting and a café is the change of scene. These are two we know well:
- Me Kolonaki, at Kapsali 10, a short leafy street off the square. It is where I have my morning coffee most days, and it is open from breakfast through to dinner (travel.gr, 9 September 2026). Mornings before 10 are the calmest.
- Wild Souls, at Irodotou 14, the clean-eating café known for its nut butters, clean snacks and plant-based bowls (same travel.gr guide). Good for a light lunch between calls.
Athenians sit for a long time over one coffee, so a laptop is rarely a problem in the mornings. At lunchtime, when tables turn over, order something or move on. For more places, with what to order and when, see our favourite cafés in Kolonaki.
Coworking
Kolonaki itself is short on coworking, but the nearest serious option is a short walk away: Spaces on Kolokotroni Street, by Syntagma, sells a coworking day pass online as well as monthly memberships. A day pass now and then is useful for the week you have a lot of calls, or when someone in the apartment needs the quiet.
Getting around for a month
Walking and the metro
Kolonaki is walkable, with one caveat: it is built on the slope of Lycabettus, so the walk home from the centre is uphill, more so to the one-bedroom on Deinokratous than to the two-bedroom on Ipsilantou.
The nearest metro station is Evangelismos on line 3, at the flat lower edge of the neighbourhood. Line 3 runs to Syntagma, one stop away, and on to the airport (only some line 3 trains go all the way, so check the destination on the front). Syntagma is also a 10 to 15 minute walk. Kolonaki is due to get its own station on the new line 4, but Hellenic Metro's target is September 2032, and for now Kolonaki Square is a fenced line 4 construction site (SKAI, 18 October 2024). Plan around the hoardings rather than through the square.
The 30-day transport pass
If you will use public transport a lot, do the sum on the monthly pass:
| Ticket | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Single 90-minute ticket | €1.20 | Valid on all modes except airport journeys; you can pay by tapping a contactless bank card |
| 30-day pass | €27 | All modes except airport journeys; loaded only onto a personalised ATH.ENA card registered in your name |
Source: the fare table of OASA, the Athens transport authority, as published on its official ATH.ENA Card site (athenacard.gr), checked 11 October 2026.
As a rough guide, if you will make more than 22 single journeys in the month, the pass pays for itself. For the airport and the rest of the network, read our guide to getting around Athens.
By taxi
Taxis in Athens are yellow and licensed, and the easiest way to get one is through a ride app that takes your card:
| App | What it books | iPhone | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uber | Licensed taxis (in Greece) | iPhone | Android |
| Bolt | A ride | iPhone | Android |
| FREENOW by Lyft | Licensed taxis | iPhone | Android |
| Lemon | Licensed taxis | iPhone | Android |
To phone for one instead: Parthenon +30 210 532 3300 or Kosmos +30 210 411 8300 (both can be called from a foreign phone). Kosmos also has the short number 18300, from a Greek mobile. Between the airport and the city centre, taxis charge a flat fare of €50 by day and €65 at night (00:00 to 05:00), per car. Taxis are required by law to accept cards, but ask before you get in.
If you bring a car
Kolonaki is in the City of Athens controlled parking scheme. Blue bays are for residents with a permit; white bays are for visitors and are paid, Monday to Friday 09:00 to 21:00 and Saturday 09:00 to 16:00, through the city's AthensWay app, which replaced myAthensPass in September 2026. Over a month that adds up and white bays are hard to find, so ask me about parking before you book; where to stay in Kolonaki goes into the detail.
Which apartment for a month
The one-bedroom on Deinokratous Street. 78 square metres on the second floor of a 1970s building, renovated top to bottom in 2021, for up to three people. It sits on a quiet stretch of street about 100 metres from the Lycabettus funicular, which also means the walk home from the centre is uphill. For one or two people working remotely for a month, this is the one I would pick.
The two-bedroom on Ipsilantou Street. 65 square metres on the third floor, two bedrooms, for up to six people. The second bedroom works as a bedroom, an office or a children's room, depending on what you need. It is on the flat part of the neighbourhood with Evangelismos metro station around the corner. There is one bathroom, and I would rather tell you now than after you book.
A month near Evangelismos hospital
If you are coming for a month because a family member is being treated at Evangelismos, the two-bedroom is the obvious choice. The hospital is on the same street, at Ipsilantou 45-47, and its switchboard is +30 213 204 1000 (from the hospital's own website, checked 11 October 2026). I cover that situation in more depth in our guide to staying near Athens hospitals.
When we are the wrong choice
These apartments will not suit every month-long stay.
- If you already know you will stay longer than three months, a flat on a normal residential lease usually works out cheaper per month and gives you an address of your own. A stay like ours pays for flexibility, and if you do not need it you are paying for nothing.
- If you want the cheapest option in central Athens, it is not Kolonaki. You are paying for the neighbourhood, and that should be a choice, not an accident.
- If you need a car every day, ask me about parking before you book. Over a month, it does not solve itself.
- If you are six people for a month. One bathroom, six people, thirty mornings. It will not go well.
Where to go next
- Choosing the area: where to stay in Kolonaki explains the upper and lower sides of the neighbourhood, and Kolonaki vs Plaka vs Koukaki is the honest comparison.
- The neighbourhood: start with our local's guide to Kolonaki, then where to eat like a local and drinks in Kolonaki for the evenings.
- Planning the month: the best time to visit Athens covers the heat and the quiet months, and is Athens safe? answers the question most long-stay guests ask me first.
- Weekends away: if you plan island trips during your month, where to stay before a ferry covers the early sailings.
When your dates are fixed, you can see both apartments, book direct, or send me your dates for a quote on the whole month.
Last updated 11 October 2026.