How does one manage to get a sweet, cheap deal on an Athens apartment rental? Well, we’re here to lend you a hand. I bet you’ve visited all those fancy Athens guides that told you all about Greece and the city, all about the cool and upscale apartments in Athens while you just wanted to find out how to get a comfortable rental apartment in Athens as cheap as possible. You just want a place to sleep, a hub from where to start your Athens journeys and that’s that. Well, this small guide about how to get your hands on cheap Athens rental apartments is just for you.

Tips On How To Get A Cheap Athens Rental Apartment

1. A great place to find cheap apartments in Athens are expats sites such as expatriates.com and Athens News. For example, expatriates.com has a dedicated section where ads are posted with cheap apartments for rent in Athens. You can check out that section here. One other option would be to join their communities, make friends and ask around. Of course, risks abound but as long as you take all the usual precautionary measures and follow the tips they offer you should be fine. It is best to pay while there and not beforehand on the Internet.

2. You can also find ads for cheap apartments in/near Athenian universities. These ads are posted by students, usually Erasmus students, looking for flatmates. Erasmus is a European student exchange program. Of course this option is fine only if you’d like to get there first and then rent an apartment and not vice-versa. A well known meeting place for students, where one can also find plenty of ads for cheap Athens apartments is the students library located on the Ipokratous (Hippocrates) Street in the center of Athens.

3. JustLanded. You may want to scour JustLanded for deals on cheap Athens Apartments. It’s quite a useful site. Go to their Housing section, then search for Athens, Greece and then select For Rent > Apartments. You’ll then get to a list of apartments for rent in Greece. To find the cheapest of the bunch, use the left sidebar filtering box and put a cap on the price you’d like to pay and select the period then click search. You’ll now end up with a good bunch of cheap rental apartments in Athens that you can choose from.

4. Most cheap apartments in Athens are located in neighborhoods such as Kipseli, Pagrati or Abelokipi so you’d better filter your searches to these to get better results.

5. If still no luck, I highly recommend you ask on Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forums. There are many knowledgeable folks there that may help you in getting a cheap apartment in Athens.

This concludes our article on renting a cheap Athens apartment. We’d like to think we’ve been of some help and we’re always open to additions and suggestions on top of what we wrote here. You can post them as a comment to our article. Anything that can help the reader get an apartment in Athens cheap!

Trying to book a cheap hotel in Athens? This is just the page for you! Not only will we provide you with some of the best budget hotels you can find in Athens but we will also offer you some advice as to how to find one if you’re not interested in the ones we think offer a good bang for your buck. Also, many Athens hotels have timeshare resales available through their owners online for those looking to return on a more frequent basis.

Best Cheap Athens Hotels

1. Tempi Hotel

This one is a clean and safe, family run hotel. They have 24 rooms, half offer private shower and toiled the other half offer shared shower and toilet. Hot water all day long, guest kitchen, luggage storage for free, air conditioning, satellite TV, two minutes away from the Monastiraki metro station, free wi-fi and more. Plus, they can arrange for any tours you’d like.

Site: tempihotel.gr
Address: 29, Eolou Street, 105 51 Athens
Telephones: +30-210-3213175, 210-3242940
Fax: +30-2103254179
E-mail: info@tempihotel.gr

2. Arta Hotel

This one is downtown Athens. It provides various basic amenities on the cheap such as air conditioning, phone, fire insurance, internet access and more. Hot water 24/7.

Site: artahotel.gr
Address: Nikitara 12, Athens 106 78
Telephones: 210-3822881, 210-3827753
Fax: 210-3827753
E-mail: info@artahotel.gr

3. Hotel John’s Place

This one is a highly rated cheap Athens hotel located near Syntagma square and the adjacent metro station. It is unpretentious and does the job it was made for. Not many amenities at all but the owner will gladly direct you nearby to whatever service you need.

