Ios is a small island just north of Santorini. We arrived about two weeks early for the season so the island was actually quite quiet. This was fun as we had a lot of fun doing our own exploring of the island and entertained ourselves with the limited services. When I say the island was quiet, I mean that there were about 10 other people staying at our “hostel” which was essentially like a resort and there was only one place to sit down and eat lunch in the town. Oh and there were two bars open, which we didn’t go to because the walk back to our hostel involved a rather large and steep hill and took about 30 minutes. Let’s just say with the tiny roads, scary drivers and lack of lit pathways would not have made for a fun trip late at night.
Our beach at the hostel
The pool
Like I said, it was a pretty sweet place for a “hostel”.
Since the island was pretty small, we rented ATV’s one day and rode around the island. It was an absolute blast! The island was such a cool place, and zipping around on the ATV’s only added to the fun. Uh, yeah that sounded quite dorky, but whatever, we all had a great time haha. The island had tons of tiny churches scattered around the whole island. We also checked out another popular beach, which was unfortunately deserted and nothing was open because it was too early in the season. And then I got the bright idea of taking a dirt road back to our hostel. It was actually kinda fun, but definitely not the smoothest terrain I’ve come across. (More pictures from this can be seen in the blog post below.)
Homer's Grave
The other days, we spent time on the beach or by the pool, or in the town. The weather was exactly “hot”, but one day was definitely a good day to sit out at the beach. Otherwise, it was a little windy, but still was a great place to be during our spring break trip.
Church in the town
Where we ate lunch every day (it was only 5 to 7 euros so it was cheap and we had no other options)
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