The cost of the hotel was low, so I was expecting it to be a dump, but when I got there, not only was it safe, clean, charming, friendly, and family-run, it was located close to the event I was there for AND it was located in a high rent district...in the heart of the "old city" with chic boutiques and fabulous outside tavernas and bouganvilia a a mere half block away! My room had a quince tree full of ripe fruit just outside and a view of Palamidi Palace, high up on its pinnacle... Last year I stayed at a more expensive place, but it had no view at all, and it was "miles" from the old part of the city. Two caveats about The Byron Hotel.... It has four flights of stairs (my knees are crushed!) - and taxis can only come within 100 feet away (so short a distance, hardly worth mentioning) The Byron was PERFECT for me!