Would you like to exchange home with us?
View of the apartment block
View of our apartment's interior
Athens Olympic Complex at Maroussi
Museums of Maroussi
About
us
We are
Intervac members in Athens, Greece. As it happens, we are also the agents
for Intervac in Greece.
We are
a married couple, born 1964 (Stathis) and 1972 (Maria). We have no children or
pets and we do not smoke. Stathis is a Lawyer and Maria a Computer
Scientist.
We
have been exchanging houses for many years now and you can read about some
of our more recent experiences at http://stamar2005.blogspot.com
About
our house
The
house we offer is a two-floors apartment of about 115 m2. It is on the 4th
and 5th floors of a small apartment block (4 apartments). The
apartment is fully equipped and can host easily 4 persons. The apartment
has three balconies and the one in front offers you a great and
unobstructed view of Athens.
About
Athens
Athens
is a city of many interesting sights (have a look at http://www.cityofathens.gr/portal/site/AthensPortalEN/
) -and we're not only talking about the famous Acropolis! There are a lot of things to do and places to go in Athens the surroundings and nearby islands. We'd be glad to be of help
with suggestions, answers and information to facilitate your visit and
will send you pamphlets, maps etc.
About
Maroussi
As
our
house is actually in Maroussi (or Amaroussion) (www.maroussi.gr
,in greek only), a suburb of about 70,000 inhabitants situated 10,5 kms
from Athens downtown, at an altitude of 230 m, we'd like to give you some
more information about it.
Staying
in Maroussi offers you the advantage of enjoying a better and more
peaceful environment with tree lined streets, while still being near the
city and all the sights:
Maroussi
is connected by metro with the city center (14 stops or about 28 minutes – check
http://www.isap.gr/index.asp
). Eight more stops will bring you to the port of Piraeus, starting point for
ships to the islands of the Saronic Gulf, the Cyclades, Crete etc. The
metro station is a 5 minutes walk from our house, as is the city shopping
centre. Maroussi is also serviced by the suburban rail ('Neratziotissa'
stop - check http://www.proastiakos.gr/en/
) which will take you to and from the airport in less than 25' and from or
to the city centre in under 15'.
You can easily access all interesting sites of Athens
and even use the motorway (Attiki Odos: exits 9, 10 or 11 - check http://www.attikiodos.gr/attiki.asp?catid=1959
) that will take you to and from the airport and out of Athens.
In addition, Maroussi offers its own
attractions including museums of Natural History, Folk Art, Modern Art,
Shadows Theatre and a music and theatre festival in the summer. By the
way, many of the Athens 2004 Olympic sports (including track and field and
swimming) were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium which is in
Maroussi… Finally, you might have heard of the
book ‘the Colossus of Maroussi’ by Henry Miller…