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. You pay the nightly prices for your dates plus one cleaning fee, and for a stay this long I will quote the whole month directly if you send me your dates.
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 whether you have somewhere to leave a laptop open without clearing it off the dining table every evening.
I wrote this for people who need central Athens for somewhere between three weeks and two months. Remote workers who want a change of desk. Academics on a research visit or a sabbatical. Families here because someone is being treated at an Athens hospital. Greeks abroad coming back to spend real time with their parents. People who do not want to sign a Greek lease, and do not want thirty nights in a hotel room without a kitchen either.
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.
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.
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 (EU Home Affairs, checked 6 October 2026), including time spent elsewhere in the Schengen area.
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:
- The nights. The sum of each night's price. Two consecutive months in the same apartment can come out noticeably different.
- Cleaning, once per booking. It is not charged per night, so over a month it is spread across thirty nights.
- The climate resilience fee. A per-night charge set by the Greek state, 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.
- Invoices. If your employer is paying, you can ask for a company invoice at checkout.
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.
For a month, ask for a quote first
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 or watching TV.
- 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 in Kolonaki for a month
Most daily errands in Kolonaki are within walking distance. Syntagma Square is a 10 to 15 minute walk from either apartment, and you do not need a car for the weekly shop: there are supermarkets within walking distance and a Friday street market, the laiki, on Xenokratous Street, for fruit and vegetables. For where we eat when we are not cooking, see our guide to eating like a local in Kolonaki.
If you will use public transport a lot, the 30-day pass is worth knowing about. According to the Athens transport authority's fare list (OASA, oasa.gr, checked 6 October 2026), a 30-day pass for all modes except airport journeys costs €27 and can only be loaded onto a personalised ATH.ENA card, which is registered in your name. Without one, a single 90-minute ticket is €1.20, and you can pay it by tapping a contactless bank card. For the airport and everything else, read our guide to getting around Athens.
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.
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 2041000 (from the hospital's own website, checked 6 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.
If none of that applies, have a look at the two apartments above and send me your dates.