Ios Island Greece
Greece

3 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

SeaDream Yacht Club (3 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

In Ormos bay, which opens like an amphitheatre: the landing and its row of tavernas first, then Chora clinging to the hillside, crowned with windmills and blue-domed chapels.
The main village sits above the sea 2 km from the quay. A local bus shuttles up in a few minutes; walkers can climb the old mule path, steep but short.
Chora in the cool of the morning, while the night owls are still asleep, the climb to the windmills and Panagia Gremiotissa, then Mylopotas beach for the afternoon.
It carries that reputation, but the daytime visitor finds a very different face: a village listed as a protected settlement, one of the truest to the Cycladic image, and beaches among the finest in the archipelago.
Nearly a kilometre of blond sand in translucent water, on the far side of the ridge, a few minutes by bus or half an hour's walk downhill. The water shelves gently, which suits families and distance swimmers alike.
The windmills lined up on the ridge, then the church of Panagia Gremiotissa at the highest point, from which the view reaches over the Aegean and, at sunset, as far as Santorini. The open-air Odysseas Elytis theatre offers another balcony over the blue.
Nothing proves the author of the Iliad actually rests there, and that should be said. The island has claimed it since antiquity, a marble plaque honours the divine poet facing the sea, and the thirty-minute drive crosses bare hill country worth the trip on its own.
A hill near the quay holding the remains of a Bronze Age settlement, one of the best preserved prehistoric sites in the Cyclades: after four and a half millennia, low stone walls still trace the plan of houses and lanes.
Yes, if you aim for the morning and the beach. Mylopotas has a gentle slope and full facilities; Chora, by contrast, is reached by steps and is best visited before the crowds.
The euro and Greek, with English widely spoken. Businesses in Chora and Mylopotas take cards; keep cash for the local bus and smaller places.