Golden beaches by day and a famously lively nightlife after dark.
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About Íos
Íos has a double life: golden sandy beaches and a famously lively after-dark scene packed into the hilltop Chóra. It draws a young crowd in summer, but the island also keeps quiet coves and, by tradition, the t…
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Highlights
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Beaches
Mylopótas
A long sweep of golden sand with water sports — the island’s main beach.
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Town & villages
The Chóra
A classic Cycladic village by day, the heart of the nightlife after dark.
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Things to do
Bars & beach clubs
Íos has the Cyclades’ most concentrated nightlife after Mýkonos.
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Don’t miss
Homer’s Tomb
By tradition the burial place of the poet, at Plakotós in the north — and a fine viewpoint.
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Beaches
Manganári
A series of calmer sandy bays on the quieter south coast.
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