Address: 5 Patroou, Athens 105 57, Greece
Telephone: +30 210 322 9719

4. Hotel Cecil

Am I saying “this one?” too much? Thought so. Well, “this one” is located near the Monastiraki metro station inside a pretty cool neo-classical building. All rooms sport private bathrooms, air conditioning, telephone and TV. Clean, great location and a cheap price. Sounds good to me.

Site: cecil.gr
Address: 39, Athinas Street – 10554
Telephones: 210-3217079, 210-3218005, 210-3219606
E-mail: info@cecil.gr

5. Hotel Elite

Hotel Elite is another cheap Athens hotel located only 3 minutes away from Omonia Square by foot. The trendy area of Psiri is also close and one can always get the metro from Omonia to get anywhere. As for amenities, it offers free wi-fi in the lobby, a fire prevention system, a smoke detector system, a cafeteria, air conditioning, TV, telephone, refrigerator and more.

Site: hotelelite.110mb.com
Address: Peiraios 23, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 5242111
Fax: 210 5228057
E-mail: elite_athens@yahoo.com

6. Hotel Brazil Inn

This Athens hotel is so cheap it doesn’t even have a site! Jokes aside, this one is considered to be a quality cheap hotel. It is located centrally, 120 meters away from Victoria Square. As for amenities, they have a bar inside, soundproof rooms, heating, offer luggage storage and more. No internet though but you ain’t got to Athens to stay on the net and read our crap did you? Thought so.

Site: – (there’s a good page on booking.com though – click here)
Address: 91 Filis Street, Victoria Square , 10434 Athens

7. Hotel Attalos Athens

This cheap hotel is located only 10 minutes away from Syntagma square and a 15 minutes walk to the top of the Acropolis. Not bad at all. Plus, there’s a metro station a mere 100 meters away. All rooms have soundproof windows, air conditioning, a safe box, a mini refrigerator, a bathroom and more. They also offer a roof garden with an awesome view of the Acropolis.

Site: attaloshotel.com
Address: 29, Athinas Str. Athens – Greece
Telephone: +30-210-3212801
Fax: +30-210-3243124
E-mail: info@attaloshotel.com

“Your list sucks. I’d also like to know how can I find other cheap hotels in Athens.”

Well, you may want to search specialized sites such as booking.com and sort results by price. TripAdvisor is also a good one for this. You may also want to wade through various dedicated forums such as Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree. Or maybe a hotel is not for you. Maybe you’re interested in a cheap Athens hostel. If so, then get to our cheap Athens hostels page.

“But wait… where do I find deals for cheap Athens hotels?”

Well a cheap Athens hotel is a deal in itself. If you’re still not satisfied with the price though, you may want to search for a good price well in advance of your stay. Start your research a couple of months before getting to Athens and book a couple of months before as well. Timing is everything in getting a good deal. Also, during off-season and midweek rates are much cheaper than otherwise. Try calling and asking for rates and tell them whether they have rooms with cheaper rates still.

“How about some tips related to getting the best Athens hotel for my buck?”

To get the best cheap Athens hotel for your buck would be to make a trade-off between location and quality. You need to find a decent location at a decent quality. If you’re looking for cheap I gather you’re looking for a safe and clean place to sleep overnight and that’s all. As for location, as far as I’m concerned it needs to be not too far away from the center and fairly close to a metro station. That’s all you need. I believe the offers we’ve proposed above as well as the methods to search for the best cheap Athens hotels would do a good job for you and help you a great deal.

This concludes our article. We’re always looking for more tips and more recommendations on cheap Athens hotels so don’t hesitate to comment. All opinions, as long as they benefit the traveler, are welcome.

Are cheap hotels in Athens too fancy for you? Then you may want to hang on with us for a bit and check out what we have to say about cheap Athens hostels.

“What cheap Athens hostels do you recommend?”

After searching through loads and loads on sources, we’ve concluded that the below listed are the best Athens hostels:

1. Athens Backpackers

This seems to be the most recommended hostel in Athens. This Athens hostel offers free breakfast, free wi-fi, 24 hours security, travel support, a sports bar and an awesome rooftop bar that is only opened during summer. The location is top notch; a mere 2 minutes walk from the Acropolis metro station. They also seem to take a better and more modern approach to the hostel business by trying to form an active and closely knit community made up of of visitors.

