We had a lovely 9 night stay at Giannis home and we were really pleased with our choice. He was a great host and his home was clean and very spacious over 3 floors plus private rooftop area with sunchairs and hotub. Amazing 360° views over sea and mountains. It is up a long hill which we were happy to walk about 20 mins down to the beach, shops and restaurants but got a taxi back up at night as it was very dark with no lighting and i am not good with hills due to asthma. There is a quaint little train running some of the way uphill every hour until 10.15pm, it also takes you further around the coast to local shops and restaurants for a €5 return each. There is also a local shop/taverna up the hill but we didnt use it. We recommend a car to explore the island. We hired 2 convertibles as couldn't get one for 9 days so hired a silver VW EOS from Cammel Car Hire (lovely chap who charged £500 for 6 days. Great car but most of the lights didnt work, a little worrying but he couldnt fix them) and then a white Peugot 308cc from Safe Rental who charged £200 for 3 days (an older car which had not been cleaned out prior to us renting it and lots of wear and tear but did the job).
Our favourite restaurant was Nostos as it had lovely food and a great vibe. Livadi beach was great too. Busy but sandy with some big rocks which we prefer to stoney! Lots of shops and restaurants there too.