Tents, bungalows and rooms right on the sand at the south end of Mylopotas, run by the same family as the FarOut Beach Club next door. It is the classic budget base for a party week on Ios: you roll out of bed onto the beach, and the club's pools and DJs are a few steps away.
A family-run hotel in three buildings in the middle of Mylopotas beach, with a pool and pool bar, and the bus stop for Chora right outside, which matters when you come home from the bars at four in the morning.
Sixty rooms built like an amphitheatre on the slope above Mylopotas, with a spa and its own beach bar, Margarita, on the sand below. It calls itself the biggest hotel on Ios.
A small boutique hotel on the hillside above the northern end of Mylopotas, on the road between the beach and Chora.
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Hotel with pool
Ios Resort
Chora · Chora & the port
A family-run hotel in the middle of Chora, about three minutes' walk from the bars, with a pool bar and a free transfer from the port. The address for anyone who wants to walk home from the main square.
Ten simple rooms, which the family that runs them calls its 'Youth Collection', some 300 m from the centre of Chora, with views to Mylopotas and across the sea to Santorini.
A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World on the hillside between the port and Chora, with a spa and its own restaurant, Grandma's. The calm, grown-up choice within walking distance of the noise.
A hotel on the slope above the port of Gialos, on the way up to Chora.
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Luxury resort
Calilo
Papas · The east coast
Thirty-six suites in about 1,000 acres of protected land on the wild south-east coast, beside a long sandy beach, with a spa and a helipad. The opposite of Ios by night: you come here to hear nothing at all.
Rooms with a taverna of the same name at Manganari, the chain of sandy coves at the bottom of the island, for those who want the south coast to themselves once the day boats have gone.