Site: backpackers.gr
Address: 12 Makri Street, Makryanni Athens, GR 117-42
Telephone: 210 9224044

2. The Student & Travellers Inn

This hostel is situated in the center of Plaka, which is the Old Athens. This means easy access to everything you want. Even the Acropolis is a mere 10 minute walk away. They offer private rooms for up to 4 people, dorm rooms, air conditioned, shower with hot water running 24/7, non-stop Wi-fi Internet, laundry, luggage storage, wake-up calls and more.

Site: studenttravellersinn.com
Address: 16 Kydathineon, Plaka, Athens 105 58, Greece
Telephones: 210 32 44 808; 210 32 48 802
Fax: 210 32 10 065
E-mail: info@studenttravellersinn.com

3. Pagration Hostel

This cheap hostel in Athens is a family run business. It seems to be recommended by many guides, including Lonely Planet. Of course the location is good – Pagrati neighborhood – otherwise it wouldn’t be on this list. As for amenities, they offer the basic package such as TV, heating, luggage storage, washing machine and dryer and more.

Site: athens-yhostel.com
Address: 75 Damareos Str., Pagrati 116 33 Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 7519 530
Fax: 210 7510 616
E-mail: y-hostels@otenet.gr or skokin@hol.gr

4. Athens International Youth Hostel

This hostel is a 5 minutes walk away from Omonia square, the commercial center of Athens and a quick metro ride to all the major attractions in the city. They offer the usual, meaning free Internet, luggage storage, security, no curfew, breakfast, rooms with private bathrooms for 2-4 people and more.

Site: athens-international.com
Address: 16 Viktoros Hugo Street, 104 38 Athens, GREECE
Telephone: 210 5232540
Fax: 210 5232540

5. Athens Easy Access Hostel

If you thought the Athens International Youth Hostel is close to Omonia square, well, think again, because this one is a mere 50 meters away! They offer free continental breakfast, free wi-fi, free luggage storage and a free Athens map. Not too shabby. It is also close to the shopping area of Ermou street.

Site: athenseasyaccess.com
Address: Satovriandou 26 Athens 10210 Greece
Telephone: 210 5243211-3
Fax: 210 5231656
E-mail: info@athenseasyaccess.com

6. Hostel Lozanni

Yet another cheap and centrally located hostel in Athens. Hostel Lozanni is close to Omonia Square and the Omonia central station and offers free Internet access both in the lobby and through wi-fi in the rooms, TV, non-stop security, air conditioning and more. You may want to know that breakfast is not included.

Site: none (they have a page on hostelbookers though – click here)
Address: 54 Kapodistriou Street, 10432, Athens

7. Hostel Aphrodite

This Athens hostel can offer rooms for up to 4 people, all with air conditioned and non-stop running hot water. As for the rest of the facilities, they include no curfews, money exchange, laundry (same day), wake up calls, international telephone, daily breakfast, a night bar and other various things.

Site: hostelaphrodite.com
Address: 12 Einardou Street & Michail Voda 65 (at the corner) Athens 104 40, Greece
Telephone: 210 88 10 589 or 210 88 39 249
Fax: 210 88 16 574

“What if I don’t like what you recommend? What’s left for me?”

Well, if you don’t like the cheap Athens hostels we’ve selected, you may want to try your luck on the following specialized sites:

1. Hostels

2. Hostel Bookers

3. Hostel World

4. Booking.com – though specialized in hotels, they do have some hostels listed from time to time.

Any one of them is good. You can do your Athens hostels research on all of them and then compare offers head-to-head and see what’s best for you.

You can also try searching for various Athens hostels on forums such as the one provided by Lonely Planet, Thorn Tree or review sites such as TripAdvisor.

This ends our article about cheap Athens hostels. Of course we don’t know everything about cheap Athens hostels so if you have anything to add or correct, feel free to do this by posting a comment.